NE1 Limited, Newcastle’s Business Improvement District, is once again celebrating the success of Alive after Five, its award winning initiative which has transformed Newcastle City centre and has been worth an estimated £839 million since launch.

NE1 Ltd, Newcastle City Council and Newcastle United Football Club have pulled off a major coup and will be bringing the Rugby Football League (RFL) Dacia Magic Weekend back to Newcastle in 2018, for an unprecedented fourth year in a row.

Sharon Armstrong, 40, from Wallsend was named the first ever Geordie Jackpot winner after the inaugural lottery draw on Saturday 7 October. Sharon was delivered by Rolls-Royce to Newcastle’s Castle Keep to be presented with her winning cheque for £1,000 by world champion triple jumper, North East athletic legend and Olympic gold medallist, Jonathan Edwards.

Cash for Kids is one local charity working hard to raise awareness of the North East’s unenviable record in the child poverty stakes and deliver a better life and future for all children in the North East.