World's biggest boy band announce return to North East
One Direction have announced that they are set to return to the North East. when they will perform at the Stadium of Light on 28 May 2014.
One Direction visit Newcastle United
Pop and soccer stars rubbed shoulders when One Direction visited Newcastle United's training ground.
Dance Competition in the North East
Dancers have come from across the north of England to take part in this years NCDTA competition.
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One Direction visit Newcastle United
Pop and soccer stars rubbed shoulders when One Direction visited Newcastle United's training ground.
The boyband made a low-key visit to the Premier League side's base in the Benton area of the city ahead of their final night of a series of concerts at Newcastle's Metro Arena.
Newcastle United players met the group ahead of a training session in what will be a busy week for the club.
They play Benfica in the Europa Cup on Thursday night, then face local rivals Sunderland on Sunday.
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Hall of Fame inductees arrive for dinner
Arriving at the dinner with Brendan Rogers, Paul Tergat is being inducted into the Great North Run Hall of Fame, which was established in 2007 to recognise those who help the race.
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Red Arrows confirmed to open Sunderland Airshow
The Red Arrows have confirmed that they will be the opening performance of this year's Sunderland International Airshow.
It will be the first time that the team have taken to the skies on the first day of the three day annual event.
This year's airshow begins with a launch party at Cliffe Park on Friday 26th July.
The event is now in it's 25th year and attracts thousands to the Sunderland coastline each year.
Great North Run hosts Hall of Fame evening
Organisers of the Great North Run are hosting a special event this evening to honour some of those who have made a contribution to the event over its history.
Guests will watch as more people are "inducted" into the Hall of Fame, which was established in 2007 to recognise those who help the race.
Horrible Histories author Terry Deary to begin series for adults
The author Terry Deary, who was born in Sunderland, told Helen Ford and Tim Backshall why he decided to end his Horrible Histories series of books for children - but is beginning a series for adults instead.
Durham celebrates 21 years of county cricket
Durham County Cricket Club is celebrating 21 years as a first class county with a family fun day. The club has an extra reason to celebrate this year as it is also hosting its first Ashes test match.
The fun day has guest appearances from Peppa Pig and her brother George, a fun fair, a great cricket cake off and is the start of a 1,000 mile charity bike ride. Two riders will set off to cycle to 15 county cricket grounds.
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Gateshead International Jazz Festival gets underway
The Gateshead International Jazz Festival takes place at The Sage Gateshead this weekend. Performers from around the world join local young musicians and the world premier of a work inspired by North East landscapes headlines on Saturday. Composer Tim Garland hopes it'll introduce people to jazz.
There are free concerts for anyone to enjoy on the concourse on both saturday and sunday afternoons and workshops are being held across the weekend. Tickets are still available for some performances.
Russian ice skaters perform in Newcastle
by Richard SalkeldThe Russian Ice Stars troupe is taking to the stage at the Theatre Royal in Newcastle this week on a specially built ice rink.
The world-famous skaters are hoping to impress audiences with their acrobatic ice-ballet performance of Cinderella on Ice.
Youth Orchestra comes to the North East
It's produced some of Britain's best composers, conductors and musicians, and now The National Youth Orchestra has come to our region to perform.
Its famous alumni include world renowned conductor Sir Simon Rattle.
This year's intake will perform at the Sage in Gateshead next week.
Ant & Dec: 'We never expected we'd be No. 1'
Ant and Dec, who are on course for their first number one single with “Let's Get Ready To Rhumble”, have revealed that they only performed the song “for a laugh” and to fill a gap on Saturday Night Takeaway.
Watch: Ant and Dec perform "Let's Get Ready to Rhumble" on Saturday Night Takeaway
The presenting pair told Daybreak the resurgence of the 1994 hit was “mad” and added that they “never expected it would be number one in the midweek charts”.
The duo told Daybreak that all the money received would go to the Childline charity.
Read more: Ant & Dec **Rhumble to number one on chart update**
