Bar the Metro replacement service, I haven’t used the bus to travel for years. I grew up in a small town in County Durham that had no trains and have memories of getting the bus everywhere and being frustrated about…
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For the past couple of months I’ve been following the news of the new £1.5m shipping container community By the River Brew Co opening on the Gateshead Quayside with eager anticipation. I’ve been saying for years that more should be…
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Background Chaophraya (pronounced CHOW-PRY-A) Newcastle is a relatively new restaurant on the Newcastle dining scene having opened late 2016 as part of Newcastle’s Intu Eldon Square’s Grey’s Quarter dining area re-vamp. The contemporary Thai cuisine restaurant is part of a…
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You’ll likely have heard the new fantastic news from the autumn budget that after much campaigning, Nexus, has been successful in its bid for £337 million to improve the Tyne and Wear Metro. This means that Nexus will now start…
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People often look down their noses at chain restaurants but a number of the new chains we have in Newcastle are totally kicking it out of the park. Tapas Revolution Newcastle, Turtle Bay and Cabana are some of my firm favourites. Tapas Revolution…
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