Newcastle’s players leapt in the air like wild men at the final whistle, Blaydon Races blared over the public address system and, momentarily at least, the spirit of old flowed through a club which has fallen on hard times this season.Falcons parted company with Dave Walder, a club stalwart, as head coach earlier this month but their first game since his exit brought a thrilling victory, ending a run of four straight Gallagher Premiership defeats.
Flames tore through The Gingerbread Man on Tighe Street early Friday morning. The walls inside the 20-year-old shop now covered in soot and the kitchen destroyed.