WITH the region having the highest unemployment rates in the UK, SR News investigates as unemployment reaches its highest since January 2017. DATA released by the Office for National Statistics showed unemployment in the North East on the rise, resulting in a job crisis for the region. Figures from the […]
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Football fans welcome potential return to ‘normality’ of match day
NORTH east football fans have welcomed the announcement that spectators can return to stadiums once the region is out of Tier 3 lockdown. The government has recently announced that spectators will be allowed to attend to return to sporting events […]
Covid roundup: NE in tier 3, Test and Trace woes, over 600,000 infections last week
Here is today’s Covid roundup. North east in tier 3 The government has placed the north east in tier three of their new restrictions. Here is a full list from the government’s website of what you now can and can’t do. Importantly, the rule of six will apply outdoors […]
Eating disorder helpline calls double under lockdown, says charity
Coronavirus may be triggering a hidden epidemic of eating disorders – with the number of sufferers calling a national helpline almost doubling since March. A NATIONAL eating disorder charity says the stress, anxiety and isolation of coronavirus lockdowns has doubled the number of calls for help it has received since […]
Is the business suit becoming another victim of the pandemic?
Nic Eatch explores how Covid-19, remote working, fashion trends, pricing and other factors have affected sales figures of formal attire. He talks to senior business leaders, James Evans and Adam Bartlett from the world of tech, and discovers the German meaning of “Feierabend”. HOW does a socially-sterilised and office barred […]
North East given tier three reprieve, but everyone must play their part to avoid it
PEOPLE in the North East of England must step up to protect the region’s jobs, businesses and health and stop it from being put in Tier 3 of coronavirus restrictions, the North of Tyne Mayor has said. The seven local authorities of Northumberland, Newcastle, North and South Tyneside, Gateshead, Sunderland […]
Even minister admits to not knowing region’s latest Covid restriction rules
A GOVERNMENT minister was unable to clarify whether new restrictions banning households across the North East from meeting indoors applies to pub and restaurant gardens. Labour said ministers “don’t know what’s going on” after Gillian Keegan said she did not fully understand the new rules, some 15 hours before they […]