The UK government is consulting on plans to stop publishing vital statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on deaths of homeless people. This is part of a wider review of mortality statistics including deaths in care homes and winter mortality. Since 2018, the ONS in England and Wales and the National Records for …
After the premiere screenings of Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son (cert. 15) prompted standing ovations at the Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle, more have been scheduled. It always seemed odd that such an important documentary should be a one day wonder in a city where it ought to be seen by as many people as possible. But …
If you’re reading this, then chances are you are more curious and more engaged than most. You’ll have some sense of this being a significant year for the North East. Let’s lay out exactly how it’s significant, and what role there is for all of us as part of it. There’s the expected General Election, …
Outside the North Shields pub on a grey morning, Earl John Charlton is waiting — short-sleeves, cold beer close by. You’d bet confidently on the snow which will soon fall (not thickly, but snow is snow). “Honestly, you get used to it,” laughs Earl as we go inside and I head for the fire. “You …
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