ROCKER JIM Bob is lead singer of notorious electro punk pop band Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine and also a novelist. During the 90s Carter USM enjoyed seven Top 40 albums and 12 Top 40 singles including Sheriff Fatman and The Only Living Boy in New Cross.Read
TOM STADE is a Canadian comedian who currently lives in Edinburgh. He’s performed on BBC One’s Live At The Apollo, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Mock the Week and Dave’s One Night Stand. Tomorrow night, he’ll be performing at The Stand comedy club in Newcastle.Read
BEST-known for presenting TV shows like Grundy's Wonders and Grundy's Northern Pride, presenter and author John Grundy is a champion of North East architecture.Read
ANDY Fury is a bright young stand-up comedy talent. Having won the prestigious Hilarity Bites ‘New Act of the Year’ competition in 2010, the 29-year-old from Newcastle has travelled the country performing his jokes alongside the likes of Sarah Millican, John Bishop and Jason Manford.Read
STUDENT Justin Hitchman is taking Applied Sport and Science at Northumbria University. He plays for Team Northumbria’s 1st basketball team, and is also in the squad for the national league Northumbria team.Read
JASON Isaacs is a successful singer and musician born in Killingworth and now based in Gosforth, Newcastle. His musnnniical career started when his parents bought him a saxophone for Christmas at the age of 16.Read
CHRIS Lines is head of PR at Sunderland-based Press Ahead. The 40-year-old was born in Sunderland and brought up in Sedgefield before going to University in Nottingham.Read
ANDREW O’Neill is a transvestite, vegan, anarchist, occultist and heavy metal-loving comedian who’s performed at comedy clubs, theatres and music festivals throughout the UK, Australia, the US and Europe.Read
MATTHEW Dowden has been a magician for more than 10 years. As well as performing at weddings and corporate events across the North East, he has performed in Hollywood, filmed several best-selling magic instructional DVDs and lectured on magic at the world famous Magic Circle in London.Read
HEAD chef Troy Terrington has been at the helm of the kitchen at Newcastle restaurant, Blackfriars, for several years now. Troy, 25, moved to the North East in 2005 to pursue his culinary passions. He lives with his girlfriend Ruth Hall in Spital Tongues.Read
IF there’s ever a time for nostalgic memories, it’s Christmas. From nasty nylon knickers and pound shop aftershave to enforced jollity and ‘Santa’ drinking amber ale at the CIU Christmas party.Read
DAVID Ducasse, 35, lives in South Shields with his partner and two pugs. He is a member of 90s pop group and 2007 Eurovision Act Scooch, as well as the principal of Performers Stage School based in South Tyneside which is currently celebrating 11 years of operation.Read
