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April 18, 2025

Major housebuilding project plans resurface

NEW VERSIONS OF PLAN TO BUILD ON MALMO QUAY AND SPILLERS QUAY SUBMITTED

2 mins

Airport expects busiest ever Easter for getaway

NEWCASTLE Airport is expecting its busiest ever Easter weekend with tens of thousands of travellers set to jet off from the North East.

2 mins

Teenage motorcyclist dies after crash in city's west end

A TEENAGE biker died in a crash last weekend.

1 min

Petition over potenial stadium move hits 11k

MORE than 11,000 people have now signed a petition bidding to 'save' Leazes Park from becoming home to a new stadium for Newcastle United.

2 mins

Uni dentists get to root of sloth's toothache

NEWCASTLE University dentists have conducted pioneering surgery on a sloth to cure the animal's toothache.

1 min

King and Queen spread joy on Maundy Thursday

WELL-WISHERS TELL OF EXCITEMENT AS ROYALS VISIT DURHAM CATHEDRAL

3 mins

Campaigners slam 'farcical' protest handling

ANTI-MONARCHY campaigners protested the King and Queen's visit to Durham on Maundy Thursday, but said police and university handling of this had been \"farcical\".

1 min

Equality policies are here to stay, council pledges

NEWCASTLE City Council is doubling down on a drive to promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) on Tyneside.

2 mins

Man's chemical attack at pub left victims in agony

SCREAMS AND DISTRESS AFTER DRINKERS SQUIRTED WITH AMMONIA

2 mins

KIANA-LEE DIED IN HOUSE BLAZE A MONTH AGO

INVESTIGATIONS into the fire that killed four-year-old Kiana-Lee Wallace are continuing one month on.

1 min

Police still probing death of tot

INVESTIGATIONS into the fire that killed four-year-old Kiana-Lee Wallace are continuing one month on.

1 min

'Sadness' as florist and cafe to close

'IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL FIVE YEARS'

1 min

Bank cuts rates again

THE European Central Bank has cut interest rates for the seventh time in a row to counter worries about economic growth fuelled by President Donald Trump's tariff onslaught.

1 min

Sunshine and showers over Easter

BANK holiday weekend will be mixture of sunshine and showers for most of the UK while south-west England should brace for heavy downpours, forecasters have said.

1 min

Doubt over SNP's by-election hopes

SCOTLAND'S First Minister has said his party may not necessarily be the favourite to retain a seat subject to a Holyrood by-election.

1 min

Kemi denies suggestion of Jenrick leadership threat

KEMI Badenoch brushed off suggestions her former Conservative leadership rival Robert Jenrick is a threat to her authority.

1 min

New charter will 'stop rot' in military homes

DEFENCE Secretary John Healey has pledged to \"stop the rot\" in military housing through a new consumer charter aiming to improve living conditions for personnel and their families.

1 min

Poet Laureate gets Freedom of London

SIMON ARMITAGE has said he is \"excited\" to receive the freedom of the City of London, despite being a northerner all his life.

1 min

Chicks bring hope for species that's extinct in the wild

THREE extinct-in-the-wild Socorro dove chicks have hatched at London Zoo, marking a hopeful milestone in the bid to bring the species back from the brink of extinction.

2 mins

ANTI-SOCIAL HOTSPOTS

POLICE received around a million complaints about anti-social behaviour last year, with thousands of neighbourhoods across the nation blighted by graffiti, noise nuisance, and intimidating gangs.

2 mins

Readers can help ease school holiday anxiety

Hi, Sunshine News readers. Happy Easter! We hope all our readers enjoy the long weekend.

3 mins

I'm going to enjoy the here and now

Movie Saltburn made her song Murder On The Dancefloor huge for a second time.

3 mins

Casualties of war...

A GRUELLING AND GRUESOME TRUE STORY OF NAVY SEALS' FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL IN IRAQ

2 mins

Animals humanise people... and they make them more decent humans to each other

PENGUINS are funny little creatures, flapping but flightless, surfing waves and chowing down on fish.

3 mins

A story with everything... like several great movies

Hollywood's Andrew Garfield goes in search of his roots in Who Do You Think You Are?

2 mins

The world's a disaster. It's time for the Darbyster to get back on stage

The world needs it. It's a terrible disaster of a planet right now so I thought, hey, it might be time for the old Darbyster to get back on stage and entertain people.

3 mins

Handel with care

YOU would think that Britain's favourite choirmaster might be running out of ways to form a new singing group.

1 min

O’Sullivan to face Carter at Crucible

SNOOKER Seven-time champion Ronnie O’Sullivan has been drawn to face long-term rival Ali Carter in the first round of the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.

2 mins

Great Scot! Mac's back for Saints challenge

MURRAY McCallum returns for Newcastle Falcons when they host Gallagher Premiership champions Northampton Saints today.

2 mins

'Promotion would be great, but expect tough time'

WES Brown reckons a promotion for Sunderland would mean more for the fans than the club - but reckons it would mean \"a tough season ahead\".

1 min

'Play-offs will be a different ball game

REGIS Le Bris does not believe today's game against Bristol City will have a bearing on how Sunderland will tackle the fixture should it happen again in the play-offs.

2 mins

'I'm enjoying my football': star Murphy

NEWCASTLE wide-man Jacob Murphy is confident he has more to give as he revels in the best form of his life.

1 min

Wing wonders give flight to Magpies' Euro dream

ALF RAMSEY famously created a new tactical formation, the \"wingless wonders\", to brilliantly win England their one and only World Cup and himself a knighthood.