The £3.4m Prudhoe Street #Metro junction replacement project in #Newcastle has won the Outstanding Project of the Year (under £20m) at the Spotlight Rail Awards, marking its second award. The project, completed in just two weekends, was carried out by #Nexus and delivery partner Smarttrax Rail. The works replaced Metro's busiest junction, ensuring minimal disruption with two weekend closures. The complex project involved pumping wet concrete down to the tunnel floor, future-proofing Metro infrastructure for years. The project previously won Project of the Year at the Global Light Rail Awards. The renewal completes the track replacement from #Jesmond to #Gateshead.
https://www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/metro-tunnel-project-wins-another-railway-industry-award

Mark Bryant, the voice behind the Tyne and Wear #Metro’s on-board announcements for 15 years, has revealed his identity. A professional voiceover artist, Mark’s soothing voice provides essential route information to Metro passengers daily. He runs his own #media company in #Gateshead and records the audio in a voiceover booth. Mark, 46, from Hebburn, South #Tyneside, enjoys his unique role, often surprising people when they learn it’s him behind the announcements. He’s excited to voice the new Metro #trains, noting the impressive #technology. Mark's career started in local radio, later branching into ads for major artists like Tom Jones and Robbie Williams. Voiceovers run in the family, with his wife, Amanda, also a voiceover artist, and his son, William, even nominated for a voiceover award.
https://www.nexus.org.uk/news/item/revealed-voice-tyne-and-wear-metro

I finally got round to updating my blog with my latest #SolarCan #solargraph

2 cans from the top of The Baltic Art Gallery in #gateshead #newcastle

Fullsize images on my blog.

https://www.theapproachablegeek.co.uk/project/lofi-photography/#xmas-2024-update

Spotted a deer in heroic pose in #Gateshead yesterday. Sadly my phone camera isn't up to much.

https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/30872/Cyber-incident
#Gateshead council "cyber incident"

Area: Gateshead, United Kingdom
POI: All Saints Presbyterian Church

What's your favorite mode of transportation for sightseeing?

Discover fascinating sights in Gateshead: https://visitsights.com/sights/United%20Kingdom/Gateshead?mtm_campaign=mastodon

#Religion #Christian #Sights #Sightseeing #Building #PlaceOfWorship #Amenity #Church #Gateshead #Travel #UnitedKingdom

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Under the angel

North East folks, #sunderland #gateshead #durham #newcastle
This Sunday, come watch wheelchair rugby aka murderball, for free! Solid day out this

Incredible video of MetroCentre in 1987
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wojjh8mSIMw

I met Spuggy here once when I took part in a Lego building competition

Grim up north? Don't you believe it!
Last of the afternoon's winter sunshine in countryside near Rowlands Gill in Gateshead's Derwent Valley.
The lighter evenings are very noticeable now and not surprising really as the sun is now setting almost an hour later than at the solstice just before Christmas.

#newcastle #gateshead creative code folks, there a jam session/ #livecoding / #algorave thing happening tonight at Star and Shadow from 7pm!
Everybody welcome, participation voluntary, come see and learn (and dance?)

Local #gateshead and #newcastleupontyne folks, I'm selling stuff. Hit me up if you want to buy it and have a coffee. https://www.gumtree.com/sellerads/1468417763?page=1

Flooded and forgotten: How Europe's disused coal mines are successfully being used to heat our homes.

An old coal mine has been providing an English town with green energy for the last six months.

The ground-breaking project in Gateshead is using the warm water that has filled the tunnels to heat hundreds of homes and businesses in the former coalfield community.

https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/10/14/flooded-and-forgotten-how-europe-s-disused-coal-mines-could-help-heat-our-homes

Hello Beige! And hello to everyone else. I've moved around the corner from neurodifferent.me, and it's time for an #Introduction

Sandwiches. #Sandwiches. Sandwiches! I'm bringing some sandwiches to Beige Party. Let me know what you want. Not tuna, though, if you want a tuna sandwich you can make your own.

Will happily provide #tea and #biscuits to go with.

Other than that, hmm, I'm an #autistic #Welsh person who lives in beautiful #Tynedale, and I spend my working time fiddling about with emergency #healthcare #data to improve care quality in the #NHS. I have issues with #anxiety and #loneliness, and I'm an abuse survivor. And I'm also lazy, so I copypasted that from previous introductions.

Some other things:
politics: left, handwringing lefty liberal social democrat wokeista etc;
great love: #trees and #woodland, I do volunteer work in my local #woods;
I'm obviously very fond of #SilentCinema;
fascinated by: #birds (but I'm hopeless at identifying them), #cricket (especially #CountyCricket and #Durham), #tea; #gardening, at which I am a total novice and trying to learn; oh, and football, which is #Gateshead. There are no other Gateshead fans on fedi. Prove me wrong. You can't.

Also, very glad to not be part of a #cult. No cults here. Absolutely not.

And I promise that this is the last time I will put hashtags in the middle of the post rather than all at the beginning or end. I think hashtags in the middle is permitted for an introduction, or I hope so anyhow.

Now, then, who would like a sandwich?