NEWCASTLE NEWS

Universal Credit + Christmas = Tough Times for Newcastle Families This Festive Season

Trussell Trust says areas where Universal Credit has been fully rolled out like Newcastle see greatest demand for help Foodbank use in...

20 Years Ago and Pop Superstar Phil Collins Wowed A Packed Newcastle Arena

As Phil Collins is getting set for his December show at the Newcastle Arena, we recall his concert at the same venue on this day in 1997...

Car Left Smashed Up After Early Morning Collision With Van In Newcastle

Police closed Pooley Road in Newcastle while they dealt with the crash but luckily no one has been injured Two vehicles collided and then...

Bid To Bring Hadrian's Tipi Bar To Odeon Site In Newcastle Hits Hurdle As Concerns Raised

Planning permission has been granted but there are concerns about giving an alcohol license to the pop-up bar Hadrian's Tipi has been...

Drugs, Cash and a huge spider all seized during Byker Wall raids

Police targeting drug dealers discovered 'neglected' tarantula and a dog which were removed by Newcastle City Council Cash, drugs, and a...

Young Newcastle author's 'laugh-out-loud' novel is snapped up in two-book deal

Pitched as 'a teenage Bridget Jones', Izzy O'Neill finds herself embroiled in a national scandal after a one-night stand A young North...

Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick in Newcastle to to help find homes for Abandoned pets

He is part of a Channel 4 programme which is to broadcast live from the Newcastle Dog and Cat Shelter in Benton in August Newcastle is to...

Newcastle War Veteran asked to leave Kew Gardens gift shop because he was on a mobility scooter

Joe Fisher MBE from Gosforth was told he couldn't use the toilets, gift shop or on the grass at Kew Gardens A World War Two veteran has...

Newcastle construction firm Northern Bear makes first acquisition in almost a decade

Northern Bear has snapped up Yorkshire interiors firm H Peel and Sons which specialists in hotel and leisure fit-outs Newcastle...

Newcastle Wildlife protestors launch campaign after hundreds of trees set to be felled

Save Newcastle Wildlife group is behind the drive which is concerned over schemes it says will see 600 trees felled More than 1,600...