Here is the daily Covid roundup Test and Trace issues NHS Test and Trace chief Baroness Harding acknowledged that financial difficulties could be one of the factors in people failing to stay at home for the 14-day self-isolation period. A payment of £500 is available for those on lower […]
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Best North East walks as locals plan new adventures during second lockdown
TYNE and Wear residents are determined to get outdoors and enjoy walks during the second lockdown. Even with shorter days and harsher weather, locals are keen to explore further afield. Franco Cantonais, one local resident of Jesmond, Newcastle said: “I could probably draw every inch of it [Jesmond Dene] from […]
Men’s Mental Health Month: the importance of campaigning
NOVEMBER marks the start of Men’s Health Month, with well-known campaigns like Movember getting under way. Rebecca Johnson reports. THE ‘Movember’ campaign encourages men to raise money for charity by growing a moustache or by running or walking 60km throughout November, recognising the 60 men lost to suicide globally […]
Men’s Health Month: an important but embarrassing tale about my balls!
MEN’S Health Month is here, and the University of Sunderland is promoting some important issues for male wellbeing in the month of ‘Movember’. So this month, with the help of Norman Nur, a mental wellbeing advisor at UoS, we at SR News are keen to showcase some of the key health […]
NE areas drop down the list of national Covid blackspots as rates soar
THIS month has seen North East local authorities drop down the list of those with the highest Covid rates – but largely only because rates elsewhere have soared. At the start of October, all our local council areas, from Northumberland down to Teesside, were in the top 41 worst-affected […]
Food charity condemns MPs’ rejection of free school meals support
THE government’s decision to not back free school meals for children until Easter will have a huge impact on the local community, according to charity Hebburn Helps. Conservative MPs overwhelmingly voted against the proposal, which was defeated 322-261 in Parliament. The motion was put forward by the Labour party, […]
Sunderland split over Labour’s Covid-19 ‘circuit break’ national lockdown
SUNDERLAND is a city divided over Kier Starmer’s full-scale national ‘circuit break’ lockdown to try to halt Covid-19. For Wearsiders, the lockdown rules have already had a profound impact on businesses and families, particularly with current lockdown restrictions preventing the mixing of households. However, due to the increase of […]
Home gym equipment shortage in North East could worsen with Tier 3 Restrictions
A SHORTAGE of home gym equipment in the North East could become more acute, as Tier 3 restrictions could soon be extended to the area, closing gyms and forcing everyone to work out at home once again. Demand increases and prices soar Demand for home gym equipment had increased so […]
Coronavirus update: Circuit breaker potentially soon, Raab slams Russian lies, death toll surge expected
HERE’S a round-up of today’s latest news on the coronavirus pandemic from around the UK. Professor John Edmunds said it is better to place a circuit-breaker lockdown sooner rather than later. Prof Edmunds, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said a “harsh” circuit-breaker akin to a […]
Jail for ‘despicable’ hospital raiders who struck at start of Covid-19 crisis
A GANG of four men who stole cylinders of painkilling gas from three North East hospitals at the start of the coronavirus crisis were “despicable” and their crimes “could have been catastrophic”, a judge has said. The men, from Norfolk, were each jailed for four years today (Tuesday 13 […]