THE POLICE, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill is a legislation currently at the committee stage, the third step towards the long process of a bill becoming official law. The bill, commonly known as the policing bill, has various proposals, including allowing police to have additional powers within protests. As the […]
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 […]
EXCLUSIVE A NORTH East family has been devastated by the news that their one-year-old has been diagnosed with the rare condition aplastic anaemia. Only one in every million people suffer from the condition, which means the bone marrow and stem cells do not produce enough blood cells and is […]
WHEN she’s not supporting the region’s refugee charities, working full-time in educational arts or inspiring others as a freelance community arts and music practitioner, Izzy Finch has been studying towards a Master’s degree. Despite leaving school after A-levels at 18 to pursue a music career, and deciding not to […]
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 […]
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 […]
HEROIC paramedics have been praised by police after saving the life of a stab victim who was minutes from death. Police were called to a flat in South Shields just two days before Christmas last year, after a man had been savagely beaten and stabbed. Incensed thug Michael Wilson […]
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, […]
POLICE have fined 12 members of a football team who broke the Covid safety rules – after they visited a pub for a beer together, and lied about being from the same household. The team were out in South Tyneside on Sunday night when a concerned staff member challenged […]
ONE-in-three children in the Sunderland city area are now living in poverty, according to figures published by the North East Poverty Commission (NEPC) – yet the city has the lowest child poverty rate in the North East. The news came as the Government refused to provide more free school […]