newcastlecentric

- 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. Read full story

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

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

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

- Fourteen people escaped a fire at a three-storey house in Elswick this morning. Fire crews were called to the blaze, which broke out in a ground floor bedroom, in Linwood Avenue in the early hours. Read full story

As fans continue to hold their head in their hands at the loss of Kevin Keegan and the unknown future of Newcastle United, supporters are finding new and inventive ways to vent their spleen. Read full story

Apparently there’s a recession going down and it’s only going to get worse. And don’t we all know it. Read full story

- The brother-in-law of a man found on Sunday with a fatal stab wound to the neck Oakland Terrace, Ashington has been charged with his murder. Read full story