ADVERTISEMENT A human-chain protest will take place on the North East beaches that were covered with tens of thousands of sea life corpses in October last year and earlier this year. The action will take place on Sunday 28 August. The protest will gather at 11am to form the humanContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT Do you remember your first childhood holiday? Mine was to Butlins at Pwllheli, I remember my dad being so delighted when we had a seven-day holiday bed, breakfast and evening meal at the holiday camp for the bargain price of £10.00 for myself, mum and dad. Even back inContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT Taxis account for 4% of the UK’s domestic greenhouse gas yet account for only 0.93% of all registered cars. The latest data on taxis in the South Tyneside area are; 405 diesel, 38 petrol, 38 hybrid electric, and 5 electric vehicles. The total number of diesel cars at 84.3%Continue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT I am always comforted by the kindness of strangers. Makes one feel a little more optimistic about the future of the world. Last week I was in my local Coop glancing through the newspaper headlines when the young woman on the counter said I could have a copy ofContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT Inequality is apparent globally, yet the past 12 years of austerity policies coupled with events such as the Covid-19 pandemic and the current energy crisis, have propelled the notion of inequality within the United Kingdom into everyday discourse. It is now increasingly difficult for those wishing to uphold theContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT On 12 August the Northern Echo ran the headline “Great example of partnerships – National Audit Office backs Teesside success”. Mike Hughes, the Echo’s Business and Commercial editor, explains that “a top level review into how Teesworks is run has given the organisation a clean bill of health”, andContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT If we all had a vote in the election for the Leader of the Tory and our next Prime Minister, it would be an exceptionally challenging and almost impossible decision. Who do you choose? A woman who wants to put more money in everyone’s pocket including millions who don’tContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT Members and supporters of the campaign group, North East for Europe, will head for Parliament Square on Saturday 10 September, five days after next Prime Minister due to take office. This is to join other pro-Europeans from across the country at the National Rejoin March. The North East forContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT The seven cities in the UK were successful in going through to the next bid to hold the Eurovision Song Contest next year have just been announced- and Newcastle is one of the cities that could be holding the contest next year! The BBC received expressions of interest fromContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT Great news for Newcastle this morning as it was announced that the city is on the shortlist to host Eurovision in 2023. The UK will be hosting the prestigious event after Ukraine, this year’s winner, was unable to hold it due to the ongoing war. Sam Ryder, the UK’sContinue Reading
