Jarrow MP, Kate Osborne, has accused the Government of betraying the LGBT+ community after the NHS badge rainbow scheme — designed to promote inclusivity and Pride — was scrapped by NHS England. The charity LGBT+ Foundation, which leads the scheme, announced it was ending due to lack of funding earlier this month but said the …
We’re smack in the middle of National Stottie Cake Week, February 12 to 18, as I write this. It’s also Shrove Tuesday – or pancake day – so quite a moment for comfort food. It’s also quite a moment for Andy Haddon, driving force behind Newcastle’s Big River Bakery and this special week for a …
Men’s pie clubs have proven quite the recipe for success since the first one opened its doors in Byker, Newcastle six years ago. Their number has grown to 16 with further expansion planned across the region. The latest club in Sunderland is already full up and, like most of the others, has a waiting list …
STEPPING DOWN: Helen Golightly has announced she is stepping down as chief executive of the North East Local Enterprise Partnership. Helen, who has been with the LEP for 12 years and in the top job for nine, said she wants to spend time with family and travelling. She said: “I am immensely proud of the …
While the perception is that the world has gone digital, that each of us has our faces buried in a device most of the time, the reality is different, particularly in the North East. International consultancy Deloitte has just published a report highlighting the digital poverty gap and this region is the worst in the …
Two sisters have joined forces to rescue a bridal shop from closure — thanks to some investment from mum. Hannah Preston – who was a customer of the business she will now own — and sister Lauren Taylor have handed in their notice to switch careers and help future brides-to-be in the region. Their mum, …
A small charity that brings theatre to schools and community groups is trying to prompt the bank it has been with for 30 years into paying proper compensation for putting it through a real-life drama. Théâtre Sans Frontières based in Hexham got a shock when its account with Barclays Bank was closed without any notice. …
It can be an instinctive response in a time of crisis to pick up the phone and dial 999. However a new initiative launched in partnership by Northumbria Police and the mental health charity Everyturn aims to make sure that when that crisis involves a person’s mental health it is dealt with in the most …
The French Connection has delivered news of a Northumberland osprey in its wintering grounds in Senegal in Africa more than 3,000 miles from the Kielder Forest nest where the bird hatched. French ornithologist Jean-Marie Dupart was surveying ospreys in the Saloum Delta national park, which has many miles of unspoilt waterways. He came across and …
Gateshead, as explained in Part One of our report, was initially intended by the Boundary Commission for England to be a self-contained sub-region with two constituencies. Instead it was sacrificed to avoid what the Commission saw as serious knock-on disruption in the neighbouring areas of Jarrow, Sunderland and County Durham. Gateshead’s two current seats (Gateshead …
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