Self-employment is beginning to rise again in the UK according to recent data provided by the Office for National Statistics. Over the past five years the employment rate in the North East has gone from 65.6% to 69.1%. Lindsay Wood, from Gateshead, is a self-employed worker under the umbrella of […]
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Trial Shift: Bringing pop-up restaurants and street food to the North East
[vimeo 127811299 w=650 h=400] Pop-up restaurants and street food are arguably more associated with the South than any other region in the UK, but two world-class chefs are now bringing their experimental food to the North-East. Tom Anglesea and Shaun Hurrell, Trial Shift, toured the North-East last year, showcasing an […]
Bermuda teen road fatalities decrease
The number of bike fatalities involving Bermuda’s teens has significantly decreased in the past five years since the Project Ride programme was made compulsory. An investigation into the programme by SR News has revealed statistics that prove that the teenage learning scheme has ultimately been successful as of 2010. A […]
Sunderland sack Emmanuel Eboue after FIFA give defender one year ban
Sunderland AFC intends to terminate Emmanuel Eboué’s contract
Sunderland have given Emmanuel Eboué notice that they intend to terminate his contract, after he was banned from all football for a year by FIFA. He is suspended because he owes money to his former agent, it is reported. The origins of the case involve a decision passed by the […]
Wearside’s water bills to increase
By Alisha Blunt Water bills on Wearside are to rise by 1.8 per cent from April, it has been found. Compared to last year’s 13p a week charge for Northumbrian water and sewerage services, it has now increased to an average of £1 per day. Water charges vary from household to […]
Sunderland households to face biggest council tax rise this decade
Households in Sunderland and across England are set to face the biggest council tax rises this decade from Friday (April 1). Sunderland City Council agreed to raise the city’s council tax by four per cent earlier this month, on Wednesday March 2. The council tax increase is 61p a week […]
Protect your home as lighter nights creep in
Residents are being urged to take steps to protect their home as the lighter nights creep in. With the onset of lighter nights and warmer weather there is historically a rise in offences where burglars sneak in through open doors and windows. Extra patrols are taking place across North Tyneside […]
MISSING: 56-year-old man from Gateshead
Police are appealing for help to locate a missing Gateshead man. Philip Ramm, 56, from Hillfield Street in Gateshead, has not been seen since he left his home address at 11am on Tuesday, March 29. Police are concerned for Mr Ramm’s welfare he left wearing only grey shorts, a white […]
Adam Johnson begins appeal against his conviction
Footballer Adam Johnson has begun an appeal against his conviction for sexual activity with a child, a court official has said. The sacked Sunderland and ex-England man was jailed for six years after grooming and engaging in sexual activity with a besotted 15-year-old fan. He was jailed last week at […]