AArtificial intelligence Read More Fears over North East council reliance on AI after ‘terrifying’ errorsMarch 6, 2026 A councillor in Newcastle aired fears this week over efforts to get local authority staff to use artificial…
FFootball Read More Newcastle United stadium ‘masterplan’ emerges amid Olympic Games bidFebruary 9, 2026 A new super stadium of development of St James’ Park could play a key role in bringing Olympics…
HHealthcare Read More Health chief’s warning as almost one in four North East households can’t afford adequate foodFebruary 2, 2026 Newcastle and Gateshead public health chief Alice Wiseman has warned that food inequality is driving “unmanageable healthcare demands…
BBusiness Read More Police to ban ‘undesirables’ from North East’s ‘radgiest’ pub – but council will let it reopenJanuary 19, 2026 Northumbria Police plan to issue banning notices to problem patrons of The County, in Walker, which will be…
BBusiness Read More Premier Inn customer wakes up to ‘flea bites on his body’ as Newcastle night away ‘ruined’January 18, 2026 James Alexander claims he suffered an allergic reaction after being bitten by fleas during the night at a…
BBusiness Read More North East’s ‘radgiest pub’ shut down by police amid claim staff have ‘no control’January 16, 2026 The County pub in Walker has been served a one-month closure notice and will have its licence reviewed…
HHealthcare Read More ‘Inadequate’ Newcastle sexual health clinic to be put back in NHS handsJanuary 8, 2026 The Sunderland and South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust will take over Newcastle’s sexual health clinic, after CQC inspectors…
HHealth Read More Anger after two-month wait for funeral for ‘lovely’ Northumberland man who died without familyDecember 2, 2025 Old friends and colleagues of Des Lowther questioned why his body had been allowed to wait two months…
HHealthcare Read More Newcastle sexual health clinic deal to be torn up two years after private firm took over from NHSOctober 17, 2025 Newcastle City Council has agreed a ‘mutual termination’ of a private company’s contract to run the city’s sexual…
BBusiness Read More Newcastle City Council-owned hotel cancels planned launch of new party backed by Tommy RobinsonSeptember 23, 2025 Former Reform deputy leader Ben Habib’s new party Advance UK had been due to launch in the city…
UUnited Kingdom Read More Newcastle Labour MP quits Government job in major cabinet reshuffle after Angela Rayner resignationSeptember 8, 2025 Newcastle North MP Catherine McKinnell has left her post as schools minister under Sir Keir Starmer’s cabinet reshuffle,…
BBusiness Read More St James’ Stack faces legal challenge as Newcastle bars and pubs fear they are at ‘serious risk’August 12, 2025 Newcastle City Council’s decision to extend the St James’ Stack planning permission to 2031 is the subject of…