To help minimise the spread of the pandemic, Odeon Cinemas have announced that they are to close their cinemas until further notice. The United Kingdom has had a sharp increase in confirmed cases of the COVID-19 disease, with 1,950 cases across the country and 71 confirmed deaths relating to the […]
Newcastle United are still waiting for official guidance from both the government and the Premier League ahead of this week’s fixtures against Sheffield United. Meanwhile, the game against Aston Villa has be postponed due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Also, Newcastle United are no longer providing autographs and signatures from players to fans […]
The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, delivered his first budget to the House of Commons on Wednesday. Sunak, who has only been in the job for a month, announced a budget dominated by policies related to the tackling the coronavirus as the country continues to see an increase in the number of […]
THE Knife Angel is set to leave the North East today, it has spent the last month educating the North East on the effects of knife crime. THE 27 ft sculpture is currently touring the UK in order to raise awareness for knife crime. The Knife Angel has been located […]
Salons across the North East have pledged to ditch celebrity gossip magazines in a bid to ‘Be Kind’ after the death of Caroline Flack. A number of locally based salons have spoken about their decision to bin glossy magazines which has triggered a strong reaction from the public. Social media […]
Boris Johnson has given the green light to a £5bn “transport revolution” and HS2. The Prime Minister told the House of Commons in a statement at lunchtime that the government would spend £5bn on local bus and cycle networks. He also announced a commitment to building the HS2 rail link […]
New water safety equipment has been installed in Fatfield, Washington, near to where a number of people lost their lives. Sunderland City Council has invested in two new throw-line boards at Mount Pleasant Lake and Pattison South Pond, which are used to pull people out of the water. This is in […]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrived at the National Glass Centre yesterday for an unprecedented cabinet meeting. The location was visited on the day that the UK officially left the European Union and took place in Sunderland, the North East constituency which was the first to declare a “leave” vote in […]
This morning Teesside woke up to a 2.8 magnitude earthquake that left many houses in the area shaking. The tremors were felt just before 6:00am in Billingham, Stockton-on- Tees and Middlesbrough. The website Earthquake Track said it was six miles (10km) beneath Stockton. Those effected took to social media to […]
Last Thursday’s general election saw unprecedented changes to the North East political landscape, with traditionally Labour strongholds being won over by the Conservatives. Blyth Valley was particularly controversial, having been a Labour seat since its creation in 1950. Other surprises included Darlington, and Sedgefield, which turned blue after 84 years […]