What was in the news on August 6, 1990? Over to the studio of GlobeLink News where the next bulletin is taking shape. Iraq has invaded Kuwait, there’s something about Alastair Burnet (youngsters had better Google) and the Queen Mother; and there’s a story cooking – or being cooked up – about crop circles. This …
Social media and some pockets of the press were awash with Islamophobic and racially charged comments about Sadiq Khan last week, holding him responsible for violent crimes in London in a way that no white Metropolitan Mayor or Police Commissioner faced during their election campaigns. Numerous journalists working for some of the most prominent news …
“But what’s the local angle,” my irritable news editor would bark across the office floor at least 10 times every day. Inevitably, there was one. And the Chronicle, like every local and regional newspaper back in the day, would pride itself on finding some close-to-home connection to the biggest story of the day — however …
Recently the BBC slashed its budget for local radio. Yet again. When it comes to cuts, regional broadcasters have become an easy target. Britain’s regional media is in a sickly state. Decades of low investment mean many people don’t see its value. A vicious cycle has been created. The more cuts there are the less …
If you’re someone who reads the news — maybe you even subscribe to a high-quality, regionally-focused online outlet — it’s easy to forget how little of what makes the headlines actually cuts through. To the average person on Stockton High Street on a Saturday afternoon, or at Morpeth Morrisons on a Wednesday evening, their knowledge …
Earlier this month I read with interest news of the freak storms passing through the US states of Utah and Nevada which brought about an unprecedented invasion of tumbleweed. Helpless residents became prisoners in their own homes as thousands of bone dry plants piled up against their doors and windows, preventing entry or exit. Time, …
Next week’s Budget is likely to be the final set piece fiscal event before the next General Election. The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will stand at the Despatch Box after weeks of speculation that he will use what headroom he has to fund tax cuts. At November’s Autumn Statement, Hunt’s big headline was a cut to …
So here we go again. A moment of stupidity coming back to bite a politician on the bum. The bum in question this time belongs to Kim McGuinness, a well-regarded figure in the Labour Party who hopes to be elected as the first North East Regional Mayor and who currently serves as Northumbria Police and …
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, …
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