Christmas is often known as ‘the most wonderful time of the year’ – all thanks to Andy Williams. Around this time of year, you will see and hear most people celebrating in their home, getting ready for the much loved holiday. It is a time in which people are surrounded […]
Year: 2019
Men twice as likely to fare dodge than women on the Metro
SR News can reveal that men are twice as likely as women to be fined for riding on the Tyne and Wear Metro without a ticket. Last year, of the 32,487 fines given out by Nexus throughout the year, almost 23,000 of them were given to men. This means that […]
Metro Strike: No Metros to run for two days up to Christmas
Metro drivers are set to strike on the last shopping weekend before Christmas. The RMT (Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers) Union has announced that train drivers on the Tyne & Wear Metro will strike on Friday 20 and Saturday 21 December. It is highly likely that no trains will run […]
Northumbria Police: Rise in reporting of revenge porn is due to better legislation
So far in 2019, there have been 110 reported cases of revenge porn recorded by Northumbria Police. The largest concentration of these comes in the 20-29 age range, with 47 reported cases. “Revenge porn” is categorised by the Home Office as “disclosing private sexual photographs and films with intent to […]
Opinion piece: Hatred, the only thing that can unite this kingdom
Attentive members of the public may have noticed the catastrophic polling Labour pulled off in the 2019 General Election. Figures that have not been so low in nearly eighty years were beaten in what can be described as the worst attempt at beating a world record. Labour are strewn […]
Scrooge councils cut back on Christmas light spend
Councils across the North East have cut back their spending on Christmas lights over the last five years. Figures obtained by SR News found that four of the five Tyne & Wear councils spent less on their Christmas lights than in previous years. Newcastle Council spent almost half of the […]
Opinion Piece: Temporary doom and continuous gloom under a Tory majority
The bleak accuracy of the election poll sounded the death bell for four years of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour leadership, the swift rise and fall of whoever Jo Swinson was and the sharp realisation that Brexit is going to flounder around under the hand of a man that hid in a […]
General Election 2019: Young people have their say
Two thirds of the applications to register to vote have come from people under 35, meaning nearly 1.5 million young people have just registered to vote. According to YouGov, young people across the UK find that the likes of Brexit and the environment are the most important issues facing the […]
Exclusive: Drink spiking reports hit four year high in 2018
A recent Freedom of Information request sent to Northumbria Police has revealed a four-year high in drink spiking incidents in 2018. Last year saw a four-year high as 32 incidents were reported across the region, this number has increased since 2015 in which there were only nine reported incidents […]
A Conservative win
Boris Johnson’s party has won the general election by a landslide. At 5:02am this morning it was announced that the Conservative Party had won the general election. The Conservatives were the first party to surpass 326 seats, and had a huge gain of 46 seats at the time of their […]