Newcastle

The play that changed my life: ‘Your Home in the West was an explosive act of anger’
Rod Wooden’s play about poverty in Newcastle broached the class divide with disconcerting realism
Danny Robins
28, Jan, 2025 @9:00 AM

Tony Slattery impressed me with his funny Spanish improv – and his loyalty | Letter
Letters: Memories of the comedian and actor, shared by Peter Rankin
22, Jan, 2025 @6:13 PM

Lisa Nandy vows to bulldoze barriers in arts and turbocharge growth
Culture secretary announces investment in arts at Gateshead summit and accuses Tories of stifling creative industries
Mark Brown North of England correspondent
17, Jan, 2025 @3:27 PM

Michael King obituary
Other lives: Gifted polymath and surgeon dedicated to treating people from poor communities
Fiona Napier
13, Jan, 2025 @5:28 PM

Northumberland line reopens, carrying its first rail passengers since 1964
Service between Newcastle and Ashington resumes after long and challenging £300m renovation project
Jack Simpson
15, Dec, 2024 @1:28 PM

‘Stranger than fiction’: Sunderland doctor Thomas Kwan’s plan for murder
GP in inheritance row aimed to kill his mother’s partner by wearing disguise to administer a fake Covid booster jab
Mark Brown North of England correspondent
06, Nov, 2024 @11:14 AM

GP who poisoned mother’s partner while disguised as Covid nurse given 31 years
Thomas Kwan tried to murder Patrick O’Hara with fake jab while dressed as nurse in attempt to protect his inheritance
Mark Brown North of England correspondent
06, Nov, 2024 @11:07 AM

Andrew Roberts obituary
Other lives: Historian who specialised in the study of Africa, in particular Zambia
Justin Willis
04, Nov, 2024 @5:28 PM

John Lewis opens new-look beauty hall as temples of pampering return to high street
Revamp of Oxford Street store follows opening of Fenwick’s ‘largest beauty hall outside London’ in Newcastle
Zoe Wood
26, Oct, 2024 @7:00 AM

Sausage rolls meet £425 Cristal at Greggs champagne bar in Newcastle
High-street baker pairs high-roller drinks with savoury favourites at Fenwick department store
Mark Brown North of England correspondent
23, Oct, 2024 @3:15 PM

Boy, 7, killed in Newcastle house explosion named
Archie York died in blast at residential properties, which also killed Jason Laws, believed to be in his 30s
Mark Brown North of England correspondent
18, Oct, 2024 @7:05 AM

Seven-year-old boy killed in ‘devastating explosion’ in Newcastle
Explosion and fire in residential Benwell and Elswick area destroyed house with six people also taken to hospital
Mark Brown North of England correspondent
16, Oct, 2024 @1:34 PM
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