HOMELESS and addicted on heroine, methadone, crack-cocaine and alcohol for 20 years – Earl Charlton takes up the challenge of Ultra White Collar Boxing (UWCB) to raise money for charity. UWCB has raised over £21.5m for Cancer Research, with 15,000 complete amateurs each year stepping from the street and into […]
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North East gambling figures are highest in UK
According to the Office of National Statistics, more than a quarter of people (26%) in the North East said they had gambled in the past week. 57% had gambled at least once in the last 12 months, the highest amount in the UK, where the national average was 41%. Gambling […]
London student travels home to North East to experience homelessness for documentary
A London Metropolitan University student has travelled back home to the North East to experience homelessness for a documentary. Appropriately named, Tyne Elizabeth Stewart, originally from a small town in Northumberland, left the cosmopolitan life of the UK’s capital to sleep in the city centre of Newcastle for three nights to gain an […]