Photo by Anh Nguyen on Unsplash The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Coronavirus held an evidence session on Tuesday on the impact on key workers. Four key workers gave compelling and heartbreaking accounts of how Covid -19 was contracted whilst working. Part 1 of the APPG on Coronavirus Layla Moran,Continue Reading
Photo by Vidar Nordli Mathison from unsplash Did the media’s description of penalty ‘saves’ at the Euro 2021 football competition as ‘misses’ fan the flames of racial abuse? England lost the shoot-out, and when a loss occurs we English seem to need to have someone to blame. Blaming the EnglandContinue Reading
Teesside Airport Esken, the company behind struģgling Stobart Aviation Ltd, has returned its quarter-share in Teesside International Airport for a “nominal” sum. The aviation sector has been blindsided by Covid-19. However, Stobart Aviation Ltd posted losses of £53 million in the year to 29th February 2020 – before the first lockdown.Continue Reading
Issue 33 Boriiis’s recollections may vary By Suzy Varty Our weekly cartoon, Boriiis, actually started life as Bo and Do. As North East Bylines has now been going for one year, we thought that you might like to see Boriiis’s journey since we started. Here is Part 3 of ourContinue Reading
It’s day three of the Tokyo Olympics, where the gold rush has started for Team GB. Continue Reading
Photo by Sylvia Zamperini Last Wednesday, 21 July 2021, as I Joined with the SODEM team at the regular PMQs protest outside parliament, I was told in unequivocal terms by a Covid-denier that I didn’t represent “The People”. Just what I am to make of that? I’m sorry, “The People”,Continue Reading
Day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is under way, and Team GB’s first medal has been won. Continue Reading
Did you know that the Barnard Castle toilets received EU funding? Photo by Sylvia Zamperini Thousands of EU flags are expected to pop up outside public buildings around the UK very soon. This is because the Westminster government is keen to receive eligible post Covid funding from the European Union.Continue Reading
Police, transport, freight and fire workers will be able to join the daily contact testing scheme. Suffolk Festival goes ahead.Continue Reading
Photo by Scott Hunter Darlington-based structural engineering firm Cleveland Bridge has collapsed into administration, it has been announced. Its entire workforce of 230 is now under threat of redundancy. The firm, in existence for 144 years, has been owned by the Saudi al-Rushaid group since 2000. The crisis has occurredContinue Reading
