THOUSANDS of people are ready to back an independent North of England after years of government neglect, claim the founders of a new political party. Philip Proudfoot, 32, from County Durham, founded the Northern Independence Party (NIP) after growing increasingly frustrated with the Government’s handling of the pandemic. With […]
THE shock resignation of the leader of South Tyneside Council was announced today, as police confirmed an ongoing investigation into “financial concerns” raised by the authority. Neither police nor council would comment on whether the two revelations were connected. Police said their inquiries were triggered by the authority itself. A […]
DOMINIC Cummings, the Prime Minister’s controversial senior adviser whose infamous lockdown drive to the North East caused fury, is to leave his role at Downing Street by the end of the year. Calls for Mr Cummings to resign go back to the trip he made during the UK’s first […]
Search ‘US Election 2020’ to see all our coverage DEMOCRAT Joe Biden was edging closer to victory in the American presidential race this teatime, as he overtook the lead in the key battleground states of Pennsylvania and Georgia in potentially decisive developments. With forecasts putting him just one state […]
CHANCELLOR Rishi Sunak has stated that the furlough scheme will be extended through winter to March 2021. The Commons will be releasing the full details shortly and it is unclear if the full 80% wage will be available as it has been since the scheme was announced. This follows several […]
Search ‘US Election 2020’ to see all our coverage In the run-up to the US Presidential election – now under way – our student reporting team aims to explore, explain, enlighten and even entertain you on the race for the White House. VOTERS in the United States face […]
Search ‘US Election 2020’ to see all our coverage In the run-up to the US Presidential election – now under way – our student reporting team aims to explore, explain, enlighten and even entertain you on the race for the White House. VIDEO: In the fourth and final part […]
Search ‘US Election 2020’ to see all our coverage A SENIOR specialist academic at the University of Sunderland (UoS) says he does not believe mere emails will influence American voters, in the wake of claims from President Trump’s security officials that Iran and Russia were behind an email campaign […]
Search ‘US Election 2020’ to see all our coverage In the run-up to today’s US Presidential election our student reporting team aims to explore, explain, enlighten and even entertain you on the race for the White House. THOSE who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it, […]
Search ‘US Election 2020’ to see all our coverage In the run-up to the US Presidential election – now under way – our student reporting team aims to explore, explain, enlighten and even entertain you on the race for the White House. THE speculation in the run-up to today’s […]