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
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
Bottlenose dolphin #Photo by Theo Vickers ORCA is one of the UK’s leading whale and dolphin conservation charities dedicated to the long-term protection of whales, dolphins and porpoises (collectively known as cetaceans) and their habitats in UK and European waters. Founded in 2001, ORCA work to monitor vulnerable cetacean populationsContinue Reading
Consett, Co. Durham, ENGLAND -19th May 2020: Corona virus Lockdown images, Graison Dale, Consett Rugby Club New Zealand player, training on the roof of the Demi Club, Consett, Co. Durham, ENGLAND. (Photo by George Ledger Photography) On 23 March 2020, the Prime Minister delivered a very simple instruction to theContinue Reading
Illustration by Katy Read Daydream is the concluding poem in a series of four poems written by international students at INTO Newcastle University Sailing through the endless sky, I saw stars twinkle in daylight. Or did the sun drop its chandelier? Diamonds, were scattered everywhere. I woke up beforeContinue Reading
