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  • 1 week ago | thenorthernecho.co.uk | Andrew White

    23 1/1 Volunteers have been working hard to make sure Durham Cathedral looks its best for tomorrow's Royal Maundy Service. Durham will be welcoming King Charles and Queen Camilla when they will meet specially invited guests and hand out Maundy money tomorrow morning. This will be the first time since 1967 that the historic service has been held in Durham, when Queen Elizabeth II distributed the Maundy money.

  • 1 week ago | thenorthernecho.co.uk | Andrew White

    Today's Object of the Week is an early 20th-century puzzle game currently on display at a County Durham culture and heritage venue. The Allied Flags board game is one of the central features of an exhibition that aims to shine a light on children throughout history. The game is part of a temporary exhibition called 'Welcome to Our County: The Children of Yesterday and Tomorrow,'  in The Story, on the outskirts of Durham City.

  • 2 weeks ago | thenorthernecho.co.uk | Andrew White

    Jade Helliwell will be belting out the country hits at The Fire Station, Sunderland, on Saturday night. (Image: JADE HELLIWELL) A musical celebration of the best country songs of all time, Country Hits Live, is coming to the North East. Andrew White speaks to one of the stars of the show, Jade Helliwell. "I think people like the honesty of country music," says Jade Helliwell when asked to explain the enduring popularity of the genre, which never seems to go out of fashion.

  • 2 weeks ago | thenorthernecho.co.uk | Andrew White

    Today's Object of the Week is one of the earliest surviving purpose-built railway structures in the country. The oldest surviving railway structure in York - and one of the earliest surviving in the world - is to be restored as a brass band rehearsal space. The Grade II-listed water tower, built in 1839, is to be given a new lease of life by Network Rail. The building, which has fallen into disrepair, is to be transformed into a base for the York Railway Institute (RI) Band.

  • 2 weeks ago | thenorthernecho.co.uk | Andrew White

    Former Northern Echo journalist Mike Amos signing copies of his new book in Shildon (Image: MIKE AMOS) A former journalist for The Northern Echo returned to his County Durham roots at the weekend for signings of his latest book. Mike Amos, who spent more than 50 years with the paper, described both of the events in Shildon as "wonderful occasions”.

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Andrew White
Andrew White @apwecho
9 Apr 25

My review of the @Blackeyedtheatr production of Dracula at the @DarlingtonHipp for @TheNorthernEcho - classy, clever, atmospheric and engaging. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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The Northern Echo @TheNorthernEcho

REVIEW: There's a lot to sink your teeth into in this adaptation of Dracula https://t.co/3N727hTfX5

Andrew White
Andrew White @apwecho
9 Mar 25

Object of the Week in @TheNorthernEcho is a series of tape recordings which were unheard for years, but which a York academic believes shed new light on a mail van robbery in 1950s London. https://t.co/XWvONUH1V6

Andrew White
Andrew White @apwecho
24 Feb 25

I interviewed Paul Riley - best known in the role of Winston Ingram from @stillgame - ahead of his stand up show in Newcastle. Here’s the feature in @TheNorthernEcho https://t.co/rWSzatmyQz