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 […]
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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 […]
Will Tyne and Wear councils need to cut on Christmas events this year?
Figures, revealed by SR News Freedom of Information request, show that the five council authorities in Tyne and Wear: South Tyneside, North Tyneside, Gateshead, Newcastle and Sunderland have spent a combined total of £1,584,418 over the last five years. The FOI request also revealed that South Tyneside Council tops the […]
Newcastle and North Tyneside: ‘only two councils not to employ workers on zero contracts’
Tyne and Wear Labour councils still employ over a thousand people on zero-hours contracts, despite pledging to eradicate them at the last election, an SR News investigation has found. However, Newcastle and North Tyneside are reported to be the only two councils not to employ workers on zero-hours contracts. As many […]
Cold weather alert for North East: Age UK Sunderland ask older people to keep warm
The Met Office have issued a level 2 (yellow) alert for the whole of the North East for next week, from Monday to Thursday. “Issued at: 09:26 on Fri, Jan 8, 2016 Weather patterns begin to change from a west to southwesterly flow into a northwesterly flow during Tuesday 12th […]
Witness appeal after high value burglaries in Sunderland
Police are appealing for information after two high value burglaries in Sunderland. The first burglary happened between 11am on Friday, November 27 and 2pm on Sunday, November 29 at an address in Lydford Court in Newbottle in Houghton. Jewellery was stolen during the burglary including a gold locket; a three […]
Sunderland New Wear Crossing roadworks step up from next week
Roadworks on the New Wear Crossing in Sunderland will get underway from next week as construction of the bridge steps up a gear. The biggest impact of the traffic management measures, which include lane closures and reduced speed limits, is expected to be along the A1231 Wessington Way in Castletown […]
North East parents struggle to “unplug” their kids from technology more than anywhere else in the UK
Action for Children’s latest research has found that nearly a quarter of parents struggle to get their children to “unplug” and take part in activities away from television, phone and computer screens. When asked which behaviour they found most difficult to control in their children, more parents said they struggled […]
Ambulance and Fire Services join forces for new North East blue light trial
A new six-month trial scheme will see North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) and the four Fire and Rescue Services based in the North East work together to save more lives. The trail means that Emergency Medical Response Units, known as EMRs, will deliver emergency medical services. The service will be […]