It's hard to overstate quite how massive R&B rockers The Animals were in the mid-1960s. And that torch is being kept lit to this day.
Amazingly, drummer and final remaining original band member John Steel is still smashing it on stage with the band’s current iteration at the age of...
Former primary school teacher Emma Shingleton from education resource experts PlanBee has some top tips on how to make the world a better place
Global Recycling Day (March 18) is the ideal time to renew our efforts to make the planet a cleaner place. Don’t forget to involve your children,...
A one-of-a-kind film and music experience: The Magical Music of Harry Potter - Live in
Concert, now with a Weasley - Chris Rankin!
The concert features the best music from the
films with the London Symphonic & Philharmonic Film Orchestra.
The Harry Potter films are some of the most successful in the history...
It’s the week before World Book Day and your child hasn’t got a thing to wear. But you don’t have to stay up all night finessing a costume of immense complexity.
Former primary school teacher Becky Cranham of education resource experts PlanBee has a host of brilliant hacks for some...
Youth groups and community sports organisations across the North East are in line for a cash contribution from Tour de Moon - an out of this world festival.
But those who want to be involved in the exciting opportunity need to put a rocket under their application, to be sure...
While adults tend to focus on romantic expressions of love, the 14th of February is also a great time of year to focus on how we all—children, too—can show compassionate love and kindness to our friends and family. Former primary school teacher Emma Shingleton of education resource experts PlanBee...
Food charity urgently seeking volunteers
Volunteers urgently needed to help FoodCycle nourish communities in the North East
FoodCycle volunteers in the North East cooked 54,257 meals*, saved almost 24,310 tonnes of surplus food and donated 324 hours in 2021
45% of FoodCycle volunteers pick nourishing the hungry as the...
TWO NORTH EAST charities have received a well-deserved boost after an annual event had its most successful year yet.
The popular Ponteland Wheelbarrow Race – which starts and finishes at the Blackbird - returned last month (January) after being cancelled last year due to pandemic restrictions.
And the 2022 event was...
Putting women’s voices and experiences at the forefront of the discourse, writer, theatre-maker and artist Luca Rutherford (Learning How to Die, ARC Stockton; Hold On Let Go; Summerhall) presents an impassioned project combining theatre and public art.
You Heard Me is a powerful one-woman play about refusing to be silent,...
Newcastle-based charity, Reviving The Heart of the West End (RHWE), is inviting local people along to a community ‘New You in 2022’ event designed for anyone seeking a new challenge – whether that be a change of career, volunteering opportunity or skills development activity.
Taking place at John Buddle Work...
