A Seaham dad has started a petition to raise the festival attendance age after his daughter, 17 year-old Megan Bell, died when attending music festival T in the Park last summer. Chris Bell, 45, who is self-employed, began the petition to raise the age limit for festivals throughout the UK […]
National Literacy Trust has paired up with the North East in a campaign called Read North East with the goal of raising children’s literacy levels. Clare Argar, Head of Community Campaigns and Programmes at the National Literacy Trust said: “Analysis found that 60% of wards in the North East are […]
The women’s rights group “Nasty Women” are set to host an exhibition at Byker community centre, beginning on Friday April 7. Nasty Women Newcastle, the sister network of the original women’s movement based in New York are running an art exhibition to support and defend women’s rights and the unity […]
A North East woman, who has experienced domestic violence, has called out Sunderland AFC manager David Moyes’ “get a slap” comment – warning the subject should not be trivialised. The Black Cats manager made the comment after an interview with BBC reporter Vicki Sparks. Moyes said to Sparks she “might get a […]
Football teams are set to battle it out for the inaugural Bradley Lowery Shield in order to raise money and awareness of neuroblastoma. The seven-a-side charity football event, which will take place on May 27 at Silksworth Sports Complex, Sunderland, has been organised by the group “Cancer Has No Colours” […]
A new company has been launched to deliver children’s services on behalf of Sunderland City Council. Together for Children was set up by the council to continue improvements following 2015’s Ofsted inspection report found services to be inadequate. The company will provide integrated children’s services covering education, children’s social care […]
Credit: google images. Mental Health charity, Shaw Mind Foundation have launched an online petition, that thousands have signed from around the UK, including almost a thousand from Tyne and Wear. Mental health charities are calling for the government to make mental health education part of the national curriculum. With the […]
A Sunderland mum has warned people not to pull the April Fools Day joke about being pregnant after she delivered her stillborn son. [DISCLAIMER: Some of the images in this piece may be distressing]. Kirsty McGurrell lost her son Louis in 2009 after carrying him for 38 weeks. The 28-year-old from Shiney Row, […]
A volunteer has began providing “doggie bags” homeless dogs in the North East. Christopher Smith founded the idea when handing out hygiene packs to street friends during the regular North East Help Link Soup Kitchen that takes place at the Discovery Museum car park. Mr Smith said: “We have a number of […]
Sunderland’s second ever restaurant week has been four times more successful than the inaugural event in September 2016, with more than 8,000 downloaded for free. Restaurants all over the city took part by offering special deals to customers between March 11 and March 19, 2017. Sunderland restaurant Papas Tapas at […]