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Chew on this - Stateside Diner, Pink Lane

By Kevin Read • Aug 9th, 2008 • Category: food

It’s not hard to fall over a burger joint in Newcastle these days but Newcastle hasn’t had an independent burger restaurant / diner since New York, New York closed in the eighties.
Stateside Diner on Pink Lane would appear to fill the allbeit small void for a 50’s style American diner and as such is small [...]



Exclusive - Gateshead gets Googled

By Kevin Read • Aug 8th, 2008 • Category: news

A vehicle carrying the unmistakable multi-coloured Google branding has been seen touring the streets of Gateshead this morning.



No beach, no Hoff - it’s Beyewatch

By Kevin Read • Jul 26th, 2008 • Category: news

A group of geographically dispersed Newcastle fans with an internet connection and too much time on their hands have set up www.beyewatch.co.uk.
The cunning title relates to Newcastle United footballer Habib Beye and the beyewatch moniker has already been picked up by lazy hacks at The Daily Mail for use in their own articles.