Tyne and Wear Metro: Gates and Validators Create your own infographics Nexus has spent millions of pounds on gates and validators over the last five years, SR News Freedom of Information (FOI) request reveals. Figures released from Nexus, following a SR News FOI, show that a staggering £2,224,562.04 has been […]
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FOI request finds how much North East councils earn from car parking penalties
By Jonathan Mackley, Rachel Cotton & Clarissa Jackson-Murphy SR News Freedom of Information request has found that North East councils have earned a total of £441,953 by issuing 19,213 car parking penalty charge notices (PCNs) in 2013 and 2014. As many as 7,264 of these fines were issued in Newcastle, making up […]
Number of public disorder offences halves in Tyne and Wear hospitals
SR News Freedom of Information request has revealed that public disorder offences have more than halved in Tyne and Wear hospitals. Public disorder offences in hospitals include swearing and verbal abuse towards staff, which has considerably decreased since 2011. The figures have shown only 26 reported incidents of public disorder […]
Figures show Wearsiders have the shortest life expectancy and ‘least healthy’ lifestyle
[googlemaps https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=zBFB5cbJUil8.kbWzngW16mig&w=640&h=480] The North East of England is the ‘least healthy’ place in the UK, new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggest. The region came last place in a table of English regions, showing an average life expectancy of 77.8 years. Comparing it to the rest of […]
Sunderland bride and her groom are the first Britons to marry in historical Norwegian church
Sunderland Danielle Parvin (nee Leigh), 30, and Richard Parvin, 45, were recently married in Uvdal Staivkirke, Norway. The wedding took place on December 20, and they are the first English couple to be married in this church in 48 years. Danielle is from Seaburn Dene, Sunderland. She said: “We both […]