Author: Graeme Pallister
Graeme Pallister
Graeme Pallister spent fifteen years in operations management across the North East before he started writing about the businesses that kept the region running. He came up through logistics at a mid-sized haulage firm on the Team Valley, moved into procurement at an engineering outfit near the Tyne, and ended up running supply chain for a renewables contractor during the offshore wind build-out. He left the corporate side in 2021 and started covering North East business because most of the people writing about it had never seen the inside of a Gateshead warehouse at six in the morning. He writes about manufacturing, construction, logistics, and the firms between the Tyne and the Tees that rarely make the nationals but employ half the region. Graeme lives in Jesmond with his wife and two lurchers. He thinks the phrase "levelling up" should have been retired in 2022, and that anybody who describes Newcastle as "up and coming" has not been paying attention.
Victoria Beckham rose water nails are the sheer pink manicure moment everyone is talking about this summer, and the look is easier to recreate than you might think. Spotted on Victoria while she was on a boat with her husband David during a solar eclipse, the glossy, translucent pink finish is every bit as polished as you’d expect. The sheer nail trend that’s taken over summer 2026 It’s been a season of understated manicures. Coastal blues have had their moment, the espresso nail popped up occasionally, but the real through-line of summer 2026 has been glossy, light pink and milky…
The Big Brother Season 28 cast is locked in, the house is live, and the first evictions are already done. CBS kicked off BB28 on Thursday, 9 July, and if you need a full rundown of who is playing, who is already out, and what the pre-season drama was about, here it is. Who Is in the Big Brother Season 28 Cast? Despite pre-season rumours that returning players might flood the house, the Big Brother Season 28 cast is largely fresh faces. The one returning player is Angela Murray, who previously competed on season 26. Beyond that, the house pulled…
Jamie Carragher has raised Carragher Newcastle PIF questions publicly, asking whether the Saudi-backed owners have lost interest in the club as Newcastle United head into the new Premier League season stripped of three of their biggest names and with a new head coach barely in the door.Speaking on The Overlap’s Fan Debate, sponsored by Sky Bet, Carragher did not hold back. ‘Have the owners lost interest in the club?’ he said. ‘Because when I questioned it before about Liverpool’s people coming in, what can they do? How rich they are. But they can do something with the stadium. They can…
A South Shields micro bar is being proposed for 66A Stanhope Road, with a planning application now under consideration by South Tyneside Council.The unit sits in the town’s West Park ward and has had a few lives already. Most recently it housed a financial services business; before that, it ran as a dessert delivery takeaway. The new proposal would strip all of that back and replace it with a compact bar format: interior seating, a bar positioned at the front of the unit, and toilet facilities.What the South Shields micro bar plans includeThe planning application sets out a clear picture…
The best reusable eye patches review won’t look the same as it did three years ago. The market has moved fast, the products have got better, and there is now a genuinely strong case for ditching single-use under-eye masks entirely, for your wallet, for the planet, and for your results. Cosmopolitan’s beauty team has tested the lot. Here is what they rate.Why Reusable Eye Patches Belong in Your RoutineDermatologist Marisa Garshick MD sums it up cleanly. ‘They’re designed to help enhance the benefits of your preferred eye cream or eye serum,’ she says. ‘When the patches are applied, they help…
The scarf belt skirt trend is back this season, and Mango has done the hard work for you with an A-line skirt that builds the whole look straight into the design.What the Scarf Belt Skirt Trend Actually IsThe concept is straightforward: instead of tying a scarf around your waist over a separate skirt, the silhouette and the accessory come as one. Mango’s version is an A-line cut with a scarf detail elegantly draped around the waist, functioning as an overlay rather than a fastening. Think wrap-skirt energy crossed with a classic scarf tie, minus the faff of styling the two…
You know the emotionally unavailable signs when you spot them in someone else: the three-day text gaps, the sudden “I’m not ready” speech after six weeks of acting like a partner. Identifying that pattern in yourself is a different challenge altogether.Here is the uncomfortable part. Clinical psychologist Dr Eli Kraiem puts it plainly: ‘The desire for love and the capacity to tolerate it aren’t always the same.’ You can genuinely want a relationship and still struggle to stay open once one arrives. Wanting it is not the same as being ready for it.What Emotional Unavailability Actually MeansIt does not mean…
A-Level results day in the North East is here, with grades dropping from around 8am as students across the region find out whether they have the scores they need. Whether it is a university place, an apprenticeship or a rethink entirely, today is the day decisions get made.What Happens if the Grades Don’t LandNot every result will go to plan, and that is where Clearing comes in. A-Level, T-Level and BTEC Level 3 results are all being released today, and students who do not get the grades they need, exceed their expectations, or simply change their minds about where or…
Preppy dressing 2026 trends are back on the agenda, and this season the look is less rigid dress code, more knowing exactly which rules you want to bend. Blazers, loafers, cable knits, collared shirts, the core kit has not changed much. What has changed is how designers are putting it together. What the Runways Did With Preppy Dressing 2026 Trends Heritage labels are still calling the shots. Brooks Brothers and Polo Ralph Lauren remain the reference points, the grammar everyone else riffs on. But this season’s collections pushed the look somewhere more interesting. Vivienne Westwood channelled its punk ethos into…
Michael B. Jordan has been spotted liking Sol Dean’s Instagram posts, with a screenshot shared on X showing the Michael B. Jordan Sol Dean connection goes back at least as far as November 2025, when Sol marked her 24th birthday.Sol joined CBS’s Love Island USA season 8 not long ago, and her social media presence has picked up serious attention since she entered the villa. Most of that attention comes from viewers. Some of it, it turns out, comes from rather more famous admirers.The Michael B. Jordan Sol Dean Like That Set the Internet OffAn eagle-eyed user on X shared…