We're Gonna Gunge Grandad (with guest correspondent Alex Kealy)

Ian and Amy find the weirdest stories from up North. Headlines this week include Humber Rescue service reaching their 3000th call-out, and some very unusual funeral wreaths.Featuring guest correspondent, comedian Alex Kealy.Alex is heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with his new show 'The Fear'. For tickets head to edfringe.com.Northern News are touring t'north! Amy and Ian will be reporting live from Manchester, Hull, Leeds and Sheffield from 23-28 June 2024. For tickets head to plosive.co.uk.Want Extra! Extra! content? Join our Patreon for weekly bonus episodes, videos, live show discount codes, BTS clips and more...Got a juicy story from t'North? Email it to northernnewspod@gmail.com.Follow Northern News on Twitter @NorthernNewsPod and Instagram @NorthernNewsPodcastAnd follow Alex on Twitter and Instagram @alexkealyRecorded and edited by Aniya Das for Plosive.Artwork by Welcome Studio.Photography by Jonathan Birch. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Comedians Ian Smith and Amy Gledhill – two Northerners living in London – are on a mission to find the juiciest stories from their hometowns and beyond. Join them each week as they scour the local rags of the North to find the stories you didn’t know you needed to know.  Do you have news from the North? Found a story in your local paper? Email it to Ian and Amy at northernnewspod@gmail.com  Want extra episodes? Bonus content? Videos? Join us on Patreon at patreon.com/NorthernNews  Follow Northern News on Twitter @NorthernNewsPod and Instagram @NorthernNewsPodcast  Produced by Plosive.  Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.