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.
The Anthony Elanga injury Newcastle feared could derail their season may not be as bad as first thought, with the winger potentially available for the trip to Coventry City, according to Chronicle Live. But Alan Shearer has made it clear that Jacob Murphy cannot wait for good news: he needs to step up now. Newcastle were rocked earlier this week when Elanga picked up a training injury and was sent for an MRI scan. The 25-year-old had established himself as one of Matthias Jaissle’s key players in the early weeks of the new manager’s tenure, and his absence would have…
The Readme dating app for book lovers has launched, built by the team behind Co-Star and pitched squarely at people who want their next match to have strong opinions about what they’re reading. If your non-negotiable in a partner is a proper bookshelf, this one’s for you.What Readme actually doesThe concept is direct. Readme connects people who read, or who want to date someone who reads, by building profiles around literary taste rather than the usual swipe-fodder of gym selfies and vague holiday snaps. When you sign up, you answer questions about the books and writing you like. The app…
The Dancing With the Stars Season 35 finale has not been officially confirmed yet, but all signs point to Tuesday 24 November, the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. The show launched with a two-night premiere on 15 and 16 September, and runs on Tuesday nights for the rest of its run, covering part of September, all of October, and all of November up to Thanksgiving week.ABC has not announced the finale date, but last season offers a strong template. Season 34 premiered on Tuesday 16 September (just one day later in the calendar than this season) and its finale landed on 25…
Northumbria Police’s Roads Policing Unit is running an A69 Haltwhistle collision witness appeal after a woman in her 60s was struck by a car on the bypass road and left with life-threatening injuries. She remains in hospital in a critical condition.The incident happened shortly after 10am on Friday, 11 September. Police received a report of a collision between a car and a pedestrian on the A69 in Haltwhistle, Northumberland. A white Vauxhall Mokka had struck the woman while she was on the carriageway of Haltwhistle Bypass Road. The reasons for her being on the carriageway have not yet been established.Emergency…
The Philippa Smith garden complaint has sparked widespread anger online after a widow with breast cancer in Berwick was contacted by her building’s management company about children’s toys left in her private garden. Philippa Smith, 42, says the email left her stunned and called on her neighbours to show ’empathy and understanding’ given everything she is currently dealing with.Philippa lives in a Grade I listed building in Northumberland with her two young children. Her husband, Royal Navy officer Lieutenant Commander Richard Smith, died in 2023, leaving her to raise the family alone. She is currently undergoing treatment for breast cancer.The…
Dancing With the Stars Season 35 kicked off on ABC on 15 September, and three weeks in, the leaderboard is taking shape, eliminations are mounting, and a couple of pairings are already pulling away from the pack.The full cast of 16 was announced on 2 September on Good Morning America. The line-up runs the usual gamut: Olympians, reality show veterans, actors with serious dance pedigrees, and a few complete beginners. Here is where every contestant stands.Who Has Already Been Eliminated From Dancing With the Stars Season 35Conner Leavitt, partnered with Adele Zaikman, was the first to go, sent home at…
The Slow Horses season 6 release is almost here: the first episode lands on Apple TV+ on Wednesday, 16 September 2026, and the six-episode run wraps up on 21 October. Here’s everything you need to know before it drops.When and how to watch Slow Horses season 6Apple TV+ follows a weekly release model, so no bingeing the lot in one go. A new episode of Slow Horses arrives each Wednesday from 16 September through to the finale on 21 October. Episodes go live at midnight ET, though Apple TV+ sometimes makes them available from 9pm ET the night before, so…
The Target fashion week bag has become a fixture on the streets of New York City during the shows, and three fashion insiders have opened theirs up to reveal exactly what they’re working with. From K-beauty lip stains to prebiotic iced tea, the picks are practical, affordable and built for the non-stop grind of event-to-event dressing. The Target Fashion Week Bag: Three Insiders, Three Formulas Stylist Alexandra Ballard is keeping her skin sorted between shows with the MIXIK Matcha Milk PDRN Soothing Mist ($29), a dual-layer formula designed to calm and moisturise. For energy on the move, she carries a…
Michael Mills Newcastle winger is firmly in contention for his first senior call-up after being spotted pitchside at Elland Road during Monday’s 4-1 Premier League defeat to Leeds United, with a place in the squad for this weekend’s home fixture against Hull now a genuine possibility.Mills was not named in the matchday squad for the Leeds game, but his presence on the pitch during the warm-up was hard to miss. Newcastle captain Dan Burn, who made the trip despite being ruled out through injury, emerged alongside the teenage winger and the pair spent around five minutes talking on the halfway…
Helene Wilson vision treatment is set to change life for the 59-year-old Consett volunteer, who has been awarded free vision correction at Optegra’s Gateshead clinic after her neighbour put her forward as a local hero for decades of charitable work in the town.Wilson’s nomination centred on a long record of community service: supporting the Royal British Legion, volunteering with the Building Self Belief charity, fundraising for the Project Linus scheme which provides quilts to children who are ill or in distress, and playing a key role in securing funding for the memorial honouring Consett’s steelworkers. Her neighbour submitted the nomination.…