A campaign to raise awareness in North Tyneside about protecting vulnerable adults from abuse and harm has been hailed a success. A number of events were held throughout the area as part of the third annual Safeguarding Adults for Everyone (SAFE) week. North Tyneside Council’s Safeguarding Adults Team, along with various […]
Theresa May is set to extend the Northern Powerhouse strategy into other parts of the UK. The prime minister told key ministerial colleagues at a Cabinet committee meeting last week that industrial strategy must reach all corners of the country. However, shadow home secretary Andy Burnham has attacked the apparent shift in emphasis, accusing the […]
Newcastle is the third most affordable city to study in according to the Royal Bank of Scotland’s student living index. The survey of 2,500 students across the UK took into account a range of factors, including living and accommodation costs and average incomes for students. It also looked at how much […]
The boss of Nissan has said future decisions about the car giant’s Sunderland plant will depend on the outcome of Brexit negotiations. The Japanese manufacturer employs 6,700 people at its Wearside plant, with another 30,000 in the supply chain employed elsewhere in the North East. Mr Ghosn told the BBC: […]
Mothers from across the region gathered in Sunderland on August 5 to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week. Mums from the Sunderland ‘Bosom Buddies’ group invited other mums from the North East who breast-feed to join them in Keel Square at 10.30am to take part in the ‘World’s Big Latch On.’ The […]
Police are warning the public to be vigilant when using cash machines in the Gateshead area. It comes after police found a skimming device attached to a cash machine on Coldwell Street, in Felling, on Friday July 15. A false card reader was found by officers secured over the original reader […]
A man has tonight (Saturday 5th August) been charged with murder, after a man died from stab wounds in Kelloe, County Durham earlier this week. 32 year old Dale Arnold died in Kelloe on Wednesday August 3rd outside the working men’s club in the village. Durham Police launched a murder investigation […]
Six of Sunderland’s award-winning parks are flying the prestigious Green Flags for the fourth year in a row. Herrington Country Park, Hetton Lyons Country Park, Mowbray, Barnes, Roker and Usworth have gained their Green Flag once again. Parks are judged on whether they are a welcoming park, healthy, safe and secure, clean and […]
Students from a Sunderland school have created artwork to celebrate the city’s new bridge. Pupils from Castletown Primary School were asked by the team building the city’s new bridge how they would like to get involved in the project. The school was given materials by Farads Construction and Victor Buyck Steel Construction, which has […]
Waterstones stores in the region have celebrated the launch of the new book in the Harry Potter series. The book, titled Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, was released at midnight on Sunday, July 31 for the wizard’s birthday. Stores in Newcastle, Gateshead (Metro Centre) and Durham had parties to celebrate the […]