As part of National Volunteers’ Week, FoodCycle volunteer Jane has set herself the challenge to volunteer at every FoodCycle Project in the North East – to raise awareness and to encourage others to get involved.
FoodCycle relies on their team of incredible volunteers to take surplus food and turn it...
To mark this year’s National Gardening Week, a local housebuilder is encouraging local residents to turn their outdoor spaces into natural habitats where wildlife can thrive.
Barratt Developments North East, which has its Leven Woods development in Yarm and The Orchard at West Park in Darlington, has created a series...
Top Dog Film Festival – new virtual event!
30 April - 3 May
The Top Dog Film Festival is back in the UK and Ireland this April, with a brand-new collection of heart-warming films celebrating the incredible bond between dogs and their human companions.
Showing virtually, the Top Dog Film Festival features...
A Virtual competition has been held over the last 2 months on the Miss England app and website to find more representatives from the North East to participate in the final of Miss England in June.
The top 6 contestants from a public vote on the Miss England App were...
The operator for premium bubble tea brand Gong cha in England has announced it is to open on Haymarket in Newcastle, fuelling the bubble tea trend.
The well-known bubble tea brand from Taiwan will open its doors on March 6th, 2021 on Haymarket offering over 40 drinks featuring a range...
Spreading a little hap-pea-ness this spring, national food charity FoodCycle will launch its first-ever challenge event on 1st April.
Taking place across April, the FoodCycle 50 Challenge will see participants set a 30-day fitness target around the number 50 – from cycling 50 miles per week to a daily...
Due to the H.M. Government plans to allow events, such as Newcastle Unleashed Comic-Con, to take place from 21st June 2021 means it is fantastic news for Unleashed Events and their geeky attendees.
In line with the recent announcement, Newcastle Unleashed Comic-Con is happening on the 18th July 2021 as...
A Newcastle-based events booking platform that found a new line of business delivering afternoon teas during the pandemic is celebrating its 5,000th booking.
With live gatherings banned, Poptop has been helping people throughout the country to celebrate special occasions at home. It has received bookings from as far away as...
A new folk song - telling the story of these times – has been created using traditional North East words and sayings.
Hadaway Ga’an Canny is one of a trio of songs, commissioned by The Word, National Centre for the Written Word, at South Shields and written and recorded by...
A father-daughter duo raise a whopping £23,000 for the UK’s only baby-specific hospice.
Father-daughter duo and avid Funko Pop Figure collectors, Danny (40) and Jasmine Pallent (14), from Middlesbrough, have raised a whopping £23,000 for Zoë’s Place Baby Hospice, with the help of Birmingham based Funko Pop Figures supplier, Pop...
