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 New Moon in Virgo September 2026 lands as part of one of the most astrologically packed days of the entire month. On 10 September, four major celestial events arrive within roughly 24 hours, according to Economic Times: Venus moves into Scorpio, Mercury shifts into Libra, Uranus stations retrograde in Gemini, and the New Moon in Virgo closes out the day. That is a lot hitting at once. Here is what it means for your sign.The Big Picture: Four Planetary Events, One ThursdayPer Esalen Institute Omega, Venus enters Scorpio hours after the Virgo new moon, while Uranus stationing retrograde in…
Lyndsey Ridley spat on the face of one volunteer and the arm of another during the Lyndsey Ridley People’s Kitchen attack on 17 August, a 45-minute outburst that ended with a guilty plea at Newcastle Magistrates’ Court.Ridley, 43, of The Willows in Elswick, had been shouting and swearing at customers inside the city-centre charity for the best part of an hour before staff asked her to leave. She left, then came back. A colleague of the first victim asked for help keeping her out. It was only after the full 45 minutes of shouting that she spat, and it landed…
An epsom salt spider repellent using just two ingredients has kept one woman’s home free of spiders for two years, but science suggests the results may vary depending on which essential oil you choose and how you use it.September is spider mating season. Males start moving around actively in search of mates, which is why you suddenly notice more of them indoors. According to TikTok user @hazcolourfulhome, there is a straightforward way to stop that happening altogether, and she has been using it for the past few years.The two-ingredient method that stopped spiders in their tracksThe hack is simple. Fill…
The Newcastle comeback against Bournemouth on Saturday told you more about this squad than any of the three wins that preceded it. Coming from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 at St. James’ Park, Matthias Jaissle’s side passed the kind of gut check that smooth opening runs cannot prepare you for.Before Saturday, it had been a near-perfect start: a spirited draw at Liverpool, wins over West Brom and Tottenham, and the high-profile arrivals of Nico Gonzalez and Matias Fernandez-Pardo. Rosy in the garden, as they say. But Jaissle has repeatedly warned that a squad built on young, high-potential players will have…
The National Lottery Saturday draw is here, with a £6.8m jackpot on the line and the Thunderball numbers to follow shortly after. If your numbers come in tonight, life looks very different by Sunday morning.When does the National Lottery Saturday draw take place?The Lotto draw goes ahead at 8pm, with the Thunderball draw following at 8.15pm. Each Lotto play costs £2. Numbers will be posted here as they are confirmed, so keep this page open and check back after 8pm.It is worth knowing that the draw is not just about the top prize. There are multiple prize tiers below the…
Newcastle United needed a Jacob Ramsey late equaliser to salvage a 2-2 draw with AFC Bournemouth at St James’ Park, coming from two goals down to preserve their unbeaten start to the season under Matthias Jaissle.Bournemouth were the better side for long stretches, scoring through Marcus Tavernier and a Malick Thiaw own goal to lead 2-0. Harvey Barnes pulled one back before half-time with a blistering finish that kept Newcastle in it. Then, with the clock winding down, substitute Ramsey swept home to make it level and send St James’ Park into a frenzy.How Bournemouth took controlBournemouth dominated the first…
If you or someone you know is of State Pension age and living with one of nine common health conditions, Attendance Allowance health conditions guidance from the UK Government could point to a cash payment of up to £114.60 a week. That is worth £5,959.20 over a full year, and it comes from the DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) specifically to help with extra daily living costs.Attendance Allowance is not means-tested. You do not have to have worked a certain number of years or paid a set amount of National Insurance to qualify. What matters is the level of…
Newcastle United’s Jaissle Newcastle transfer blueprint took shape across a summer window unlike any in recent memory, with head coach Matthias Jaissle declaring the club must keep being ‘brave’ as they back youth over experience at St James’ Park.The numbers behind the rebuild are stark. By the time Bruno Guimaraes completed his £75m move to Arsenal, Sky Sports reported Newcastle had surpassed £240m in player sales across the summer. That figure includes Anthony Gordon’s £69.3m switch to Barcelona and Sandro Tonali’s £100m departure to Tottenham, two exits that set the tone for a window defined by cashing in on established…
Chocolate brown nails are back as the go-to autumn shade, and if you want to wear them well this season, there’s more to know than just picking up a dark polish. From prep to finish, nail artist Ramon Duran breaks down exactly how to make this trend work.Why chocolate brown nails hit different in autumnBrown is doing a lot of heavy lifting in fashion this fall, turning up across dresses, trousers and accessories. Nails are a natural extension of that. The shade reads as a neutral, which means it pairs with almost everything already sitting in your wardrobe when the…
The JJ Maybank Outer Banks finale debate has landed hard: how does a show kill off its most central character and then spend an entire season talking about almost nothing else? That is the genuine puzzle sitting at the heart of Outer Banks season 5, and it is one worth pulling apart properly. A death that was planned, but a season that proves why it hurt Start with the official line. Showrunner Shannon Burke told Teen Vogue that the creative team had known for a long time that somebody was going to die, and that they ‘thought it was going…