The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation has contributed £892,000 to Prospect-NE, a new personalised cancer treatment and research project, which will be delivered at the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) in Newcastle. The genome sequencing project, which will be delivered at the RVI’s molecular pathology node proximity lab, will help develop personalised treatments for cancer patients, […]
15 people abseiled down the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle to raise money for the Kieran Maxwell Legacy on Saturday. Much-loved Kieran Maxwell, aged 18, died of Ewing’s Sarcoma (a rare form of bone cancer) in June and the Kieran Maxwell Legacy has been set up in his memory to […]
One house in Sunderland has been destroyed and another left badly damaged by a gas explosion in Ryhope that left a woman seriously injured. It has been reported that she was saved from further injury after her fridge fell on her. Remarkably no-one else was hurt. There were reports of an explosion at an address in […]