newcastlecentric

Those who can, run. The rest of us watch it on the telly. Or get annoyed that we can’t drive anywhere in Tyneside for the best part of a day.

One person is dead after a collision between a car and an articulated lorry on the A1 in Northumberland.

What’s this map all about, then? Weather? Wealth? The hardest drinkers in the country? Nope. It’s a map of lesbians. Why? You’ve got us there.

- The QE2 is returning to the River Tyne next week before departing on her final ocean cruise. First launched by the Queen in 1967, the famous vessel will be visiting the Port of Tyne next Wednesday.

Well, who’d have thought Newcastle United would be such an attractive proposition in the current economic client?

A witness has come forward in the case of murdered Newcastle students Xi Zhou and Zhen Xing Yang.

Tesco has shrugged off the credit crunch and announced its plans to redevelop Gateshead town centre are almost complete.

Of course The Secret Policeman’s Ball is neither a secret (although if it is, it’s not very well kept), nor a policeman’s ball. It is of course an annual gig to raise both the funds and the profile of Amnesty International.