Scientists from Newcastle University have discovered that bees have something similar to the ‘sweet tooth’ often found in humans.
The Newcastle researchers found that bees possess sugar-sensing taste neurons. These neurons give the insects intense pleasure when they feed on nectar, encouraging them to hang around and empty the flower...
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...
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...
A crowdfunding appeal has been launched to enable a well-loved music project at Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital to continue into next year.
The Lullaby Hour entertains youngsters and parents on the hospital’s Children’s Heart Unit. By delivering gentle music and song in the early evening, the project helps children settle down...
This Mental Health Awareness Week, leading North East mental health charity, Mental Health Concern, is on a volunteer recruitment drive for their Chain Reaction initiative to tackle loneliness and isolation in older people in Newcastle.
Chain Reaction, a city-wide partnership between Mental Health Concern, Search, and KeyRing, currently offers...
Newcastle East End Football Club is one of the UK’s most successful community clubs with its 49 teams consistently winning trophy after trophy both regionally and nationally. Success on the pitch is mirrored by the Club’s phenomenal popularity, with hundreds of people from the Byker, Walker and Walkergate communities...
The producers of a reality TV show – fronted by explorer and survival expert Bear Grylls – are looking for contestants from the north east.
The fifth series of The Island with Bear Grylls will take its participants off into the remote wilderness and subject them to a series of...
If you’re of a certain age, you might remember them being always on Top of the Pops or their cheery sassy songs forever blaring out of radios.
Well, Bananarama – one of the most successful girl groups of all time – have reformed their original line-up and are due to...
A £3.64 million investment has been announced which will hopefully ease traffic congestion and cut journey times across the north east.
The cash will be used to upgrade traffic signals on the region’s key routes. It will also be spent on Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras and variable message...
Counterfeit
vodka capable of causing blindness may be on sale in Newcastle.
Newcastle
Trading Standards yesterday issued an alert to the public to keep an eye out
for Radanoff – a fake brand of vodka which might contain industrial alcohol.
Some
Radanoff has already been seized by Hull City Council and officials are warning
that bottles...
