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The Journal Culture Awards honours heroes of the arts - GALLERY Apr 23 2013

CHEERS rang out from Durham Cathedral last night as the great and the good of the North East’s cultural contingent gathered to celebrate all that had been achieved last year.Read

Energy expert Phil Taylor makes switch to Newcastle University Apr 23 2013

ENERGY expert Phil Taylor switched universities in the North East yesterday to help plot a greener future for the region.Read

21st celebration proves Haltwhistle Walking Festival certainly has legs Apr 20 2013

GUESTS who turn up at a 21st celebration next week in Northumberland will have walked many a mile.Read

Familiar commute on Kielder Forest Drive for vintage car buff Apr 19 2013

DRIVER Robert Anderson certainly appreciated the commuter route which halved his journey time.Read

Newcastle University students' cafe turn trash into cash - GALLERY Apr 16 2013

ACITY’S latest cafe opens today – and customers are guaranteed that it will be totally rubbish.Read

Annfield Plain mum died day after cancer diagnosis Apr 13 2013

A YOUNG mother has died just hours after being diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer despite never having smoked.Read

Roman heritage artwork unveiled at Wallsend Metro station Apr 13 2013

A NEW Metro station artwork celebrating a Tyneside town's Roman heritage was unveiled yesterday.Read

Troublemakers barred from St James' Park after pre-match brawl Apr 13 2013

MORE than 20 football fans have been banned from tomorrow’s Newcastle-Sunderland match after being charged with football-related disorder before another game.Read

Pub patrols and extra Police Officers for Tyne-Wear derby Apr 13 2013

POLICE will be carrying out extra patrols in city centres on derby day.Read

Port of Tyne works with Live Theatre to celebrate 40th anniversary programme Apr 13 2013

A PORT has marked its link-up with a city theatre by meeting up with a superhero to see its work.Read

North East football wives' jewellery stolen by Gateshead cleaner Apr 13 2013

A TRUSTED cleaner who stole more than £20,000 worth of jewellery from footballers’ wives was committing benefit fraud at the time of the thefts, a court has heard. Read

Midges prove the Tipping Point for North East experts' research Apr 13 2013

THEY were tiny and lived – briefly – thousands of years ago. But midges which flitted over lakes in Greenland in the deep past are providing North East experts with insights into how our climate may change in the future.Read

Arctic ice melt film to be screened at Star and Shadow cinema Apr 13 2013

ON Thursday a dramatic film which captures the rapid rate of ice melt in the Arctic in the last few years will be screened at a Tyneside cinema.Read

Memorial talk will honour Professor Brian Shefton Apr 12 2013

A PROFESSOR who brought a range of ancient Greek treasures to Tyneside is to be remembered with a series of free public lectures.Read

Salmon on Coquet get lift with new ‘river escalator’ Apr 12 2013

THOUSANDS of wild salmon will fare better in a prime Northumberland river this year after the opening of their own “river escalator”.Read

Wildlife chiefs launch bid to save the bees Apr 11 2013

BELEAGUERED bees will be given a helping hand in one of the North’s prized landscape areas – to the tune of nearly £400,000.Read

Commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Flodden Apr 10 2013

IN six months’ time, a group will set off for a quiet Northumberland countryside stroll.Read

Double funding boost to preserve Dunston Staithes in Gateshead Apr 09 2013

THE drive to secure the future of one of the North East’s greatest industrial monuments slipped into gear yesterday with a double funding boost.Read

100 miles of cycling planned along scenic Northumberland sandstone spine Apr 06 2013

A NEW 100-mile cycle route is set to follow the sandstone spine of Northumberland taking in some of the county’s finest scenery.Read

Beamish Museum celebrates a bygone age of trams Apr 04 2013

FOR 50 years trams transported the masses across the North East. By 1950-51 they had been ousted by buses in Newcastle and Gateshead and in 1954 Sunderland followed suit.Read