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We’re here to connect, inform, and entertain the North East — from great music and local stories to live coverage of major events like the Great North Run, Armed Forces Day, South Tyneside Parade Day, EAT! Festival, and Tidal Trails.
With a mix of great music, local news, and real community stories, Affinity Radio is powered by passion and fuelled by the North East.
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Can you spot yourself or anyone you know in the crowd?
Daniel Banks was found swigging alcohol from a plastic bottle at the side of the road after he'd ploughed through a fence and into a field
Steven Moore will join an international network of performers recognised for their musical innovation
Yamaha Music School North East is to transition to Community Interest Company
Nicole Gutierrez Lock, Lucy Walton and Eve Howarth assisted in some of country's most iconic fashion shows
Nicki Wood wants to remind us all about how much comfort the familiar can bring in dark times.
Kieran Driver, 22, from Cowgate, said "frequent" bangs caused the windows and doors of his Qatar apartment to start "shaking and rattling"
More than 76,000 British people have registered their presence in the Middle East
A selection of tributes to people who have passed away around the North East
Andrew McCoy allegedly left the man unconscious by hitting him to the head
