Holocaust Memorial Day: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Stories
Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) takes place every year on January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War...
Dunston Staiths Opening Days Announced: Explore This Historic Landmark
The Staiths will be open on the first Saturday of each month between May and September, plus bonus openings and events:  Saturday 3 May  Saturday 17...
mithras temple carrawburgh
A family have donated the remnants of a Roman fort – which lies on land they own along Hadrian’s Wall, Northumberland – to the...
North East's Past Preserved: The Cullercoats Watch House Restoration Campaign
A community campaign to rescue a building, which played a vital part in saving lives at sea, has won the support of a leading...
Newcastle Gaol
A new research project is to look into the grisly history of Newcastle Gaol – an institution notorious for its history of executions, escapes,...
Riot police with shields during the miners' strike
A piece of art, based around a key event in the 1984-5 Miners’ Strike, is to be exhibited in the north east. The film The...
image courtesy of Liam Swinney, from Flickr Creative Commons
Researchers from Newcastle University would like to speak to anyone who took part in the north east’s Save Our Shipyards campaign in the 1980s. The...
Byker Pupils Plant Sycamore Gap Sapling in Symbol of Hope
It was a moment steeped in history as pupils from a school in Byker took part in a special tree-planting ceremony at The Lighthouse...
103-Year-Old North East War Veteran Gains US Pen Pal
A 103-year-old war veteran from the North East has gained a new pen pal after news of her wartime service reached a Second World...
Local Family Find Heritage Haul Highlighting Career of Fire And Police Legend
A local Northumberland and North Tyneside family were delighted to stumble across a ‘box of delights’ that contained priceless memories of a beloved father,...