Newcastle’s main shopping thoroughfare Northumberland Street was bustling with activity in the run-up to Christmas 1985. The early years of the decade had seen the UK economy blighted by recession and ...

Councillors have called for rapid progress to deal with crumbling concrete on a key River Tyne crossing, amid ongoing concerns about its safety. The Redheugh Bridge, between Newcastle and Gateshead, ...

Another inspection of the Redheugh Bridge is due to go ahead in January Councillors have called for rapid progress to deal with crumbling concrete on a key River Tyne crossing, amid ongoing concerns ...

Councillors have called for rapid progress to deal with crumbling concrete on the Redheugh Bridge, amid ongoing concerns about its safety. Just days after the closure of the Gateshead Flyover 12 ...

We look back on a lost form of London transport that you probably never used. It was London's only funicular railway. Well, sort of. The funny diagonal lift beside the Millennium Bridge didn't quite ...

Gateshead's FA Cup run is not paying for the future but will pay off the success the club has had in the past, according to boss Alun Armstrong. The Heed have clinched a spot in the top eight of the ...

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This former dockmaster’s house at the entrance to St. Katharine Docks on the River Thames is built directly into the dock walls, offering wide-angle, close-up views of Tower Bridge. “The way it’s ...

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As the city plans to stage the biggest New Year's Eve event it's seen for some time, a series of road closures have been ...

Millennium Management has backed two more external managers with more than $3 billion in combined capital, the latest in a series of recent allocations by the hedge fund giant. Izzy Englander’s firm ...