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A South Tyneside charity is giving dozens of local young people a better chance of finding work with the help of new funding from Newcastle Building Society.

Award-winning Metnor Construction Ltd has announced the appointment of Lee Kirk as senior operations manager, following the retirement of operations director, Jim Baldwin. Jim had been with the company since it was established in 2002. He began as contract manager…

With his battles against the BBC, the State and authority, his notoriously archaic and offbeat humour and satire, it is no wonder the Spike Milligan story has fascinated Ian Hislop and his long-term co-writer Nick Newman, writes Colin Young.

An £8 million community hub providing people with new skills and life opportunities has officially opened.

Newcastle’s parks and allotments are set to benefit from £2.5 million in funding over the next five years, thanks to a new charity responsible for their management, development, and protection. Urban Green Newcastle, formally the Newcastle Parks and Allotments Trust,…

Newcastle University has opened a new subsea engineering lab that will allow students to design and build underwater drones using the latest marine technology. The state-of-the-art facility — based in the Armstrong Building on the Newcastle University campus — contains…

North East Creative Agency Sail has announced today its certification as a B Corporation, joining a growing group of companies reinventing business by pursuing purpose as well as profit. Sail has been certified by B Lab, the not-for-profit behind the B Corp movement, as having met rigorous social and environmental standards which represent its commitment to goals outside of shareholder profit.

A new programme has been launched that will support work to encourage inward investment, stimulate local pride and attract and retain talent in Newcastle. The aim of the Newcastle Ambassador Programme is to use the city’s greatest asset, its people,…