Poetry and healthcare — not an obvious alliance but one that has propelled a North East poet towards a new communications role with independent charity Healthwatch. Lewis Brown has been writing and performing poetry since his university days, appearing at festivals across the UK and overseas, including the Edinburgh Fringe and slams in the United …
It’s been quite a week. The first North East Mayor has already chaired her first meeting of the new combined authority. Kim McGuinness was one of 10 Labour mayors elected last week. Further south, Ben Houchen gave the Conservatives their only success when he comfortably held on to his position in the Tees Valley for …
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, …
Northumbrian Water has released an interactive map which allows members of the public to track potential overflows of sewerage. The map provides real time information on storm overflows across the North East in an effort to allow people to make “informed choices” about how they use rivers and coastal waters. Storm overflows are designed to …
A crucial travel route in Durham is set to benefit from a £2.5 million cash injection for better walking and cycling facilities. The funding will concentrate on the one-and-a-half mile stretch between the Arnison Centre and New College Durham at Framwellgate Moor. Durham County Council has secured funding from Active Travel England to deliver improvements …
A new North East startup is aiming to revolutionise the way clothes are bought online while drastically reducing the amount of returns that currently inundate the sector. With the rise in returns reflecting badly on the balance books of some of fashion’s biggest names, one Seaham entrepreneur has come up with the makings of a …
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 …
Not so long ago, Graeme Stammers spent much of his time playing on a games console at home. Fast forward to today and there’s a chance the footballers he used to play with on FIFA could be sat in the back of his car. The former taxi driver found himself permanently parked up during the …
Amid the gnashing of teeth last weekend following the latest round of VAR-induced squabbling, a sentiment began to emerge that, in the North East at least, put much of that noise to bed: spare a thought for Gateshead Football Club. As supporters, pundits and even official club accounts fumed over refereeing in the Premier League …
AIDEN KING (Liberal Democrats) What have you liked hearing most from any or all of your rivals? We’ve had a number of hustings since the start of the campaign and, although there are definitely things we all disagree on, I’m pleased that all six candidates agree that this deal is only the first step on …
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