Chief medical officer for England, Professor Chris Whitty, has announced the Coronavirus UK debut, with the first two patients currently in a High Consequence Infectious Disease (HCID) unit in Newcastle.
Although the name of the hospital has not been officially announced, it's going to be Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI),...
If you haven’t been to Tyne Bank Brewery yet let me paint you a picture…
A wide-open space which is deceivingly warm with fairy lights draped across the ceiling. An oxymoronic, comfortable, factory-like environment. With an eclectic range of tables and chairs spread across the floor of which you share...
A family have donated the remnants of a Roman fort – which lies on land they own along Hadrian’s Wall, Northumberland – to the British nation.
Carrawburgh Roman Fort was private property for 70 years, but has now been given to Historic England, and will be administered by English Heritage.
Carrawburgh...
Plans for the next phase of the redevelopment of Stephenson Quarter, in Newcastle city centre – which could lead to the creation of over 800 jobs – have been given the go-ahead.
The plans – to build the North East Futures University Technical College (UTC) and a six-storey office block...
A historic Newcastle house that featured in the BBC TV Series A House Through Time has been issued with a commemorative plaque.
The plaque – which will be unveiled today by Lord Mayor Cllr David Down and BBC presenter David Olusoga – honours 19th-century naturalist Joshua Adler.
Mr Adler lived at...
A Turner-Prize-winning artist has created a haunting soundscape in a historic north-east building.
Northumberland’s Belsay Hall is serving as the venue for the sound installation The Yelllow Wallpaper, by Susan Phillipsz.
The Yellow Wallpaper features Phillipsz’s voice intoning melancholy ballads that float through the building and overlap with each other.
The ballads,...
An academic from Newcastle University has been helping to record the sad state of the wreck of the Titanic.
The ship – which sits under 3,800 metres of water around 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland – is being consumed by metal-eating bacteria.
Expedition scientist and marine researcher Dr Clare...
An awards scheme – which is being supported by Newcastle’s Northumbria University – is offering grants totalling £45,000 to help struggling writers in the north of England.
The Northern Writers’ Awards – set up by New Writing North in 2000 – aim to recognise talented writers and help their work...
The Sixties Gold Tour – headlined by Gerry and the Pacemakers – will be calling in at Gateshead Sage on 12th October.
As well as the headliners, the tour will feature The Searchers, Brian Poole and the Tremeloes, Love Affair vocalist Steve Ellis, and Vanity Fair. Between them, these groups...
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...
