OVER one year ago, the hospitality sector had to close overnight, including firms involved in weddings and corporate events. Northumberland business owner Clara Nicholl was one of them. When all the weddings and the events she was booked for were cancelled, she had to quickly think about an alternative to […]
THE pandemic has caused a sharp rise in the backlog of crown court cases, with Newcastle leading in the North East with over 1,600 cases still waiting to be heard, an SR News investigation has found. DATA from freedom of information request (FOI) shows how in January 2020, Newcastle Crown […]
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 […]
SINCE the beginning of the pandemic we have heard about the struggle of home schooling parents and how difficult is to teach. But what about what teachers did during those days and still do today? SR News reportage from Walker. FOOD parcels delivered door to door. Phone calls to pupils […]
THE death of Sarah Everard has raised many questions on the number of cases of harassment, sexual offences and domestic abuse in the UK. SR News has analysed data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in the North East to understand the situation in our region. Data shows […]
TEACHERS, psychologists, parents, members of the government – they’ve all had their say about going back to school. But what about the children? SR News asked them directly what they were looking forward to the most or if they were feeling anxious about going back to school after 11 weeks […]
GOING abroad does not necessarily mean a holiday, and for thousands of expats living in the UK – the current travel restrictions have meant that some have not seen their families for over a year. Under current restrictions, it’s illegal to travel abroad unless people have a valid reason. The […]
Parents and children have been stuck inside for over a month now, with many of them bored of going for a walk or a bike ride – but help is coming! Local councils and at least one Facebook group are offering great ideas to parents looking for fun activities with […]
SEVEN out of 100 children in the North East are currently living in foster care – but hundreds more are in urgent need of a safe home. There were 3,599 children in care in the region at the end of March 2020, according to the Department of Education. A new […]
While everyone reveres his undisputed footballing genius, here is a perspective on why the ‘Pibe de oro’ became a symbol of redemption and hope for the deprived south of Italy; written by a daughter of that mistreated land. A TRAGIC hero… it’s not easy to explain who Diego Maradona […]