NORTH EAST entrepreneur Jamie Eastlake has been trying to ensure children in his area haven’t gone hungry this half-term. The Northumberland business owner joined the national campaign to feed children from poverty-stricken families. He did so after it failed to persuade Conservative MPs to provide free school meals during […]
Takeaway boss and tenant, Hargit Singh Bariana, exploited vulnerable members of society as slaves with their only pay being the left-over food. Newcastle Crown Court heard Bariana targeted men with alcohol or drug addictions or men with homeless problems to work for leftovers within his two takeaways (‘Valentino’s takeaway’ in […]
A group of aid workers from the North East have travelled to two French cities to deliver donations from the region to refugees. The trio, made up of Taz Maqsood from Sunderland, Louisa Taylor from Blyth in Northumberland and Sabbir Islam from Whitley Bay, went to Calais and Dunkirk to hand […]
A new partnership initiative is underway in Blyth to help tackle under-age drinking and warn young people about the dangers of alcohol. The Blyth Community Alcohol Partnership (CAP) was launched on Friday, May 27, at Blyth Town Council. It brings together partners from Safer Northumberland, Northumbria Police, Office of the […]