October 20, 2015
- Craft Beer Calling returns to Newcastle with over 300 beers from 60 breweries; The second annual festival, at the Boiler Shop in Stephenson's Works, looks set to again attract thousands of thirsty booze fans.
- Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce could make Paul Bracewell his No 2; Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce is considering making Paul Bracewell his number two, after failing to lure Phil Brown to Wearside.
- The New Rope String Band plans to call it a day after one uproarious final gig; The New Rope String Band, and predecessor The Old Rope String Band, have been making people laugh for years.
- Gospelware outline plans to recruit 16 staff over the next 12 months; Newcastle-based digital developers are also plotting a rebrand in 2016 on the back of a successful year of contract wins.
- Fabulous moths will be at the heart of a new art installation designed to dazzle and astonish; Chloe Rodham and Tim Lozinski are collaborating on The Illuminarium which is to be shown in Hexham and Newcastle.
- Things to Do in Newcastle and the North East - Tuesday, October 20; The stage adaptation of The Shawsank Redemption is going great guns at Theatre Royal Newcastle as the clock counts down to One Direction mania.
- Oscar Pistorius released from prison and now under house arrest; Pistorius, the double-amputee runner who fatally shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, was moved from a central Pretoria jail on Monday night when he had been expected to be released on Tuesday.
- Woodhorn Museum Weeping Window poppies on course to have welcomed 100,000 visitors; Volunteers are credited with a major role in the Northumberland attraction's huge success - and there is still time to see the display.
- Sunderland media watch: Ex-Black Cats striker Djibril Cisse retires from football; Former Sunderland man Djibril Cisse announced his retirement live on TV and was reduced to tears after speaking to the cameras.