The QT

Monday 20 May 2024
20/05/2024

Dan Sheridan

Despair over plight of unpaid carers

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, …

Shape of things to come

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 …

Things are looking up 

A mature student at the University of Sunderland has swapped the aviation industry for a place among the stars. Astronomer John Race, currently in the final year of an electronic and electrical engineering degree, was volunteering at a local observatory when the idea for a new telescope system came to him. The concept, which uses …

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