ONLY one out of six cars used by UK councils are electric, despite most of them have declared a climate emergency, an SR News investigation has found. This represents 1,161 out of 5,899 total cars. Over 40 per cent of councils don’t have electric vehicles (EVs) and only 0.6 per […]
MOTHER and daughter team, Sam and Millie Johnson are bringing Taiwanese-inspired teas to their hometown of Sunderland with the cities first shop to offer bubble teas. The owner, Sam Johnson, 49, previously worked as a health and safety engineer at Nissan, and first discovered bubble tea from her 19-year-old daughter. […]
HATE crimes towards East and Southeast Asians (ESEAs) have increased 21 per cent in the first quarter of 2020 compared to the same period in 2018 and 2019, according to UK Police. Researchers believe this is linked to significant reductions in life satisfaction, happiness, and mental health. The community is […]
THIS year the world was shut down by the coronavirus pandemic – but the TV drama ‘It’s A Sin’ has reminded us that even today, the number of deaths through Covid-19 is dwarfed by the ongoing Aids pandemic. Having watched the series, which predominantly follows a group of gay men […]
A PETITION has been launched to save a Houghton-le-Spring bank set for closure. Donna Thomas, who is secretary of the town’s residents group, set up the petition after Barclays announced it would be closing its Newbottle Street branch on July 2. Among its reasons for closing the store, the banking […]
The tragic death of reality TV star and anorexia sufferer Nikki Grahame this month is a powerful reminder of the threat from eating disorders in today’s social media-driven society, where image is everything to vulnerable younger people. One campaigner who has herself suffered from social media-fuelled eating disorder says it […]
ALLOTMENT waiting lists have tripled in some areas of the North East with “massive demand” for “safe havens” during the pandemic. Over 3.5 times as many green-fingered enthusiasts in Darlington have applied to the waiting lists of three allotment sites in 2021 (274) compared to 2018 (76). The highest average […]
FAZ Bukhari was just 24 when he first became homeless in 2016 and turned to his local authority for help. However, instead of being greeted with a safe space, he told SR News that he experienced misgendering and discrimination. “I got called to the front and I almost felt criminalised […]
DEVASTATED allotment holders in Newcastle are “shocked” and “heartbroken” after vandals broke into sheds and smashed greenhouses. Many of the members of Greenwater Pool Allotments group in Jesmond Vale have carefully tended to their plots for many years, but this recent act of vandalism is the worst they have seen. […]
NEWCASTLE Café owner Joe Meagher was “very happy” to treat his customers to a sit-down service outside and is “really excited” for the summer and the return of sit down coffee catch-ups indoors. Mr Meagher has run Flat Caps Coffee, Newcastle’s first specialty coffee shop since 2010. He said: […]