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 …
Marty, battling alcoholism, nearly died earlier this year. Bushee, a refugee, is seeing light at the end of the tunnel after getting by on £35 a week. Both were in Newcastle Cathedral this week rehearsing for a concert. It wouldn’t have been the place either of them would have expected to be just a few …
As JFK once said: “Ask not what your devo deal can do for you, but what you can do for your devo deal.” OK — not quite — but the misquote implies an important logic: Devolution is intrinsic to the future of the UK. Universities are central to the success of devolution. But this success can only …
Whether you’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 North’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 …
Hullabaloo in the Park is a festival for young people organised by Theatre Hullabaloo, the children’s theatre in Darlington, and it takes place from July 26 to 28 in the town’s South Park. More than 15,000 visitors are expected for “an extravaganza of performances, music, dance, storytelling, play spaces, pop-up entertainment, messy play, crafts, workshops …
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 ‘paper over the cracks’ as they look to tackle students’ mental health. Sir Keir Starmer’s new administration, which swept to power following last week’s landslide General Election victory, has pledged …
North East businesses are being urged to throw their support behind a pioneering £1m 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 …
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 — the political equivalent, if you like, of Gareth Southgate’s England teams. But however things turn out …
‘Remember the name.’ It’s an intro nobody will ever let me forget. And as an example of risqué sub-editing at its most dangerous and damaging, it represents a precarious lesson for the ages. But what was the story behind the most embarrassing — or some would say boastful — opening line of my sports journalism …
Young inventors have come up with ideas to take the guesswork out of food wastage which adds to people’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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