The National Theatre is supporting Laurels Theatre in the development of its latest production. The fringe theatre in Whitley Bay has been earmarked for funding by the prestigious venue and its Generate Programme, to bring together a group of creatives to workshop a new piece of theatre. This week, Laurels founders Jamie Eastlake and Steve …
“Life moves pretty fast,” Ferris Bueller, the title character from 1980s cult movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, reminds us. “If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Life has undoubtedly moved pretty fast in the North East in recent decades yet sometimes the changes are easy to overlook. …
For the past eight years, the Christmas mornings of thousands of children across the North East have been made immeasurably better thanks to Jason Cook. It was 2015 when the comedian and writer heard on the radio that 40,000 youngsters in the region would be waking up to no presents on Christmas Day. Partly fuelled …
VIRGIN TAKEOVER: The largest building society in the UK has reached a preliminary agreement to takeover Virgin Money in a £2.9bn deal. Nationwide said the merger means they would become the second largest provider of mortgages and savings in the UK. In a message to Virgin Money staff, Swindon-headquartered Nationwide said they ‘value Virgin Money’s …
Urgent investment is needed to halt the declining number of duty solicitors and avoid miscarriages of justice, the Law Society of England and Wales has warned. Nick Emmerson, President of the Law Society, said: “Duty solicitor schemes are in crisis because governments continue to undervalue their work.” Since 2017, more than 1,400 duty solicitors have …
“You have to have it in your heart to want to do it because it’s not an easy job. You have to love and want to help your elders.” So says 18-year-old Ellie Cable, one of thousands of teenagers across the UK currently studying towards what they hope will be a rewarding career working in …
“Being around other people always helps. Realising you’re not alone…” I first met Hannah Tait when she was running a pop-up playgroup at a local football club and I took my son along. I was struck, not only by her relaxed, friendly nature, but by her ability to make everyone feel included – even someone …
If I had the mind of a conspiracy theorist, I may have tabled the notion among trusted and similarly paranoid pals that unseen forces were in play, doing everything they could to scupper my interview with Dom Joly. Exhibit A: The copy of the comedian, broadcaster, film-maker and author’s latest book his publicist had kindly …
All her life, Gateshead businesswoman Suzy Jackson knew that something was ‘not quite right.’ Having experienced constant restlessness, impulsiveness and difficulty to stay focused, the now 43-year-old business coach and consultant plucked up the courage to visit her GP in August 2022. From the moment she was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) ‘everything …
Today (March 13) is the 40th anniversary of No Smoking Day — an event which has seen many quit down through the years and kickstarted a national movement to end the death and disease from smoking. It’s a timely occasion for our campaign Fresh and Balance to be in Parliament for an event by the …
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