The Cheviots © Gail Johnson
Fans of food, culture and sport are in for a summer of great events at NewcastleGateshead in coming months. Things begin in just over a month with Cakebook Britain, set to take place in Saltwell Park July 15. Then there is the VAMOS! festival in June and July, Newcastle Pride, the Bupa Great North 10Km in July, the comedy festival and then The Big EAT! rounding off July. August sees the Bridges Festival and then some fantastic Olympic and Paralympic Games Football at St James’ Park.
With a £1.2million investment, there will be thrilling things taking place at the Life Science Centre very soon. On 26 May, the centre in Newcaslte will launch North East England’s only 4D motion ride, along with a host of new hands-on exhibits entitled The Curiosity Zone. The 4D motion ride will use wind, water spray, smoke and smells as well as moving seats to bring the 3D action on screen to life.
People in the Tyneside region can take advantage of a special ticket promotion this coming Bank Holiday weekend. Tyne and Wear Metro and Seven Stories have teamed up to offer visitors who use the metro £2 off the admission fee to the national home of children’s books in Britain.
Budding North East bakers are being called on to help make an edible map of the UK for the London 2012 Festival. Cakebook Briitain will take place in Gateshead’s Saltwell Park on July 15 as part of the wider NewcastleGateshead Eat! Festival taking place between July 13-29, 2012.
Northumberland Wildlife Trust has received funding from Newcastle City Council to survey the River Tyne within the boundaries of the City of Newcastle.
Newcastle’s Grade I listed Theatre Royal Newcastle celebrates its 175th birthday this year, and so the destination’s venues will join forces to host the World Shakespeare Festival. The festival will be part of a packed summer of celebratory events.
More than 150 delegates from 15 countries will arrive on Tyneside next week to attend an international conference on how to promote economic growth.
The experts will discuss the findings of the latest report by the OECD on how regions – large and small, deprived and prosperous – can create growth at a time when the UK and much of Europe is struggling with debts and austerity.
On March 25 many North East top chefs will line up alongside the cream of the region’s home cooks for a savoury pie challenge to raise money for the Help for Heroes charity. Professional chefs and amateur cooks will be hoping they have the recipe for success when they go head-to-head in a culinary competition in aid of Britain’s wounded servicemen and women.
A spectacular outdoor laser projection Global Rainbow shone across the North Tyneside coastline recently. It was called Global Rainbow and was part of the Cultural Olympiad 2012. It was projected from 6pm until midnight from St. Mary’s headland along an eight kilometre stretch of the North Tyneside coastline. Global Rainbow was seven parallel beams of high specification laser light, representing the spectrum of the traditional seven colours of the rainbow, and is designed to be projected across large open sites, particularly densely populated areas.
The Urban Traffic Management Control System (UTMC) is the first cross-boundary traffic management system in the UK and is now operational across Tyne and Wear. Its aim is to help reduce congestion, improve journey times and bring new levels of reliability on the road network. The UTMC is based at Newcastle University. It means that traffic management operations on behalf of the five Tyne and Wear districts has been amalgamated from one site, controlling lights, bus lanes, CCTV and vehicle flow across the region. This is the first time every the system has been co-ordinated and joined up in this manner
Fashion flashback – Tudor fineries and 40s make-do at Belsay
The catwalk of the past is on show at Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens in Northumberland, with a month-long Fashion from the Past event, running from May 5 – 27. Read more
Perfect character cottage with breathtaking views
This month’s Cottage of the Month is charming Hilltop Cottage, Thorpton, near Rothbury, Northumberland. This lovely old cottage has all you need for an exceptionally comfortable holiday and is perfect for a couple or small family. It offers unforgettable views across the hills of Northumberland and has a lovely garden. Well-behaved pets are welcome, too!
Stunning holiday cottage in Northumberland
This 15th Century Bastle House has been sympathetically renovated to provide a stunning place for couples to stay. Bastles were two-storey stone farmhouses where families would hide behind the metre thick walls during times of trouble. Livestock were housed downstairs. The property is one of the very few remaining complete Bastle Houses in Northumberland. [...]
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