ADVERTISEMENT The grim response of the Environment Agency (EA) to the mass crustacean die-off in Tees Bay moved up a gear last week. Where once they only patronised the inshore fishermen about the probable cause, they have now shown themselves prepared to do it on national TV. Friday 30 SeptemberContinue Reading
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ADVERTISEMENT A unique restaurant which prides itself on seasonality, sustainability and quality has now opened its doors in Newcastle. Lovage in Jesmond is the brainchild of chef and part-owner, Kleo Tabuku, who has finally fulfilled his life-long dream of owning his own Mediterranean style bistro. And now the restaurant –Continue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT I met a boy with wolfish grin He did his best to lure me in Once upon a time when I was good Before he came to steal my hoodOutside the chip shop late one night Underneath dim halogen light I dribbled ketchup on my chin And so heContinue Reading
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ADVERTISEMENT Food and anti-poverty campaigners are calling on the government to “get a grip” on the NHS Healthy Start scheme after it was revealed that Ministers do not know how a major reform to digitise the programme has impacted its effectiveness. The news is of deep concern to campaigners asContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT Even before the Tories starting to arrive in Birmingham, they had managed to insult their city hosts and the spiral downwards just continued. Even the police many of whom had been drafted in from other forces to help police the conference were not happy. One police officer said toContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT In these times our souls are being sorely tried. Cost of living rises aside, the gnawing away of our democracy by successive Acts of Parliament undermines faith and trust in government. Civic and human rights won by campaigners over centuries past are under assault, and we have no writtenContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT New research by university scientists has discovered the reason for the mass sea life die-off in the North East over the past year. The culprit they found is probably toxic pollution dredged from the River Tees, and the finding destroys the explanation given by the government’s Department for Environment,Continue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT A brand new visual arts trail will light up Northumberland to celebrate the arrival of the Lindisfarne Gospels in the North East this autumn. Illuminated Sheep by Deepa Mann-Kler is inspired by the Gospels’ themes of light, sheep and pilgrimage, and will see a flock of life-sized sheep litContinue Reading
