Portal:North East England

Introduction

North East England is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes. The region has three current administrative levels below the region level in the region: combined authority, unitary authority or metropolitan borough, and civil parishes. There are also multiple divisions without administrative functions; ceremonial county, emergency services (fire-and-rescue and police), built-up areas and historic county. The largest settlements in the region are Newcastle upon Tyne, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Gateshead, Darlington, Hartlepool and Durham. (Full article...)

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Gateshead lies on the southern bank of the River Tyne. Its quayside was historically a busy industrial port, but is now a centre for culture; both the Sage Gateshead and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art are visible in this picture. Originally part of County Durham, Gateshead became part of the county of Tyne and Wear in 1974 and together with Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank they form the urban core of the Tyneside conurbation. Gateshead and Newcastle are joined by seven bridges across the Tyne; the silhouettes of the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, the Tyne Bridge and the High Level Bridge are visible here.

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Henderson playing for Liverpool in 2022

Jordan Brian Henderson MBE (born 17 June 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Ajax and the England national team. He is noted for his leadership, versatility, and physicality.

Henderson joined the Sunderland Academy at the age of eight, making his first-team debut a decade later in November 2008. He spent six months on loan at Coventry City in 2009, before returning to Sunderland. In 2011, Henderson signed for Liverpool, winning his first trophy with the club, the League Cup, one year later. Appointed Liverpool captain in 2015, Henderson won the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup in 2019, and in 2020 led his team to the Premier League title. For his performances in the title-winning season, Henderson was named FWA Footballer of the Year. In 2022, Henderson won the FA Cup and the EFL Cup, with Liverpool beating Chelsea on penalties in both finals.

An England international, Henderson has over 80 appearances for his country since his debut in 2010. He has appeared at six international tournaments with England, the 2012, 2016 and 2020 UEFA European Championships and the 2014, 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups. He was the first player to win the England Player of the Year award at both the U-21 and senior level. (Full article...)

Categories

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• County Durham
  • Darlington
  • Durham
  • Hartlepool
  • Stockton-on-Tees

• North Yorkshire
  • Middlesbrough
  • Redcar and Cleveland
  • Stockton-on-Tees

• Northumberland

• Tyne and Wear
  • Gateshead
  • Newcastle upon Tyne
  • North Tyneside
  • South Tyneside
  • Sunderland

North East England lists

• Places of interest in Northumberland
• Places in Tyne and Wear
• Tyne and Wear Metro stations

Newcastle upon Tyne:

• Famous residents of Newcastle
• TV programmes set in Newcastle

Sunderland:

• Famous people from Sunderland

Dialect

• Northern English (N.B. This category covers all of northern England, so includes dialects spoken outside the north-east region)

Accents/dialect in and around:

• Berwick-upon-Tweed ("Tweedside")
• Newcastle (Geordie)
• Northumberland and Durham (Pitmatic)
• Sunderland (Mackem)

Grammar:

• Northern subject rule

WikiProjects

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• WikiProject UK geography
• WikiProject UK subdivisions
• Wikipedia:WikiProject North East England

Did you know that...

Did you know

• Newcastle's Mosley Street was the first in Britain to be lit by electricity.
• The 1971 gangster film Get Carter (starring Michael Caine) was filmed in the North East and features Gateshead's former Trinity Square car park.
• In the UK, every packet of Nestlé Rolos is made at Fawdon in Newcastle.
• A total of seven bridges link Newcastle Quayside and Gateshead Quays: Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Tyne Bridge, Swing Bridge, High Level Bridge, Redheugh Bridge, Queen Elizabeth II Metro Bridge and King Edward VII Bridge.
• The design of the Gateshead Millennium Bridge is so energy efficient that it uses just £3.60 of electricity each time it opens.
• "She Loves You" was composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney in The Imperial Hotel in Jesmond, Newcastle.
• Tyneside playwright Lee Hall first performed the hugely successful Billy Elliot as a reading at Newcastle's Live Theatre.
• Charles Algernon Parsons developed the steam turbine in 1884 in Newcastle. This revolutionised the generation of electricity.
• Newcastle Breweries, famous for its Newcastle Brown Ale, began in 1890, but were acquired in 2008. Brown Ale however, is no longer produced on Tyneside.
• The Humphry Davy mining lamp was invented in Sunderland.

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