Newcastle’s shoppers are being encouraged to express their creative sides – with the help of the resident artist at the city’s historic Grainger Market.
As part of the Great Exhibition of the North, Mike Duckett has been painting, sketching and scribbling at the market all summer.
Though the exhibition is due...
It might sound like science fiction, but Newcastle researchers – and big tech companies – believe it may soon be commonplace for devices implanted in our bodies to link our brains with computers.
Such devices – it is thought – could help with diseases like Alzheimer’s, allow us to ‘type’...
The North East’s biggest celebration of the LGBTQ+ community is giving businesses the opportunity to support Northern Pride 2022.
Northern Pride is a flagship event for the region which brings together the community in celebration of inclusivity and accessibility.
And now the event – which this year is also UK Pride...
A researcher from Newcastle University is to tackle the subject of ‘deep fakes’ – the latest manifestation of ‘fake news’ – in an upcoming public lecture.
While fake news may refer to false or misleading statements we read or hear, deep fakes take this process further.
Deep fakes use artificial intelligence...
The debut ECLECTIC Fall Winter 21 collection speaks to the very heart of simplicity. It breaks down the very barriers of what it means to be ECLECTIC, redefining the meaning.
Hailing from Newcastle upon Tyne, ECLECTIC est. 2020, aims to show the world that the Newcastle upon Tyne is a...
A recent survey has revealed that the residents of the north east are more likely to binge drink than people in other parts of Britain.
The survey, by the Office for National Statistics, shows that an incredible 40% of the north east’s drinkers are binge drinking at least once a...
An academic from Newcastle University has co-authored a series of articles claiming that parental diets can have a huge effect on the lifelong health of children.
Writing in the medical journal The Lancet, Professor John Mathers – from the Health Nutritional Research Centre at Newcastle University – argues that parents...
Businesses
in Newcastle and the surrounding area can now get help to slash their energy
bills – providing vital savings and helping to reduce the emission of global warming
gases.
The Business Energy Saving Team is a new initiative that will advise small and medium-sized businesses on how to lower their fuel bills.
Companies
in...
Plans for two north-east councils to merge a range of services – including the administration of council tax, business rates, staff payroll, revenues and benefits – are now closer to being put into practice.
Newcastle City Council and Northumberland County Council would like to merge the provision of these ‘transactional...
A report by the employers’ organisation the CBI has found that 60% of the north east’s businesses feel the region’s infrastructure is in need of improvement.
The same report claims, however, that if the local infrastructure was boosted, it could benefit the north east’s economy by £5.5 billion a...
