Remembrance Sunday, on November 8th, will be commemorated throughout the North East. The country and globe will partake in a two minutes silence at 11am. Services and parades will be held including military personnel, dedicated charities and loved ones of soldiers. Poppies will be worn and wreaths laid in remembrance of all the fallen soldiers […]
The former leader of North Tyneside Reform has hit out at claims from political rivals that he accepted a 235% pay rise – despite voting against it. Coun Brian Smith has said suggestions that he accepted the pay rise awarded to him as leader of the opposition of North Tyneside Council, after speaking and voting […]
The annual unveiling of Fenwick’s Christmas display window took place on November 1, where an invited audience watched the countdown live on Northumberland Street, Newcastle. The new window display was then open to the public on November 2, where people queued down the street to take a look. This years theme took inspiration from children’s […]
A legendary North East restaurant and ice cream parlour has closed down. Mark Toney & Co, a familiar name to ice-cream-loving families across the North East, has closed its two Newcastle restaurants, with staff being made redundant. The company has a wholesale business supplying other food businesses and two high-street locations, one on Grainger Street […]
Europa League Football is not the cause of Sunderland’s poor run of form, according to a BBC Radio Newcastle commentator. The Black Cats have struggled for consistency in their second season back in the Premier League, with defensive frailties and a lack of goals contributing to their position at the bottom of the league table. […]
