THE past year and a half has been a tough one, mentally, intellectually, and socially for first-year college students across the UK. ACCORDING to the mental health website, Mind.org.uk, nearly 73% of students have claimed their mental health has suffered as a result of lockdown. The transition from a […]
AN elderly couple from Essex give an insight into what their experience of living through the coronavirus pandemic and a country on lockdown has been like. Mrs Hazel Chandler, 81, and Mr Victor Chandler, 82, from Essex, have given a clear insight into their “new normal” life since the coronavirus […]
THERE is no doubt that over the last year the pandemic has wreaked havoc on the lives of everyone, but office workers have been forced to work from home for the whole pandemic. How has this impacted them? OFFICE worker Julie, who is 54 and from Gateshead, has spoken of […]
THERE is no question that over the past 12 months the world stopped, and for many people this meant their livelihoods had been taken away. Youths have arguably been some of the most affected by the pandemic and it’s continuous lockdowns, with this being the prime time of their lives […]
SUPERMARKETS remaining open, though socially distanced, have been one of the few constants of the pandemic and reminders of life outside of lockdown. Whilst pubs, stadiums, barbers and shops have all been closed for the majority of the multiple lockdowns, supermarkets have been open throughout each lockdown as one of […]
GRACIE Smyth, a nineteen-year-old student nurse from the University of Sunderland has spoken out about the impact of coronavirus on her placement. Gracie is currently in her first year of disability nursing, training to work with CAHMS in the North East. She opened up about both the positive and negative […]
SINCE April 12, outdoor drinking in beer gardens has officially been back and it has been great for the customers. However, the bar and nightclub industry has faced somewhat of a drastic change since the first lockdown back in March 2020. The rule of six, facemasks, sanitising stations and […]
New figures obtained by SR News show students made up a tiny minority of North East households checked by police for suspected Covid lockdown breaches last year. But we also found dissatisfaction among some students about the way their community was policed during Covid. STUDENT households accounted for less […]
SOUTH Tyneside and Sunderland Hospitals NHS Trust has experienced an increase in staff absences for anxiety, stress and depression, data shows. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request found that from 2019-2020 there was a 21 per cent increase between nursing and midwifery, dental and medicine and admin staff absences […]
Zilch Weigh House opened its door to the public for the first time on April 12 this year. Founders, Andrew and Claire Quinn, used lockdown to develop and launch their sustainable living store, with the aim of leading by example for their young children, as well as providing their local […]