During the summer of 1977, the world heavy boxing champion and arguably the most famous man on the planet at the time, Muhammad Ali, paid a sensational visit to Tyneside. A new stage play, Champion, ...

The man who had a British mega hit, once shared a stage with Tina Turner as she performed before a crowd of more than 100,000 ...

Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Shields Gazette ... that was no small amount of money when you consider that the 1970s were a time of recession. The students didn’t just walk ...

Directed and written by George Heron, the film tells the poignant story of George, a young boy growing up in 1970s South Shields. Leeming Bar station provided the perfect historical backdrop for ...

A chance purchase of a decorative blue and white serving dish for £12 half a century ago sparked a "magnificent obsession" ...

Film crews and actors have been spotted using a stretch of North Yorkshire railway as the backdrop to a production that could be released later this year. Wensleydale Railway recently welcomed a ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access information on a device and to provide personalised ads and content, ad and ...

The Vivien Westwood 'parachute' shirt was described as a "rare surviving artefact from the height of the 1970s punk movement" ...

With most clubs at least partly for sale, almost all of the time, and most buyers now coming from abroad, the fact that many of these shoppers do not want to stray too far from London’s Heathrow ...

Mr Shields, chairman of the Magee Marshall brewery ... conveniently placed on the route of the number six bus. In January 1970, a fire broke out at the pub just as the landlord, Clifford Mann ...

The East Valley Drama Club presents "Check, Please," a one-act comedy by Jonathan Rand. This weekend's final performances are ...