NORTH east football fans have welcomed the announcement that spectators can return to stadiums once the region is out of Tier 3 lockdown. The government has recently announced that spectators will be allowed to attend to return to sporting events […]
NHS boss: vaccine roll-out next Tuesday now a logistics challenge Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, said coronavirus vaccines will have reached the hospital hubs to enable vaccinations to begin on Tuesday. He told BBC Breakfast that hospitals are working out how many care home residents, care home […]
RECENTLY-released details about a secretive and ‘Orwellian’ Government approach to freedom of information (FOI) – which allegedly involves the blacklisting of journalists – has caused a storm in the legal and journalistic worlds. The report, by openDemocracy, revealed that Whitehall departments are passing FOI requests through a ‘clearing house’ […]
THERE are few things people love more than their four-legged companions. Humanity has, from time immemorial, strode beside them and they have given us so much to cherish. In the dark times we find ourselves in now, the greatest gift they have given us has become ever more apparent; support. […]
‘Trolling’ – the abuse of people online – is actively encouraged by the social media giants which dominate our world. For Facebook and Twitter, the more heated, angry and abusive the debate gets on their platform the happier they are, because bigger arguments mean bigger audience numbers – and bigger […]
WITH entertainment venues having to remain closed due to Covid-19, theatre company Theatre Space North East have come up with the idea of hosting socially-distanced shows in mobile tents at locations across the North East. AFTER receiving help from the government’s Culture Recovery Fund, the Sunderland-based theatre company Theatre […]
A STUDY which shines a light on racial and gender stereotypes in the billion-dollar gaming industry has led to a graduation prize for a Sunderland Masters student. Kirsty Evers wanted to better understand the attitudes of players towards the protagonists within character-focused video games, who are commonly white, straight and […]
DRINK and drug drivers will be handed a one-way ticket to the dock as police step up enforcement on the roads during the festive period. Northumbria Police are joining forces across the country in backing a National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) road safety campaign launched on Tuesday 1 December. The […]
A POLICE wildlife officer is making it a Christmas to remember for animals across the North East. In his spare time, PC Peter Baker has launched Operation Santa Paws in a bid to support the RSPCA and other animal charities during the festive period. The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the […]
‘Substantial meal’ rule is no yolk … or is it? There was confusion today over what legally constitutes a ‘substantial meal’ for the purposes of coronavirus restrictions, as Michael Gove described a Scotch egg as, first, a starter then as a “substantial meal”, in two media interviews. The definition is […]