Sunderland is to get £184,000 to fix potholes in the city the Government has announced today (Thursday, April 7). The money will enable the council to fill 3,472 potholes. Motorists and cyclists are set to benefit after the Government announced how £50 million of funding will repair nearly 1 million […]
The microchipping of pet dogs will be compulsory since April 6. All dogs, older than eight weeks, must be chipped and registered at the UK Pet Microchipping Registration and Database. Microchipping is done by a veterinarian and it lasts only few seconds. The vet implants a little chip under the […]
Students across the North East appear to have opposing opinions on Government plans to make it a criminal offence to not pay back student loans. Almost 2,000 people from across the North East have signed an online petition backing calls to stop these plans. Tsvetelina Dobreva, vice president for education at […]
Today (March 16) the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has announced his eighth Budget for this year. These are some of the key announcements: Some of Osborne’s key announcements will affect the education sector, as he proposed to double the dedicated funding for sport in primary schools that will […]
A Think Tank has claimed that Government backing to develop the HS3 high-speed rail link between Manchester and Leeds will be “no substitute” for construction work actually beginning. IPPR North warned that the region will expect significant investment in the project. The organisation’s director Ed Cox welcomed George Osborne’s expected […]
As MPs hold their first evidence session on the Meningitis B vaccine in Parliament today (March 15), we hear from one County Durham mum whose child battled against the illness. It was a normal evening for Tilly Lockey and her family on Sunday January 20, 2007 until started feeling unwell – and the […]
Following scheduled walkouts across the county on Wednesday, and a protest outside Westminster on Thursday, the government continues to push for controversial changes to junior doctor’s contracts. Junior doctors say Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s proposal for a seven-day NHS will put the safety of patients at risk while the government […]
A Wearside MP has slammed Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s decision to impose contracts on junior doctors. Sharon Hodgson, MP for Washington and Sunderland West, said it was shocking to hear of the minister’s ultimatum in a long-running row with medics. Mr Hunt has announced in Parliament that contracts would be […]
University of Sunderland Vice Chancellor Shirley Atkinson is a member of the new Social Mobility Advisory Group, it was announced yesterday. The Social Mobility Advisory Group, launched by Universities UK (UUK), will publish a report in the summer which will be given to the Minister for Universities and Science Jo Johnson MP, […]
Tata Steel UK have announced “cost-saving proposals”, which could lead to job losses at its Hartlepool steel plant. The plant would see 100 jobs go at the steel mill in Hartlepool, with a total of 1,050 jobs potentially being lost in other Tata Steel UK warehouses and support centres. The company, an indirect […]