newcastlecentric

While tomorrow beats Saturday to the title of the year’s longest day by a matter of seconds, the good news is that both are likely to be packed with sunshine. Read full story

Like every city, the skyline of Newcastle is constantly evolving. Currently the city centre is caught up in condo-mania, throwing apartments and flats up into the sky wherever there’s a spare inch of soil to build on.

This Sunday that silhouette loses one of its oldest and most iconic buildings, when the final remnants of the Tyne Brewery are demolished in a controlled explosion. Read full story

Fathers 4 Justice campaigner Simon Anderton is due to appear in court, Northumbria police have said.

Not for protesting without wearing a ridiculous superhero costume, but for causing a danger to road users while he sat atop the Tyne bridge earlier this week. Read full story

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

Real Fathers 4 Justice activist Mike Anderton has ended his Tyne Bridge protest over 60 hours since it began on Sunday.

The protest ended around 8pm tonight when Mike Kelly, a spokesman for RFFJ ordered Anderton down following growing concerns about his health. Read full story

Not so long ago we were enjoying tropical blue skies and the risk of sunburn. As always, it never lasts and tomorrow Newcastle’s weather gets all Jekyll and Hyde on us again.

The BBC Met Office is predicting rain for most the day, with heavy showers due in the early evening. Read full story

Simon Anderton’s third day atop the Tyne Bridge seems to be having the desired effect of getting Fathers 4 Justice talked about, albeit not necessarily in the way the protester hoped.

While banners on the bridge are nothing new, a dummy hung by its neck and swinging in the breeze is causing considerable upset. Read full story

Although last night’s national news reported of petrol stations selling fuel for up to £2 per litre, the situation hasn’t become so apocalyptic in Tyneside. However high prices at the pump are being blamed for a rise in fuel thefts from garages in the region.

An investigation by the Chronicle has revealed that in the first four months of 2008, reports of fuel thefts from forecourts have increased by 49%. Read full story