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.
Taylor Frankie Paul Season 5 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is here, and it hits the ground running with the messiest storyline the show has tackled yet. Production was paused for two months after a legal dispute between Taylor and ex Dakota Mortensen, and the fallout shapes almost everything in this shortened run of episodes on Hulu.What happened between Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota MortensenBefore a single scene played out, season 5 opened with a title card explaining the situation plainly: ‘In May 2026, the Secret Lives cast returned to finish filming interviews following a 2-month production pause…
The skimpy accessories trend 2026 is here, and it starts at your feet. Anklets, toe rings, lace slip socks, arm cuffs, beaded scarves draped down your back, the small, barely-there embellishments are having a proper moment, and they are worth paying attention to.Writer Ali Royals, deputy editor of Byline, traces the impulse to a single anklet: two metal links joined by a magnetic heart, draped just above the ankle bone. One clasp later, she was converted. From there, the hunt spread upward (to the arms, the neck, the back) in search of what she calls the skimpy accessory: pieces that…
Around 1.5 million households in England and Wales meet the Cold Weather Payment eligibility criteria and will start receiving automatic payments from the Department for Work and Pensions from 1 November. No application needed, if you qualify, the money lands without you lifting a finger.The scheme pays £25 for every seven-day period when local temperatures average 0°C or below. According to GOV.UK, the current payment window runs from 1 November 2026 to 31 March 2027. That means a sustained cold snap could trigger multiple payments across the winter.Payments are issued automatically to people already on specific low-income state benefits. The…
Newcastle United’s Lewis Hall Newcastle contract news is the most straightforward message the club has sent in months: this one is staying, on their terms, for five years.While Alexander Isak, Anthony Gordon, Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes all pushed for the exit, Hall did the opposite. He turned 22 this week, is already a full England international, and instructed his people to get a deal done. The result is a long-term contract that gives Newcastle something they have been badly missing: leverage.What the Lewis Hall Newcastle contract actually meansIt is not naive optimism to say this matters. When a player’s…
The fall hair colour trends heading your way this season share one clear direction: richer, warmer, and far less work at the salon. Eight shades are pulling focus right now, and the colorists behind them are already fielding requests. Why Glossy, Lived-In Colour Is Winning This Season Meri Kate O’Connor, a celebrity colorist at Benjamin Salon in Los Angeles (named a top colorist by Refinery29 and featured in Benjamin Salon West Hollywood’s Allure Magazine Best of Beauty Directory), is the name behind several of the biggest calls this autumn. Her read on the overarching mood? Gloss. ‘Everyone’s obsessed with shiny,…
The Frances Tiafoe Ayan Broomfield relationship has been quietly building for over a decade, and it is every bit as impressive as their combined tennis CVs. Tiafoe, the Maryland native currently ranked inside the top 12 in the world, reached his third US Open semifinal after defeating Alex Michelsen. Away from the court, he has had Ayan Broomfield by his side since 2015.How the Frances Tiafoe Ayan Broomfield Relationship BeganThe two met during the 2015 US Open. Fellow tennis player Vickie Duval encouraged Tiafoe to ask Broomfield out, and he did it the modern way: sliding into her Instagram DMs…
The Tom Holland Zendaya honeymoon has found its unlikely setting: Tiburon, a quiet California town where, according to a source cited by Daily Mail, the couple have been spotted repeatedly and barely given a second glance.Tiburon sits in Marin County, north of San Francisco, and by the account of that source, it is precisely the kind of place where two of the most photographed people on the planet can wander Main Street without triggering a single phone camera. ‘They are often spied on Main Street, which is filled with restaurants, cafes, upscale boutiques, and even a movie theater,’ the source…
NATS flight cancellations at Newcastle International Airport and across the UK were triggered by a millisecond-duration software defect in the National Airspace System, not human error, AviNews reports, with more than 2,000 UK flights cancelled on 8 September as the fallout rolled into a second day.The disruption hit Newcastle hard. Four departures were axed on Wednesday morning alone: the 6.05am BA1341 to Heathrow, the 7.20am EZY5605 to Amsterdam, the 8.50am EZY238 to Bristol, and the 11.05am BA1329 to Heathrow. Two inbound services were also cancelled: EasyJet’s EZY237 from Bristol and BA’s BA1328 from London Heathrow.How bad did NATS flight cancellations…
The patients harmed by Elizabeth Holmes blood testing company Theranos are back in focus after a surprise documentary, You Can See Everything, premiered at the Telluride Film Festival this weekend. The film, from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim and distributed by A24, follows Holmes for three years, covering the 34 days before she went to prison. It is a portrait of the person rather than a straight retelling of the fraud.Before getting into the documentary, it is worth revisiting what Theranos actually did to real people, because the human impact of the Elizabeth Holmes blood testing scandal is easy to…
Phoebe Dynevor and Cameron Fuller’s wedding took place on 5 September 2026 at an 18th-century farmhouse in Provence, France, and the details are worth knowing. According to HELLO! Magazine, 31-year-old Phoebe wore a custom Louis Vuitton gown for the ceremony.The venue, confirmed by Yahoo Entertainment, was Le Mas des Poiriers. Not a bad backdrop for a wedding. Provence sun, stone walls, an 18th-century farmhouse, the setting matched the occasion.How the Phoebe Dynevor Cameron Fuller Relationship StartedThey met at Sundance Film Festival in January 2023. Phoebe revealed as much during an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show. ‘We met at (I…