A colourful, 1970s social housing estate in Newcastle has been declared as the best neighbourhood in the UK and Ireland.
The grade-II-listed Byker Wall Estate beat off challenges from fellow finalists Smithfield in Dublin and the Golden Lane Estate in London to finish first in the Best Neighbourhood category of...
Newcastle City Council has announced a plan to kick-start the transformation of the city centre by investing in £3-million-worth of improvements.
The council hopes this will result in a centre that is cleaner, healthier and safer, and better suited to the needs of shoppers, visitors and residents.
Newcastle City Council will...
The Mariana snailfish doesn’t look like the sort of monsters you would imagine inhabit the ocean’s extreme depths.
A slender, almost cute-looking fish, the snailfish – discovered in 2017 by scientists from Newcastle University and the University of Washington – can somehow withstand water pressure equivalent to an elephant standing...
Lucy Craig, Managing Director of Craig Healthcare, provided live entertainment to residents from the car parks of their Cramlington and Longbenton care homes
Cramlington House and West Farm Care Centre, which are both specialist residential and dementia care providers owned and managed by Craig Healthcare, invited Alfie Dobson to entertain...
The chart-topping star of stage and theatre Joe McElderry is to switch on the Newcastle city centre Christmas lights.
The big switch-on will take place at Grey’s Monument on Tuesday 14th November.
Joe will be joining the Lord Mayor of Newcastle Cllr Linda Wright and Steve and Karen, the presenters of...
Though often a time of great joy, the Christmas period can be stressful for some. There might be dreadful weather to cope with, along with the hassles of doing the Christmas shopping, preparing the food and organising the festivities.
But for those who are homeless, hungry, lonely and destitute, Christmas...
Newcastle students have found a way to give their mental health a boost – thanks to a slightly unusual member of Newcastle University’s Wellbeing Team.
Bessie – a three-year-old Jack Russell Terrier – is available for staff or students to take for a walk or just to give them a...
Newcastle University scientists aim to find out if selectively bred corals can help save reefs that have been damaged by climate change.
Higher sea temperatures can cause coral bleaching, where they lose the friendly algae that give the corals their colour and supply some of their nutrients. Over time, bleaching...
Some
of the world’s greatest soul music legends are to play Sage Gateshead in May.
The
Soul Train Tour – put together by the producer, promoter and celebrity David
Gest – has been entertaining music lovers across the world for the last decade.
Gest
– who was a close friend of Michael Jackson, a judge...
Employees from Barratt Developments North East donated their time at Newcastle Dog and Cat Shelter this week to help prepare the centre for its reopening.
Five members of staff swapped their desk view for dogs and volunteered their services at the shelter’s rehoming centre in Benton. The team spent the...
