As some of you will know, i’m an avid gig-goer. I like to go to as many concerts as I can, including old farts and also new acts. Last week we went to see Bad Company at Newcastle Arena. Price of tickets was £40 per head. The band had got back together to do one [...]
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This is the first part of a series covering the big rivers of North East England, namely the Rivers Wear, Tees and Tyne.
I start with the River Wear.
The River Wear is 60 miles long, rising in the East Pennines near Wearhead, and reaches the North Sea at Sunderland. The mouth of the river is quite distinctive, [...]
Thought you might like a laugh. Here’s some classics from the pages of Viz (our local laugh rag).
* What’s all this nonsense about that 66-year-old Romanian woman being the world’s oldest mum? My mum’s 77. Beat that.
* Peter Andre might look smug in all his wedding pictures, but I’d just like to remind him that, [...]
The day started with all of the North East sides still in the relegation mire. Sunderland were still in the driving seat, 2 points ahead of a relegation spot with little Hull City sandwiched in between. Newcastle and Boro were in the relegation zone. Newcastle basically only needed a point and were fairly certain that [...]
