The best of North Tyneside’s businesses have been celebrated at the glittering North Tyneside Business Awards.
The annual awards, which are organised by the North Tyneside Business Forum, celebrate the huge contribution that businesses make to the local economy and how they make North Tyneside a great place to live,...
Ambitious plans have been revealed for the next generation of trains on the Tyne and Wear Metro.
There are plans for carriages to feature Wi-Fi, charging points, electronic information screens and extra luggage space.
These proposals are the result of a consultation exercise – conducted earlier this year – which...
How effective will Global Climate Strikes be today?
Today, (20 Sept 2019) millions of people from 150 countries around the world are calling on their governments to reverse the effects of pollution on global climate and environment issues.
This year's youth climate movement has influenced a sense of urgency on Climate...
A cruise ship company sailing out of the Port of Tyne has hit upon a novel way to entertain its guests. This September will see the ship Magellan embarking for a water-borne rock festival entitled Rock the Boat 2017.
Cruise ship firm Cruiseco hopes its idea will appeal to rock...
North East manufacturing specialist Express Engineering has sold its aerospace division to focus on developing its subsea energy products business.
Gateshead-based Express Engineering, a global leader in innovative manufacturing, assembly and testing solutions for the subsea oil and gas industry, has sold its aerospace division for an undisclosed sum.
The aerospace division...
A piece of art, based around a key event in the 1984-5 Miners’ Strike, is to be exhibited in the north east.
The film The Battle of Orgreave (An Injury to One Is an Injury to All), by Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller, will be showing at the Woodhorn Museum...
Newcastle has made eighth place in a leaderboard of the UK’s top greenest cities.
Scores were calculated for UK cities based on four categories - nature, transport, emissions and sustainability.
London scored highest as investment in solar outshone the rest of the cities at £149,126 per million pounds of council budget....
The Dublin Legends, the band formed from ex-members of The Dubliners, are due to play the Customs House, South Shields, on March 24th.
Founded in 1962, The Dubliners helped popularise Irish folk music around the world with their mix of up-tempo songs, street ballads and instrumentals. Though The Dubliner’s line-up...
The north east is set to see firing cannons, marching infantries, clashing weapons and incredible displays of horsemanship – as one of the region’s largest ever battle re-enactments takes place this August bank holiday weekend.
The re-enactment will be from the time of the English Civil War (1642-51), a conflict...
Rare and never before seen Anglo-Saxon objects from the British Museum and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust collections return home to the North East
● A rare and elaborate glass beaker, shield boss and great square headed brooch will be highlights of a new visitor experience opening in February 2023
● As...
