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The Tyneside Cinema - no nachos allowed

By Sam Collier • Jul 8th, 2008 • Category: events, favourite

Not impressed by this summers over-hyped blockbusters? Fed up with all 240 screens at your local multiplex showing the same three films? Sick of being stuck next to annoying people who think that nachos and hot dogs are acceptable cinema fodder?

We may have the answer… Read full story

High Level Bridge gets a fresher lick of paint

By Paul Smith • Jun 18th, 2008 • Category: favourite, news

The view along the Tyne from the High Level Bridge is amongst the favourites of Newcastle and Gateshead residents. The sight of the bridge from within, despite millions of pounds spent on it, is an entirely different matter.

Since the bridge re-opened on 2nd June, taggers have been busily undoing the last three years of restoration. Now, less than three weeks after it was officially re-opened, graffiti litters the internal walls. Read full story