A public consultation has been launched by Culture Secretary, Nicky Morgan, into whether a failure to pay your TV licence fee should continue as a criminal offence. To decriminalise it would mean not paying the fee would become a civil offence, which would carry charges similar to that of council […]
A North East mother of two children has said that ‘schools do not dictate’ when it comes to making the decision to take her children out of school during term time. Her statement follows petitions that have been rapidly gathering signatures around the UK to allow parents to take their […]
A recent BBC case study into student’s mental health at the University of Sunderland has shown the use of mental health services at the university has risen by 378 per cent in four years. Twentynine-year-old Sunderland student, Laurena Ana Kennedy, has been suffering from anxiety and depression since she was […]