STATISTICS have shown that teen pregnancy rates in the UK have fallen to the lowest in a generation, dropping an astounding 145 per cent in the last decade. Figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed there were 15,644 conceptions in Under-18’s in 2018 compared to 38,259 […]
EXCLUSIVE AS TYNE and Wear continues to adjust to remote working, figures exclusively obtained by SRNews show how much local authorities have spent on working from home. A Freedom of Information request to the five councils in Tyne and Wear (Sunderland, South Tyneside, North Tyneside Newcastle and Gateshead) reveals […]
Gateshead City Council and developers ASK: PATRIZIA have recently set out plans for the redevelopment of Gateshead Quays which will include an arena complex worth up to £260m. According to Gateshead Council, the venue which they hope would be completed by 2023 will be located directly opposite the Gateshead Millennium […]
Grassroots football pitches across the Gateshead borough may no longer be maintained under proposals put forward by Gateshead Council. At a cabinet meeting held on November 20, the council proposed to cease the maintenance at a number of bowling greens and football pitches under their governance in an attempt to […]
Plans to create an urban garden and leisure space out of 90 shipping containers on the banks of the River Tyne were unveiled recently. It is estimated over 200,000 people could visit the site each year and up to 100 people would work at the site, with the garden […]
COUNCIL leader Martin Gannon has revealed that 20 per cent of children in Gateshead live in poverty as he launches a new support initiative for his town. The Labour councillor made a call to arms this week, after shocking statistics have unveiled the need for more local assistance, and is now urging members of the […]
Gateshead residents are blaming council spending cuts for the decline of a popular local park, which they say has gone from ‘decorative’ to ‘dump’. Oliver Henderson Park, in Leam Lane Estate in Gateshead, has undergone a dramatic change in the past few years and has frustrated some of the locals in the area. […]
Gateshead Council’s Children and Families service has been given the rating of “good” following an inspection. The service was said to have very good practice in a range of areas, including: family support in relation to domestic abuse; fostering support; performance management; and promoting children’s rights. The Ofsted report said: “Children’s services […]