The driving forces behind hit Netflix show Sunderland ‘Til I Die have renewed calls for the investment the North East requires to become an international movie hub. Plans were submitted in November to develop state-of-the-art film studios on the site of the Crown Works, in Pallion, on the banks of the Wear. And Fulwell 73, …
North East councils are wrestling with the problem of how to balance their books and are being forced to make agonising decisions on who they will have to let down next. These tough calls are being forced on them, and other councils up and down the country, by a system which sees the Government control …
ONE FOR THE ROADS: You will find mention of Teesworks elsewhere in this week’s inaugural edition of The QT (welcome to the first Eyes & Ears column by the way!). Another mention must be given following the victory of PD Ports in their legal case with South Tees Development Corporation. The corporation, headed by Tees …
There will be a more visible police presence and a more local focus on crime in Northumbria’s Chief Constable Vanessa Jardine’s vision of how she will reshape the force. Having taken the top job back in April of last year, the Chief Constable is now setting out her stall on how to bring crime down …
None of us wish to think about our loved ones dying, or indeed face our own mortality. Yet, it was American statesman Benjamin Franklin who said: “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” In fact, The Bible itself reminds us that we will all ultimately return to the …
The North East region will have two fewer parliamentary seats at the next general election than in 2019, down from 29 to 27, and hundreds of thousands of voters will find themselves in an unfamiliar political landscape when they go to the polls in January 2025 at the latest. The region could elect its first …
When a primary school teacher awaiting the result of an Ofsted inspection took her own life it may have left the nation shocked, but the teaching profession was less than surprised. The coroner referred the matter in a prevention of future deaths report to the Government after linking the suicide of Caversham Primary School headteacher …
The weather – what’s forecast and what actually arrives – is a daily topic and a longtime conversation-maker. But Northumbria University scientist Dr Andy Smith has his sights trained rather higher – on the weather in outer space. With society increasingly dependent on technology, activity such as solar eruptions has the potential to cause serious disruption …
What is The QT? Who are the people behind it? Why is it even called The QT? Former BBC Inside Out presenter Chris Jackson is once again behind the microphone and asking us the questions. Around the table are me, Brian Aitken, founder and editor of The QT, features editor Sam Wonfor and associate editor …
The frustration of the 8am battle on the GP surgery phonelines is one many can relate to. It can take days to secure an appointment – so it’s not hard to understand why there is often little sympathy for those who manage to book an appointment – and then fail to turn up. You don’t …
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