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UFOs over South Shields and the coastguard conspiracy
The truth is out there. Over South Shields, in fact. At least it was at the weekend.

Coastguards were called out at the weekend after members of the public reported lights in the sky, off the Wearside and Marsden coast..

How not to advertise cheese in Newcastle
We’re not anti-London, not in the slightest, but the arrogant attitude of folk in our nation’s capital is sometimes unpalatable.

The perfect example awaits you at Monument Metro station this very day. It’s a poster for Primula cheese. Nothing wrong with that, unless you’re lactose intolerant…

Chew on this - The Lounge, Neville Street
The Lounge, opposite Central Station, is a jack of many trades. It’s a bar for the after-work crowd in the evenings, a cafe bar by day and moonlights as a tacky meat market at weekends, where downstairs in the basement you may find topless dancers on a match day…

Skiiing? Snowboarding? Hit the slopes of Gateshead
The Beijing Olympics has roused the nation into at least considering exercise as a viable alternative to heavy drinking. Now Gateshead Council wants to make the most of this half-hearted wave of semi-euphoria…

Flirting responsibly in Newcastle
Who wants to flirt responsibly? Not us. Outrageous flirting is where it’s at, baby. But plenty of people seemingly like that sort of thing, as does new speed-dating night When the Music Stops - it’s their strapline - and we like to think we’re broad minded enough to deem it acceptable…

Photo by Emily D Elliott on Flickr. Some rights reserved.

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