Following the 2015 General Election, statistics show a considerable imbalance in the number of female MPs in parliament in comparison to their male counterparts. Despite making up roughly half of the UK’s population, only about 29 per cent of current MPs in the House of Commons are women. MEP […]
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Sunderland RNLI saved 93 lives last year
Sunderland Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) saved 93 people from the sea last year, according to rescue statistics issued today. They had 70 launches of their volunteer lifeboat crews and lifeguards in 2015. Andrew Ashton, RNLI divisional operations manager in the north of England, said: “The RNLI’s volunteer lifeboat crews […]
#DrummondPuddleWatch: Our top 5 reactions to Newcastle’s famous puddle
The puddle live stream everyone is talking about has finally ended with about 19,000 views and an explosion of more than 50k tweets.