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CHARLIE HURLEY

Tribute to ‘the King’ of Sunderland

Two men were responsible for the lifelong love affair/affliction* which has been my relationship with a football club. The first was my dad. He would be left with his two children to look after each Saturday as my mother went out to a part-time job to supplement my father’s wage as a pitman. My father, …

NATIONAL ARCHIVES

Capturing the real Great Escapes

Despair over plight of unpaid carers

Social care

A leading North East advocate for people with neurological conditions has accused the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) of penalising unpaid carers who look after their loved ones and setting them up to fail. Carers from across the region are being forced to repay the government after breaking earning rules set by the DWP, …

Elections

Their power is in your hands

Do you remember what you were doing or where you were on Thursday November 4, 2004? It was an important day in our region’s history — but it could have been an historic one. We were asked to vote on whether we wanted an elected North East Assembly. Scotland and Wales already had a devolved …

Influential North East business leaders retire

Two of the region’s best known business figures retired this week having served their companies for 60 years between them. Graeme Mason stepped down from his role at Newcastle International Airport, while Jamie Martin said farewell to colleagues at Ward Hadaway. In a post on LinkedIn, Graeme described his 30 years at the airport as …

Retirement

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Cash boost for active travel scheme

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Mapping water quality

News Digest

Eyes and ears

NEWS

Back in time — Dr Who fans descend on Allendalek

Football

Pride in the shirts of noisy neighbours

As a Sunderland season ticket holder, Jack Ramsey wouldn’t normally tune in to watch Newcastle United. But there was something far more important than regional rivalry at work during the Magpies’ Premier League clash with Tottenham earlier this month. In a footballing first, a group of deaf and hard of hearing Newcastle fans were kitted …

Mayoral Election