A Newcastle primary school has won a teaching award so prestigious it is dubbed an ‘Oscar of education’.
St John’s Primary School has received a Silver Teaching Award from the Pearson’s National Teaching Awards, beating thousands of other schools to scoop the honour.
St John’s is one of only 68 schools...
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very special government agent has helped sniff out illegal tobacco in Newcastle.
Scamp the sniffer dog joined an operation run by Newcastle City Council’s Trading Standards Team and Staff from HMRC.
Operation
Beagle was a three-day project targeting shops in Newcastle’s West End. During
the operation, 183,360 cigarettes and 46.2 kilos of rolling...
Abrupt changes in climate may have been a significant cause of Europe’s Neanderthal humans dying out.
That’s according to recent research involving academics from Newcastle’s Northumbria University.
A research team – also comprising academics from Germany, Romania and the USA – studied stalactites in two Romanian caves.
As stalactites grow in thin...
With Miles of Planned Cycle Lanes, Newcastle Will See Benefits of New E-scooter Trial Scheme with Measured Rollout - Steve Pyer, UK Country Manager, Spin (A subsidiary of Ford Motor Company)
As part of the Department of Transport’s national e-scooter trials, Newcastle City Council is soon to decide upon which operator...
A lecturer from Newcastle University will join a £10 million project to investigate the devastating effects of climate change on the Arctic.
Dr Geoffrey Abbott will be part of a team using underwater vehicles to collect data in the depths of the Arctic Ocean.
Far from being remote from British life,...
In the last year, almost 80 pet dogs were stolen in the north east and most were never reunited with their owners.
Police figures show that 50 dogs in Northumbria and 29 in County Durham were reported as having been snatched.
Some dogs are stolen because they belong to expensive, in-demand...
Newcastle Castle is a familiar Tyneside landmark … or should that be Newcastle Castillo or Châteaux or Schloss?
Well, it probably depends on where you’re from and what language you speak. But with 50% of visitors to Newcastle Castle coming from aboard, the tourist attraction decided it was time to...
Newcastle University has been awarded a ‘gold star’ from the government for the quality of its teaching.
The government’s Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) award measures teaching quality, the learning environment and student outcomes and learning gain.
Newcastle has been given a gold version of this award, which is the highest level...
The Autumn 2022 opening of world-class cultural visitor experience Ad Gefrin will champion Northumberland’s Anglo Saxon ‘Golden Age’, alongside the county’s first whisky distillery.
A celebration and showcase of the unique heritage, ancient hospitality and contemporary crafts, arts and produce of Northumberland, Ad Gefrin is both a fully-immersive Anglo Saxon...
Throughout the years Newcastle United have suffered with their ups and downs during their time in the Premier League. Newcastle have completed 24 seasons in the Premier League, finishing in the top four on five different occasions, but unfortunately have also ended up in the bottom half 12 times...
