Kirsten Articles
- 13th May 2008
- Evolution Festival 2008
- The Evolution Festival, which is an urban music festival in Newcastle and Gateshead, returns this year with its strongest line-up yet.
The festival takes place over four days in May and will see Newcastle and Gateshead showcase some of the finest music...
- 12th May 2008
- Northern Rock Sees Rise in Arrears
- Stricken Newcastle bank Northern Rock has said that the UK mortgage market remains “uncertain” and arrears have increased, but they were still making “solid progress” with their business plan.
In the bank’s quarterly repor...
- 12th May 2008
- Newcastle Scriptwriter Wins Top Award
- A Newcastle scriptwriter has won a coveted international award for Best European Film. Martin Herron, 49, only started writing a decade ago after a varied career spent working in photography, filming and even driving buses.
Martin won the award for his n...
- 12th May 2008
- Durham Beat Newcastle in Tyne-Wear Boat Race
- Durham University have beaten their rivals Newcastle University to win all four events in the 12th annual Tyne-Wear Boat Race.
The 1,800m course along the River Tyne was lined with spectators, who watched Durham row their way to victory, taking first pla...
- 12th May 2008
- Ant and Dec Return Comedy Gong
- Newcastle-born TV presenters Ant and Dec have decided to return a comedy prize that they were given at the 2005 British Comedy Awards, because an independent report revealed that they had not actually won.
The independent report into the awards indicated...
- 14th April 2008
- North East gets its First Gay Football Team
- The North East is already renowned as the home to Newcastle United, but it’s soon to get another football team.
Russell Potter and Rob Woods have formed the Newcastle Pink Panthers, which is set to become the first gay football team in the region. ...
- 11th April 2008
- Children In Need Money Awarded to Worthy Causes
- Money from the BBC’s Children in Need Appeal has been awarded to a number of worthy causes throughout Tyneside and Northumberland. So far, almost £600,000 of the charity’s money has been handed out to deserving projects in the regions.
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- 11th April 2008
- Gazza’s Tears Top Poll
- According to a recent poll, Paul Gascoigne’s tears after the 1990 World Cup semi-final are the most iconic sporting images of all time. The soccer ace cried after being handed a yellow card during the match, which meant that he would potentially mis...
- 11th April 2008
- Martins Chooses Newcastle over Arsenal
- The Toon Army’s star striker Obafemi Martins has vowed to stick with Newcastle United. The player is thought to have snubbed a massive £15 million move to Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal in favour of the North East club.
A number of other teams...
- 11th April 2008
- Elderly Woman in Metro Horror
- Investigations are underway after an elderly woman in her eighties was trapped in the door of the Tyne and Wear Metro and dragged down the platform.
It is thought that the victim, who has not yet been named, was trying to catch the northbound train at ...
- 07th March 2008
- Northern Rock Bosses Battle to Save Jobs
- Stricken bank Northern Rock will offer some of their administrative staff to other lenders in a bid to save some of the Newcastle firm’s jobs.
Northern Rock chairman Ron Sandler is thought to be looking at options that will allow their competitors ...
- 07th March 2008
- Metro Announcement Expected Soon
- Ruth Kelly, Labour’s Transport Secretary, has vowed to make an imminent announcement on the future of the Tyne and Wear Metro.
The Tyne and Wear Metro is a light rail system based in Tyne and Wear, which serves Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead and ...
- 07th March 2008
- The Tyne Bridge
- Arguably Newcastle’s most instantly recognisable structure, the Tyne Bridge connects Newcastle with Gateshead. Mott, Hay and Anderson, who were later responsible for the design of Edinburgh’s infamous Forth Road Bridge, designed the impressive...
- 07th March 2008
- Discovering St James’s Park
- When we think of Newcastle, one of the first things to spring to mind is St James’s Park, the city’s fully seated football stadium that is home to the world-renowned Newcastle United Football Club.
Football has been played at St James’ ...
- 07th March 2008
- The Light on the River Tyne
- Nocturne, also known as The Light on the Tyne, is a distinctive light artwork, which brightens up the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge in Newcastle. The Queen Elizabeth II Bridge carries the Metro across the River Tyne, providing a link between Newcastle and Gat...
- 07th March 2008
- The Pride of Newcastle
- Just as we associate a cool pint of Guinness with Dublin, Brown Ale is synonymous with Newcastle.
‘Newkie’ brown ale has been brewed in the city since 1927 by Newcastle Breweries. Even when the company closed their Tyne brewery in 2005, the...
- 07th March 2008
- The Guardian Angel of Gateshead
- The Angel of the North is the pride of Gateshead and Newcastle, visited by 150,000 visitors per year, and appreciated by thousands motorists on the A1 and A167 and passengers on the East Coast Main Line Rail Route.
Work began on the iconic sculpture in 1...
- 07th March 2008
- All about the Great North Run
- Thinking of competing in the BUPA Great North Run? The world’s most popular half-marathon road-running event returns to Newcastle and South Shields on Sunday 5th October 2008 to celebrate its 28th birthday.
Brendan Foster, a former Olympic 10,000 m...
- 07th March 2008
- Newcastle has the Write Stuff
- Richard T Kelly, an author born in the North East, decided to return to his native Newcastle to pen his accomplished debut novel, Crusaders.
He researched the novel by hanging around Newcastle’s streets, soaking in the culture and sense of commu...
- 07th March 2008
- A Lot of Laughs
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The Newcastle and Gateshead Comedy Festival returns in March 2008 with a stellar line-up that’ll have you crying with laughter.
Growling Clown Entertainment, which also runs the North East’s highly successful Funny Bones stand-up co...