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3 days ago
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Newcastle Women cross Tyne to new home
Newcastle United Women are moving to a stadium outside the city ahead of the upcoming season. The club will play home games at Gateshead International Stadium, home of National League men's side Gateshead. The women were previously based at Kingston Park, home of Newcastle Falcons rugby club, but the move to Gateshead will allow it to use a grass pitch which is a prerequisite to playing in the Women's Super League (WSL). Newcastle's head of women's football, Su Cumming, said the change of grounds was the start of an "exciting new chapter" for the team. "The club has achieved incredible growth and success in recent years and we are putting these important building blocks in place to continue our exciting journey," she said. "We are, of course, sad to leave Kingston Park, where we have built so many memories both as a training base and home stadium." The club achieved back-to-back promotions in the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons, which propelled the team into the Barclays Women's Championship. The squad has its eyes on promotion again this year, but the installation of a grass pitch at Kingston Park was not possible. "We respect the needs of Newcastle Falcons and we thank everyone at the club for their support, but this is the right time to make the move as we pursue a place in the WSL," said Cumming. Gateshead Council leader Martin Gannon said the stadium "has a proud history of hosting top-class sporting events and with women's football now one of the fastest growing sports in the world, we're ready to build on that". Issues regarding the stadium's lease arrangements have proved problematic in the past. Last year, Gateshead were denied permission to compete in the National League play-offs because it had not been granted a 10-year licence from the council to stay at the stadium. A decade-long lease is a requirement of participation in the English Football League. Gateshead has since said a new agreement has been signed with the council which would allow it to compete for promotion in future. Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram. More on this story 'No option' but to hand over leisure facilities Gateshead fans react to club's league play-offs ban Council clarifies '10-year lease' for Gateshead FC Related internet links Newcastle United Women FC Gateshead Council
BBC News
3 days ago
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Newcastle United Women FC move to Gateshead stadium
Newcastle United Women are moving to a stadium outside the city ahead of the upcoming club will play home games at Gateshead International Stadium, home of National League men's side women were previously based at Kingston Park, home of Newcastle Falcons rugby club, but the move to Gateshead will allow it to use a grass pitch which is a prerequisite to playing in the Women's Super League (WSL).Newcastle's head of women's football, Su Cumming, said the change of grounds was the start of an "exciting new chapter" for the team. "The club has achieved incredible growth and success in recent years and we are putting these important building blocks in place to continue our exciting journey," she said."We are, of course, sad to leave Kingston Park, where we have built so many memories both as a training base and home stadium." The club achieved back-to-back promotions in the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons, which propelled the team into the Barclays Women's squad has its eyes on promotion again this year, but the installation of a grass pitch at Kingston Park was not possible."We respect the needs of Newcastle Falcons and we thank everyone at the club for their support, but this is the right time to make the move as we pursue a place in the WSL," said Cumming. Gateshead Council leader Martin Gannon said the stadium "has a proud history of hosting top-class sporting events and with women's football now one of the fastest growing sports in the world, we're ready to build on that". Issues regarding the stadium's lease arrangements have proved problematic in the year, Gateshead were denied permission to compete in the National League play-offs because it had not been granted a 10-year licence from the council to stay at the stadium. A decade-long lease is a requirement of participation in the English Football has since said a new agreement has been signed with the council which would allow it to compete for promotion in future. Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
BBC News
10-07-2025
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Former Newcastle Brown Ale site golf plan approved
The former home of Newcastle Brown Ale production is to be transformed into a £40m multi-storey golf and entertainment complex after plans were unanimously old Federation Brewery site in Gateshead will be turned into a three-storey leisure facility with 102 hitting bays alongside event spaces, a bar and restaurant, rooftop terrace and lounge Topgolf UK says the development near the Metrocentre will create 300 construction jobs and up to 400 roles once the attraction is numbers are projected to be 450,000 per year with Topgolf also predicting the scheme will bring in up to £250m over a 10-year period. Councillor Kathryn Walker told a meeting of Gateshead Council's planning and development committee she believed it was a " really exciting opportunity" for the area and that concerns over traffic and potential surface flooding were sufficiently dealt with within the authority's own planning council's assessment stated that while the scheme did not adhere to a draft area plan on account of reducing future home developments and open space, the economic and regeneration benefits outweighed those found the site's location "makes it uniquely suited to a large-scale leisure use, without direct conflict with existing residential areas". Since the Local Democracy Reporting Service initially reported on the scheme last week, the proposal received an additional letter of support describing it as "a fantastic idea and something the area is in desperate need of".Newcastle Brown Ale was produced at the site from 2005 after being moved from it switched to the Yorkshire town of Tadcaster five years later when Heineken closed the was demolished in to create a leisure venue were announced in 2022 after the Metrocentre Partnership bought the land. Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
BBC News
23-06-2025
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Gateshead council gets flyover demolition funding to help costs
A council will receive £2.5m from the North East Combined Authority (NECA) to help demolish a dangerous East Mayor Kim McGuinness said it would provide the funding towards the cost of removing the A167 Gateshead Highway crossing, which was closed in December over fears it could is set to take place later this year, with Gateshead Council previously putting aside £18m for its said the combined authority was making the funding available for the road bridge's removal so it could "happen as soon as possible". The closure of the flyover in December led to delays on roads and the Tyne and Wear Metro service, which has part of its track running 1960s-built structure has since been reinforced with concrete but it has not reopened to traffic. It previously carried about 40,000 vehicles a day. Money for regeneration Gateshead Council's leader, Martin Gannon, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service the extra funding from NECA would make it "easier" to progress with the demolition and lessen the financial burden on the Labour-led said government money would be needed to bring about the wider regeneration of Gateshead town centre following the flyover's demolition."The removal of the flyover is a critical enabler for broader regeneration of the area, which would improve connectivity for local people and the environment," the Labour-elected mayor said."This would require national funding and we're supporting the council to make this case with government." Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
BBC News
15-06-2025
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Work on doomed Gateshead flyover to start in August, council says
Work to knock down a flyover will begin in August and be completed by the end of March "at the very latest", a council leader A167 Gateshead Highway has been shut since December amid concerns about crumbling Council has agreed to demolish the 900-metre (2,950ft) structure - which carried about 40,000 vehicles a day - to make way for town centre Martin Gannon said the area could be used for homes. The authority has earmarked £18m for its of the footbridges could be destroyed with explosives, with the rest possibly removed in sections and transported elsewhere to be broken up. 'Massive demand' for homes Six months on from the closure, Gannon told the BBC's Look North: "People will see work taking place certainly from August onwards and then, at the very latest, the demolition work will be completed by the end of March. [That's] absolutely certain."It's a huge area of land that we want to build houses on."We want people to live in Gateshead, there's massive demand and it will create jobs and good-quality homes."There's nothing you can't like about redevelopment in the centre of Gateshead."As well as hitting motorists, the flyover's closure saw Metro services running in tunnels beneath the structure suspended for nearly two weeks while urgent repairs were carried out to prop it Nexus has indicated closures on the scale of those seen in December should not be director Stuart Clarke told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: "We will share information with our customers once the details, scope of the works and timings have been finalised."Our aim is to ensure that any potential disruption to Metro services will be kept to an absolute minimum." Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
