A Sunderland couple have raised £140,000 in just 18 months for the hospital unit that saved their daughters life. Sergio and Emma Petrucci’s daughter Luna was not even two years old when her life was saved thanks to treatment at the Children’s Heart Unit at Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital, in 2015. The pair […]
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Sunderland scout off on a Peruvian adventure
Dizzy Peverley (centre) with 1st Usworth Guides/photo by Tabitha Peverley. A Sunderland explorer scout is preparing to jet off for an adventure in Peru this summer. Dizzy Peverley, 18, from Washington, will join a group of her fellow scouts to help raise money for solar panels. The funds will go towards […]
Future Finance: 2 in 5 North East students say student debt is affecting mental health
by Veronica Harding and Masuma Begum A study carried out by Future Finance, in which 2,000 students across the UK were questioned has revealed that almost 60% of students in the North East worry about debt all the time or very often, and nearly two in five feel it is […]
Workless households in the North East fall by 50,000 since 2010
The number of households in the North East where no one works has decreased by 50 thousand since 2010 and is now at its lowest level in more than 10 years. Across the UK, according to new independent figures released today, there are now 764,000 fewer workless households in this […]
North East Ambulance Service among high spenders on taxis for patients
North East Ambulance Service are among high spenders on taxis for patients, with £722,000 spent on taxis as part of its service to NHS hospitals, new figures show. The cost is for transferring patients by private taxi when they are too ill, frail or unable to travel to and from […]