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Swing Bridge celebrations as Newcastle marks 150 years of a Victorian marvel
Heritage
Today is 150 years since the Swing Bridge opened to traffic for the first time on June 15, 1876, and heritage experts are celebrating the legacy of William Armstrong's revolutionary crossing
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Bodies of 38 including infants found during building work in Cardigan
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The bodies are believed to date back to the 12th century
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Bid launched to save historic Newcastle city centre building
Newcastle City Centre
Funding has been secured to start the process of finding a new use for the Coppersmiths Shop at Stephenson Quarter
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When is St Patrick's Day 2026? Find out about the saint who inspired our celebrations
St Patrick's Day
The story of the saint and why we wear green and shamrocks to remember him - with the help of a pint of Guinness that is
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Look inside the at-risk piece of Newcastle history being saved with £4.6m restoration
Heritage
The Keelmen's Hospital in City Road has been derelict for years, but will soon be brought back to life as 20 affordable homes
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Derelict Newcastle hospital to be saved thanks to £4.6m for city's 'most at-risk' historic asset
Heritage
Plans to restore the historic Keelmen's Hospital overlooking the Newcastle Quayside have been awarded a a £4.6 million grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
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North East museum to display Grace Darling's shawl after generous Christmas donation
Heritage
The shawl, worth over £800, is thought to be one of the many gifts Grace Darling received for her act of bravery
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North East beauty spot plagued by large amount of fly-tipped rubbish as council investigates
Sunderland
Rhyope Dene, which is part of the Durham Heritage Coast path, is a popular area with families and dog walkers
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Inside Northumberland castle restored to 'full splendour' for sale at £2.5million
Northumberland
Bellister Castle in Haltwhistle has been lovingly renovated by its current owners and The National Trust, blending the modern and historic
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'Once in a lifetime opportunity' - Locomotion's historic return to North East draws huge crowds
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The restored replica of the Locomotion No. 1 arrived at a North East railway station to a huge crowd of people
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Student on Northumberland archaeology dig strikes gold on first day
Hadrian's Wall
Yara Souza finds an intriguing ninth century gold object at the site in Redesdale
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Historic Newcastle hospital set for major restoration as council approves housing plans
Heritage
Planning permission has been secured for a massive overhaul of the derelict Keelmen's Hospital, a prominent building overlooking the Newcastle Quayside which dates back to 1701
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Massive shoe found at Northumberland Roman site astounds archaeologists
Hadrian's Wall
Explorations are taking place of the little-known Magna site near Vindolanda
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Heroic airmen remembered in French village and how one man survived fatal crash and escaped Nazis
World War Two
A historian is hoping to trace relatives of a North East flight engineer who died in an air crash in a French village in 1943
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MP calls for assurances over future of closed Northumberland castle
Northumberland
Hexham MP Joe Morris says that the people of Prudhoe “deserve a long-term commitment" from English Heritage over the future of the town's castle
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The founding father of Italian football largely forgotten in his Tyneside hometown
North Shields
Gifted Victorian sportsman George Dormer Fawcus was part of family of industrialists in North Shields - and leading figure in the creation of famous Serie A side Genoa
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Three brothers among 38 dead in the Newcastle pit disaster that forced changes in work safety laws
Scotswood
A close knit community was shattered 100 years ago when pit on the outskirts of Newcastle flooded as men worked underground
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Scotswood mining tragedy 100 years ago today unleashed 'truly unimaginable suffering' on community
Sunday Sun
People have come together to mark the centenary of the Montagu Colliery Disaster and honour the lives of those who died
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North East archaeologists amazed by 2000-year-old hoard discovered by metal detectorist
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Durham University team is studying hundreds of Iron Age items found underneath a field near Darlington
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How Newcastle plans to honour the lives of 38 miners who died in flooded coal mine 100 years ago
Scotswood
A series of events have been organised to mark the landmark anniversary of the Montagu pit disaster
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Victorian theme park moves 450 miles to County Durham after being bought by Kynren
County Durham
The team behind Kynren have bought the Flambards Victorian village attraction after the Cornish theme park closed down
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Durham steam train to offer passengers fish and chips this spring
County Durham
Train lovers will have a chance to combine the nation's favourite dish with a scenic rail journey on the 'world's oldest railway'
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Inside story of how Kevin Keegan’s grandad rescued 26 miners from disaster in Durham town's darkest day
Kevin Keegan
Pit inspector Frank Keegan was hailed as one of the heroes who helped save lives when 168 men perished in the West Stanley pit disaster of 1909
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North East author in running to be named UK Archaeologist of the Year
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Clive Waddington has carried out a number of landmark archaeological digs in the North East
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