Newcastle based children’s charity, COCO has launched an appeal to fund sustainable agriculture training honouring International Women’s Day. COCO (Comrades of Children Overseas) charity is holding an event at Newcastle University Business School on Friday March 6, bringing in guest speakers from around the region to talk about their experiences […]
United voices today called for the release of internationally renowned photographer and close friend of the University of Sunderland Shahidul Alam from his Bangladeshi jail. On Wednesday more than 80 staff and students, along with campaigners and peace activists, unveiled photographs taken by Shahidul at the University’s Priestman Gallery. Academics and […]
The University of Sunderland is today backing international calls for the release of its visiting Professor of Photography from a Bangladeshi jail. Shahidul Alam, an internationally-renowned Bangladeshi photographer, photojournalist, activist, and friend of the University, has been in police custody since August 5, 2018. He was arrested after an interview […]
Councillor Philip Tye has started a campaign to bring the pulley wheel from Albany, Washington back to Silksworth Colliery, Sunderland. Local groups including the Silksworth Resident’s Association Silksworth Heritage Group, Silksworth Banner Group and local councillors have been trying to find the location of the pulley wheel so that the […]
A North East university has launched a campaign this week tackling attitudes to hate crime, harassment and violence. The campaign, which includes an animated video, posters and a poem focussing on what is acceptable behaviour, has been created by two University of Sunderland graduates. The new campaign was created […]
Hospital bosses have announced the immediate closure of the Special Care Baby Unit at South Tyneside Hospital, due to a shortage of qualified staff. Healthcare leaders made the decision to temporarily close the Special Care Baby Unit until January, to ensure safety for newborn babies in South Tyneside. As a result, […]
A family have launched a campaign to bring their husband and father, John Lindsay, home after an epileptic seizure has left him stuck in a care home. Last August the life of John and that of his family was changed after he suffered the seizure at his home in Silksworth after a family […]
Almost half of residents in the North East have confessed to being so unfit that they would get out of breath running for the bus, a new research finds. As much as 54 per cent of people surveyed consider themselves to be according to the new statistics released as part […]
Sharon Hodgson MP has welcomed the launch of a new carers campaign. The MP for Washington and Sunderland West welcomed the launch of the Honeypot Campaign – For Children Who Care. Honeypot, a children’s charity, is leading a campaign to recognise the specific needs of children aged between 5 and 12 […]
North East campaigners have travelled to London to march with politicians against the renewal of Britian’s nuclear weapons system Trident. They made the 600 mile round-trip to join Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour Party leader and Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) on Saturday, February […]