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11 July 2024

Celebrating the work of a courageous woman

A national campaigner who overcame her own major challenges to fight for disability rights is to be honoured with a blue plaque in her Tyneside home town. The plaque will be unveiled on July 18 at the former home of Mary Greaves on Lish Avenue, Whitley Bay. Mary, who was born in 1907 and died …

Cathedral gig a bridge between people

Marty, battling alcoholism, nearly died earlier this year. Bushee, a refugee, is seeing light at the end of the tunnel after getting by on ยฃ35 a week. Both were in Newcastle Cathedral this week rehearsing for a concert. It wouldnโ€™t have been the place either of them would have expected to be just a few …

Autumn programme is a page turner

Whether youโ€™re someone who writes; someone who wants to write or someone who enjoys the writing of others, you will find much to like in New Writing Northโ€™s autumn programme. Festivals and author events, industry workshops, community writing groups and poetry discussion sessions all feature including courses for those interested in writing for children and …

A bit of a hullabaloo about the importance of play

Hullabaloo in the Park is a festival for young people organised by Theatre Hullabaloo, the childrenโ€™s theatre in Darlington, and it takes place from July 26 to 28 in the townโ€™s South Park. More than 15,000 visitors are expected for โ€œan extravaganza of performances, music, dance, storytelling, play spaces, pop-up entertainment, messy play, crafts, workshops …

โ€˜Trailblazingโ€™ head backs mental health plan โ€” with a warning

A former headteacher who installed a specialist child counsellor to support her pupils at a Northumberland school has warned the new Labour government not to โ€˜paper over the cracksโ€™ as they look to tackle studentsโ€™ mental health. Sir Keir Starmerโ€™s new administration, which swept to power following last weekโ€™s landslide General Election victory, has pledged …

Technology challenge to transform our healthcare

North East businesses are being urged to throw their support behind a pioneering ยฃ1m project with the potential to transform health care and services for patients across the region. The new North East Combined Authority has released an initial tranche of funding to explore how 5G technologies can speed up the provision of healthcare. And …

The grown-ups are back in charge

It remains to be seen whether Labour’s landslide victory in the General Election will herald a period of radical political change in the UK, or whether it will simply usher in a spell of boring, competent, predictable government โ€” the political equivalent, if you like, of Gareth Southgateโ€™s England teams. But however things turn out …

Inspired ideas for a better world

Young inventors have come up with ideas to take the guesswork out of food wastage which adds to peopleโ€™s grocery bills and also involves an environmental cost. A bin capable of weighing food waste and a camera system which monitors fridge contents were among solutions from the Future Business Magnates competition that invited pupils from …

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