AS the public heard of the new Covid-19 social restrictions coming into force across the North East, residents in and around Sunderland reacted to the news with a mixture of acceptance and scepticism. Almost two million people in the region will have to live with more restrictions due to a […]
SUNDERLAND and the North East were today bracing themselves to face tighter Covid-19 restrictions, after local councils became worried about an increase in the number of people testing positive for the virus. Northumberland, Newcastle, Sunderland, North and South Tyneside, Gateshead and County Durham councils, which between them cover a […]
A pregnancy and baby teacher and new mother have told of the devastating effects the coronavirus has had on them. Linzy Thirlaway, 43, from Wallsend, teaches pregnancy and baby classes. Bump, Baby and Beyond switched to running online classes when the UK went into lockdown, but the lack of human […]
With ill-fitting sunglasses covering his eyes and a beige Lacoste polo shirt with holes in it to make him look like just another bloke, shapeshifter and political advisor, Dominic Cummings, emerges from his house in London (not Durham) to a crowd of journalists. “You should be social distancing”, his first […]
Following Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement that from Wednesday: “you can play sports, but only with members of your own households,” Sunderland residents heading to local parks may be surprised to find sports some facilities remain locked up. Sunderland council have said facilities such as tennis courts, football pitches, and […]
A temporary 460 bed NHS Nightingale hospital in Washington has officially been opened by Ant and Dec. The Geordie duo were among a host of local celebrities including Alan Shearer, Brenda Blethyn and Si King who attended the virtual opening ceremony of the hospital at the new Innovation Centre in […]
Newcastle City Council are considering implementing safety changes to some of Newcastle’s busiest roads. More space could be designated to pedestrians and cyclists to help keep to social distancing rules, whilst also improving safety when exercising. There have been calls from environmental campaigners to add other measures to help locals […]
#The CoronaDiaries IF YOU had said to me on the day I started working in retail that I would be a key worker someday, I would have laughed it off. Before the panic buying and the lockdown I was just a shelf stacker filling up bread and cakes every […]
Fashion North‘s Barbora Bednarova reveals her two-day, 1,400-mile journey through six countries to get home to Slovakia from the University of Sunderland We all heard about Coronavirus before it hit us. I remember I was reading an article about the Chinese government wanting to build a hospital in seven days. […]
Schools, along with other means of childcare such as Childminders and Nurseries have been closed now for two weeks due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Many parents have needed to take on home teaching for their children and full-time care through the day, unless they are key workers. Alix Clark works […]