A shawl said to have belonged to Victorian heroine Grace Darling is going up for auction. On 7 September 1838, the then-22-year-old rowed out in a storm with her father to help nine survivors of the ...

Grace Darling led Saddle River Day, No. 18in the NJ.com Top 20, with 23 points in a 66-55 win over Pope John in Sparta. Leading 36-26 at halftime, Saddle River Day (16-8) edged Pope John with a 30-29 ...

Two sea rescue heroines were separated by an ocean but linked by royal recognition. Now they have been brought together again by a collaboration between heritage centres on Tyneside and in Canada. On ...

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North Star’s new UK-built hybrid-powered daughter craft, specifically designed for the offshore wind market, has been launched at a naming ceremony held at the Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht club in ...

The latest play from North East playwrights, Ed Waugh and Trevor Wood, is Amazing Grace, which tells the story of Grace Darling rescuing survivors of a shipwreck, off the Northumberland coast in 1838, ...

There’s still time to bid for a remarkable piece of North East history with Newcastle and South Shields links which will be auctioned this month. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Shields ...

Mark Batey explores the full span of these odds-defying and nation-transforming lives, detailing their impact and why we should all know a bit more about them. What is well known is that in September ...