Typically there’s not an awful lot of mystery left when it comes to Budget day. However, Jeremy Hunt had a few positive surprises for the North East. Most notably, the Chancellor announced a ‘trailblazer’ devolution deal for the North East, which the official Budget documents say ‘will provide a package of new funding potentially worth …
Memorabilia from a late North East music manager, who played a key part in a band which has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, drew interest from fans across the globe. Phillip Hepple, who was tour manager and sound engineer for prog rockers Yes in the 1970s, amassed a unique personal collection. And the …
In my last column, I wrote that if anything has come to define the relative failure of the Government’s attempts to address the North-South divide over the past 14 years, it is surely the fiasco of HS2. A project that was supposed to link London with the North at a total cost of £37.5bn is …
It can feel like we’re bombarded with negativity living in the North East as figure after figure shows depressing stats about the state of child poverty in the region, our health and our economy. But one thing that isn’t often made clear in the relentlessness of the statistics is that political choices have created this …
A North East MP is leading the calls for urgent action to provide protection in the workplace for women going through the menopause. Labour MP for Jarrow, Kate Osborne, believes a menopause manifesto will help employers not only to address the issues but also prevent talented women aged 40 plus choosing to leave the workplace …
More than 1,000 school children across the North East are set to benefit from an expanded partnership between two international tech giants. Sportable, the cutting-edge smart-tracking technology company, and Sage, the industry leader in accounting and payroll tech, have doubled down on a programme committed to developing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in …
Let’s call it an unfortunate case of mistaken identity. A communication breakdown. A rapid escalation of events that could have been avoided if I’d just kept my mouth shut. But then I’m a journalist. I like to write… but I love to talk. It was the summer of 2015 and I’d been commissioned to carry …
Ask Caitlin Evans what she believes is the biggest issue currently facing the social care sector, not just in England but across the UK, and her answer is emphatic: a chronic shortage of staff. Low pay, insufficient funding, inadequate training, stress, and a lack of understanding and appreciation amongst many employers and the public of …
It was during the 1980s when 68-year-old Steve Ellwood started taking photographs of Newcastle’s architecture. “As a result of the mass demolition of buildings in Newcastle to make way for the Eldon Square Shopping Centre, I started to find it difficult to recall some of the buildings that I had witnessed pre 1970s,” he says. …
The advent of British Science Week has inspired an expansion of the programme of activities at the Life Science Centre in Newcastle. Running from March 9-17 (so a little more than a week if you’re being picky), the city centre attraction has made sure there’s something on the agenda for all ages. From an eye-popping …
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