ADVERTISEMENT The continued success of a North East amusement park has put it in the running for a prestigious national award. Fans of Ocean Beach Pleasure Park at South Shields are being asked to cast their vote in support of the attraction, in the hope it will scoop a winContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT Most of us are familiar with some of the lines from Coleridge’s poem The Ancient Mariner. The mariner accosts the wedding guests, by “stopping one in three” before telling his tale. Some think that is a reference to Sunderland’s goalie, but far more well-known are the lines “Water waterContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT The last Sunday of August saw hundreds of people flock to the North East seaside. This was not that time-honoured trip to catch the last rays of summer sun, and they left their buckets and spades at home. They were there to hold a beach protest at government inactionContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT Kate Bayliss, SOAS, University of London England’s water companies have come in for some heavy criticism this summer. An extremely dry July has led to drought status being declared in many areas, while 3 billion litres of water are lost through leakage every single day. Those firms have alsoContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT With only a week to go in the Conservative Leadership Race, the party seems to be tearing itself apart. This is not unusual in leadership races, especially in the Conservative Party. This is most likely due to the final leg of the race being between two candidates, creating aContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT Live Theatre Newcastle is thrilled to welcome the winner of the Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2020, Amy Trigg’s remarkable debut play Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me to the Quayside venue from Wednesday 7 to Saturday 10 September 2022 as the first venue of its major national tour. About theContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT The beaches where a demonstration will take place against sea life deaths have been announced. The protest organisers have released the list of beaches from Sunderland to Runswick Bay where the action will take place from 11am on Sunday 28 August. The crowds will form a single line alongContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT With 5 stages, a fairground and headliners including The Stereophonics, The Specials, Becky Hill and Jake Bugg, it is no surprise Hardwick Festival 2022 sold out tickets for both days. Taking place at Hardwick Hall in Sedgefield, the event is the biggest of its kind in the North East.Continue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT When I moved to live in the village of Sunniside, near Tow Law, in 1992 with my two young children I wondered why there was no school next to the school-master’s house on Front Street. The latter had been turned into a private property and a horse grazed inContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT I’ve found BBC Newscast much more interesting since Adam Fleming took on the main role. I was therefore drawn to his thoughtful account of the rise and fall of the Johnson government, and his attribution of the fall to the Owen Paterson affair, last November, and I couldn’t helpContinue Reading
