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A transformation of the former O2 Academy into new venue NX Newcastle could be the “final straw” for fed up city centre neighbours. Plans were unveiled earlier this year for a £1.75m overhaul of the ...

WESSEX boy Frank Turner made a triumphant return to the North-east at the O2 Academy. The last time he was in the region, the folk-rocker played a wonderful warm-up gig at The Hub, in Darlington, ...