Cultural venue dishes up new street food pop ups
A new Ouseburn event will serve up a selection of the city’s best street food pop ups all summer-long. Artisan Social is a new weekly event featuring a series of local street food pop ups, dishing up everything from Indian and Greek cuisine to vegan American diner style food,...
Lufthansa announces direct service between Newcastle and Munich
Lufthansa has strengthened its commitment to the UK market with a new direct flight from Newcastle International Airport to Munich International Airport, available to book on lufthansa.com. Commencing operations from 3 February 2020, the Airbus A319 aircraft will fly six times weekly between the two cities and provide onward...
Simplyhealth Great North 10k Gateshead
Excitement is mounting ahead of next month’s Simplyhealth Great North 10K (Sunday 7 July), when more than 5,000 will enjoy a landmark-packed Tyneside route before a memorable grandstand finish on the track at the famous Gateshead International Stadium. The event attracts a huge field to a spectacular riverside route...
North East College Restaurant in Running for Restaurant of the Year
A student run restaurant at Newcastle College is in the running to be named AA College Restaurant of the Year, after making it through to the next crucial stage of the competition. The popular Chefs’ Academy was awarded a Highly Commended AA College Rosette in December, qualifying it to...
Independent café serves up weekly gin bar all summer-long
An Ouseburn café is toasting the onset of summer by collaborating with a regional spirits company. The Factory Kitchen – an independent café housed in The Biscuit Factory art, craft and design gallery – has teamed up with Hepple Spirits to host a gin bar every Sunday. Sloe Sundays...
Celebrate 100 years of Hilton at Newcastle Gateshead
Guests staying at the prestigious Hilton Newcastle Gateshead could receive a fabulous birthday gift – even if it’s not their special day. It is a 100 years since the very first Hilton Hotel opened at Cisco, Texas and birthday celebrations are taking place around the globe. And at Hilton...
Bigg Ideas Exhibition
Tuesday, 25 June to Sunday, 29 June 2019, 12.00-5.00pm Free Admission ‘Bigg Ideas’ is an exhibition of artwork and design projects created by students at Northumbria University, who have been inspired by the regeneration of Newcastle’s famous Bigg Market. The exhibition features work from first year Fashion Communication, Graphic...
North P&I Club named ‘legal department of the year’ at Northern Law Awards
North P&I Club’s in-house Corporate & Legal Team has been named ‘Legal Department of the Year’ at the recent Northern Law Awards. The award recognises their outstanding work in delivering a solution to ensure that all business divisions within the North Group can continue to successfully operate in a...
RNS search for young composers
Royal Northern Sinfonia has launched its Young Composers’ Competition, which will form part of the orchestra’s Beethoven celebrations next season. With 2020 marking 250 years since Beethoven’s birth, Royal Northern Sinfonia will commission five young composers to write a piece for chamber orchestra in response to his body of...
Critical skills for life and work
Developing the Professional Intercultural Communicative Competence of Highly-Skilled Refugees Critical Skills for Life and Work Free Conference, all welcome! Friday 21 June 2019, 10.00-17.00 Armstrong Building, Newcastle University, Spence Watson Lecture Theatre Join us as we launch a new learner and teacher toolkit Take part in discussions with researchers...