Rebecca O'Neill

Newcastle upon Tyne

Multi-Media Journalist at BBC

Newsreader, presenter & reporter @BBCNewcastle 🎙 Love news, showbiz, dogs, baking & making things. My tweets are not what my employer thinks!

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North Shields charity chosen to save food from being wasted

2 days ago | bbc.com | Rebecca O'Neill

Charity chosen to save food from being wastedRebecca O'NeillMark MalekpourServices users at Cedarwood Trust on the Meadow Well EstateA charity in North Shields has been chosen as one of 12 in the country to get funding to help reduce food waste. The scheme by the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra) aims to save 19,000 tonnes of food from being wasted and instead feed families. It sets the charities up with farmers to supply produce that would otherwise be unused.
Heaton business fear closure as Newcastle council doubles rent

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Rebecca O'Neill

'Doubling of rent will end our business'Rebecca O'NeillBBCHeaton Perk Cafe and 109 General Store in Newcastle is facing a rent hikeA cafe and general store says its future is hanging in the balance after its rent was more than doubled overnight. Heaton Perk Cafe has been on Heaton Park Road in Newcastle for 18 years and its owners opened 109 General Store five years ago.
Shearer's former youth club celebrates 120 years

Nov 16, 2024 | au.sports.yahoo.com | Rebecca O'Neill

The Wallsend Boys Club was formed 120 years ago to keep young apprentice ship builders out of trouble. Having helped generations of young Tynesiders - including some world renowned footballers - and overcome many adversities, the club is still going strong today (and it's not just for boys anymore). It was 14 November, 1904, when builders from the Swan Hunter's shipyard opened their new club for their boys.
20 choses dans la série qui sont historiquement exactes

Sep 6, 2024 | thenexus.one | Rebecca O'Neill

Beaucoup se demandent quelle quantité de Le Grand c'est vrai, car la série originale Hulu détaillant l'ascension au pouvoir de Catherine la Grande semble souvent presque trop grandiloquente pour être tirée de la vraie vie. Le Grand La série ne prétend jamais être exacte à 100 %, se décrivant comme une histoire « parfois » vraie. Cependant, beaucoup ont du mal à faire la différence entre les faits et la fiction.
20 coisas na série que são historicamente precisas

Sep 6, 2024 | thenexus.one | Rebecca O'Neill

Muitos se perguntam quanto de O Grande é verdade, já que a série original do Hulu detalhando a ascensão de Catarina, a Grande, ao poder muitas vezes parece bombástica demais para ser tirada da vida real. O Grande nunca afirma ser 100% preciso, descrevendo-se como uma história "ocasionalmente" verdadeira. No entanto, muitos têm dificuldade em diferenciar entre fato e ficção.
'Keith Richards was talking to me about fonts'

Aug 13, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Rebecca O'Neill

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Iconic hospital set for new housing future

Jul 11, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Rebecca O'Neill

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Newcastle sailor and cancer patient sets sail on 20,000-mile voyage

Jun 17, 2024 | bbc.com | Rebecca O'Neill

Cancer patient, 82, sets sail on 20,000-mile voyageBy Rebecca O'Neill, BBC Radio NewcastleBBCDavid Cowper and Susannah Broome aboard Polar BoundAlmost 45 years ago, Newcastle yachtsman David Cowper was the first man to sail solo round the world in both directions. Now 82, Mr Cowper is taking on the 20,000-mile return voyage through the Northwest Passage - the sea lane between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean.
Busking charity bike ride aims to buy school bus

May 19, 2024 | yahoo.com | Rebecca O'Neill

A rock'n'roll singer has set himself a challenge to cycle the length of Britain to raise money for a much-needed school minibus. Jamie Bell, from The Baldy Holly Band, told of his "Eureka moment" when he heard Sir Charles Parsons School in Walker, Newcastle, was struggling to fund a new adapted vehicle. He aimed to set off on the epic journey from Lands End to John O’ Groats on Monday, and along the route plans to play impromptu busking gigs to raise extra cash.
Low cost food and clothes market to expand

Apr 30, 2024 | yahoo.com | Rebecca O'Neill

A community centre in Newcastle which provides free meals, a food bank and a low cost market is expanding due to demand. St Vincent's in Byker provides a three-course meal to more than 150 people every Tuesday. In the last year it has served 27,500 meals. It also runs a Cost of Living Market every Thursday offering low cost food, clothes and household goods among other items. Now it is turning its weekly pantry, used by about 250 people, into a five days per week service.