30th April 2008
Kevin Keegan must have breathed a sigh of relief when it was revealed that one of his star players, Obafemi Martins, had decided to stay at his Tyneside team. The Nigerian international striker is thought to have rejected a huge £15 million offer from Ar...
30th April 2008
A recent poll by an online sports magazine found the picture of Paul ‘Gazza' Gascoigne in tears during the 1990 World Cup semi-final to be the most iconic sporting image of all time. The image, which was later parodied in a Walker's crisps advert starri...
30th April 2008
The North East is to join the likes of Manchester, Leeds and London by getting a gay football team, the Newcastle Pink Panthers.
The team is the brainchild of Russell Potter, 36, and Rob Woods, 26, who met on the Internet because of their mutual love o...
30th April 2008
Nexus, who own the Tyne and Wear Metro, are being investigated after a horrific accident involving one of their trains during rush hour at Gateshead Interchange, near Newcastle.
The accident left an elderly woman with serious head injuries after she go...
30th April 2008
13 charities throughout Tyneside and Northumberland have been awarded £600,000 worth of Children in Need grants, which will help them to continue charity projects in their home region.
The 13 Tyneside and Northumberland charities that were successful...
14th February 2008
According to news reports, the Treasury has told the consortium led by Richard Branson’s Virgin group that they are favourites to take over Northern Rock.
However, they have advised the Virgin group to improve the terms of its rescue plan in order to...
14th February 2008
The government has been criticised after wrongly awarding £2.5 million to the wrong Newcastle.
Although one Newcastle is a quiet town in Staffordshire with a population of 74,000 and one is a bustling city in the North with over 270,000 residents, the s...
01st February 2008
The Angel of the North is a magnificent modern structure in Gateshead, near Newcastle. While the sculptures unusual appearance initially attracted some local controversy, the Angel is now warmly regarded as a landmark of the North East and was chosen as o...
