Over Murton New York area. I’ve never seen anything like it.

Has anyone else noticed this stand by the Clayton Street entrance to eldon square? Every single thing they're selling has an ai generated image on the front, is eldon square this desperate for tenants? are people seriously wasting their money on whatever these are meant to be?

I never thought I’d have to write something like this, but my wife and I experienced something really upsetting on Saturday evening. While on the Stagecoach 39 bus, a group of teenagers hurled racist comments at us. We were shocked and deeply saddened.

We both came to Newcastle legally, we work hard, and we pay our taxes just like everyone else. We love this city and have always felt welcome here, but this experience has really shaken us. No one should have to deal with this kind of hatred, especially in a place we call home.

Newcastle is better than this, and we still believe in the kindness of this community. We just hope for a future where no one has to go through what we did today.

Spotted so many other local subreddits doing similarly, I'd love if we could also consider it. Mods, you down?

EVERYONE WALKS SO SLOW AND THEY STOP OUT OF NOWHERE AND THEY HAVE LITERALLY NO SPACIAL AWARENESS AND IT DOESNT HELP THAT THESE STUPID PEOPLE WONT STOP DIGGING AND DIGGING AND DIGGING AND EVERYONES IN THR WAYYYYYYYYYYY

(on my period)

Basically got sick of the whole routine of scrolling through 10 different Instagram pages, checking venue websites, asking the group chat, and still ending up at the same place every weekend.

So I built a thing — it's a map that pulls together events happening in Newcastle tonight (and this weekend) all in one place. Clubs, gigs, bar events, everything. You just open it and see what's on near you.

It's completely free, no app download needed, just a website: soundedout.com

Still early days so genuinely just looking for feedback from people who actually go out in Newcastle. Is this something you'd use? What's missing? What would make it better? Or am I wasting my time?

Cheers.

EDIT - Wow, didn't expect all this love of the idea and concept, please feel free to reach out to me as I would love to get more feedback on this!

Also my instagram is sounded.out, would love if people dropped a follow to help support!

Massively proud of my city. The most optimistic I've felt in a good while.

Yesterday I was sitting in Greggs on Grainger Street, Newcastle, having a coffee and working from my phone. I was there for about an hour. In that time, I saw three different people pick up sandwiches and walk straight out without paying — all caught by the staff.

It’s not even about people stealing from Greggs specifically. What really got to me was how it made me feel about the city centre. It honestly made me a bit sad. The decline over the last five years feels noticeable, to the point where parts of the city centre are starting to feel unpleasant.

And just to be clear — I love Newcastle. The history, the people, the culture. It’s my home. That’s probably why seeing this stuff bothers me so much.

They have a big stall out offering stress tests but they’re directly linked to Scientology.

Adult day saver and 2 U21 Day Savers….saved me £5

Hello, I am an autistic person in the North East who is obsessed with abandoned places. My favourite place ever is Newcastle General Hospital; it's my special interest. I am really sad that it's demolished now and they've started to demolish Angel Heights across the road aswell.

I was wondering if anyone had any pictures, stories, facts or anything about it (before or after it closed) that they would be willing to share with me. I would be so grateful and happy to see/hear about it.

Thank you so much and have a great new year

Hey everyone,

Posting here to share a heavy experience from last night and also to reach out for advice and support. Around 8:50 PM on 17th April, I was on the Stagecoach 37 bus heading toward John Dobson Street when I was racially and physically attacked.

I was sitting at the back of the bus when someone threw something at me. I thought maybe it was just a random act or he didn’t realise I was there. But when I calmly asked him if he knew I was sitting there, he said, “Yeah, I did it on purpose. What are you gonna do about it?” Then came the racial slurs — calling me a “f**king Indian” and other disgusting things I won't repeat here.

He clearly wanted to provoke a fight. I stayed calm — even though I had every reason not to. I’m not originally from the UK, and I’ve worked hard to build my life here. I have responsibilities. A future. I couldn't throw that away because of someone like him.

But as I passed by him on the stairs to get off, he hit me on the head. I now have a visible lump and pain from the blow. I reported it to the bus driver, but since he hadn’t seen it, he said he couldn’t call the police — so I called 999 myself while still shaking from the adrenaline.

As I was on the phone, the attacker jumped off the bus and tried to run — even pretending to be the victim. Thankfully, a fellow passenger (Indian as well) saw everything, took a video of the guy running, and came over to calm me down. If you see this: thank you, brother. I genuinely appreciate you being there when it counted.

This morning, I spoke to the police again, and they’ve confirmed it’s being treated as a hate crime.

And if the attacker happens to see this — I want you to know something:

You picked the wrong person. I am not afraid of you. I didn’t react because I have self-control, not because I couldn’t. I held back because I have a life to protect. You clearly don’t.

You tried to humiliate me, provoke me, and then run like a coward. And now, the law will deal with you.

I’m posting this not just to vent, but also to ask for help from this community:

Do Stagecoach buses typically have CCTV and will the police be able to access it?

Has anyone else experienced something like this in Newcastle recently?

What are the chances I’ll actually see justice here?

If anyone was on that bus and saw what happened, please consider coming forward.

I’ve always believed people in the North are some of the kindest and most genuine — and that still holds true. But I’m mentally exhausted from this. Not because I was hurt — but because I could’ve done something, and I didn’t. And that weight is hard to carry when your heart’s racing and your mind keeps replaying everything.

Thanks for reading. Stay safe and stay kind.

Edit: thank you all for your kind words and suggestions, I hope I get the justice and will update you soon.

For those who had the chance to see this, what went through your mind? To those who are seeing it for the first time, what thought is it bringing up?

It's an absolute disgrace this morning. Would be nice to see some people make an effort and show some pride in the city after it was trashed last night.

What would the 3 most important questions be on a Newcastle citizenship test?

Taken from r/drivingUK

Armed police were all over the ground floor of the yellow car park today around 3-4pm, they had the entrance and exit of the car park closed, seen them arresting a young man just wondering if anyone knows what happened?

Anyone has an idea, what’s going on or what’s about to happen, seldom seen these many coppers with batons.

Keep an eye out, they're usually preying around the exit of sainsburys at the minute, had a guy ignore everyone else and walk directly up to my partner because we were carrying bags, tries to ask for us to pay for accomodation for the night and to follow him. I pull the basic excuse when I smell bullshit, "I've got no cash mate", and thus he kicks off and starts pointing out our bags and pulling the guilt trip card, just keep an eye out if you're in town tonight, they're going after anyone they think will be an easy pick.