Around 141,000 tonnes of municipal waste per year is produced within Newcastle – which costs the Council £18.5m per year to collect, treat and dispose. The waste is entering habitats and destroying them, with the sudden rise in plastic straws being the leading cause of waste within the North East […]
Easington Lane saw a rise in crime in the first two months of 2018 compared to the first two months of 2017. The opening two months of 2018 saw 104 reported crimes in Easington Lane, compared to 99 reported crimes in January and February of 2017. Twenty-eight of the crimes […]
Women across Sunderland celebrated International Women’s Day and the campaign theme for this year is ‘Press for Progress.’ International Women’s Day falls on March 8 and every year women across the world come together to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Gentoo housing group organised the […]
On Sunday 25 March, over 80 dog walkers took to Leazes Park in Newcastle to take part in a charity event to raise money for a local cancer charity. FACT – or Fighting All Cancers Together – which was set up by Joanne Smith from the Newcastle area, is now […]
A North Tyneside litter hotspot has finally been cleared up, despite continuing confusion over local government responsibility for the area. Earlier this week, Nexus, the local authority running public transport, sent a litter-picker to the site behind the westward platform of Howdon Metro Station. The area had become a common […]
Birds’ Eye View, a charity dedicated to female recognition in film, launched their new campaign ‘Reclaim the Frame’ at Newcastle’s Tyneside Cinema on April 17. The campaign is supported by the BFI Audience Fund and is set to take place over six months. The event was successful in recruiting new […]
We looked at the crimes which occurred in Sunderland over the past year and have complied a list based on police data from March 2017 to February 2018. Try the quiz out below and see how well you know the area!
A 38-year-old metro ticket with a love note on the back has been found at the Monument metro station in Newcastle. Vikki Scott, the ticket finder, stumbled upon it on Thursday afternoon while passing through the station. She told The Sun: “I got off the metro at Monument and as […]
Fear has arisen among the 7,000-strong workforce at Nissan Sunderland Plant, the biggest car factory in Britain. Hundreds of employees will be losing their jobs following the decline in demand for diesel operating cars, as concerns over the air pollution grow and tax on fuel increases. Around a quarter of […]
Mortimer Community College is where you’ll see players from South Shields Football Club, who have set up a football programme called The Wizards aimed at young children. Managers and players both past and present from South Shields formed the club last year, with the aim of helping them develop physical as […]