As Newcastle is set to host the first Northern Sustainable Fashion Revolution, Sarah Sinclair meets those striving for a more ethical and sustainable industry. Over 1,000 bathtubs of water. 6,000 car miles of carbon emissions*. £140 million of clothing sent to landfill**. 14 million workers paid less than the living […]
Thirty-five people have been fined in the first two weeks of a Sunderland City Council crackdown on city centre littering. The fines, each totalling £150, have been handed out as part of the council’s drive to improve Sunderland city centre. This follows the launch of a deep cleaning programme at […]
Hope Street Xchange is organising an event on June 7, to celebrate World Environment and Oceans Day. Photo credit:www.eventbrite.co.uk The event has been created for the first time in hope to make it a yearly gathering to which the day focuses on the environment, wildlife and oceans. To raise environmental […]
The North East Autism Society ran the annual Walk for Autism for the third year on April 12, 2019. It saw the largest turnout to date, with more than 500 people gathering at Herrington Country Park. Paralympic gold-medalist Lyndon Longhorne cut the gold ribbon to start the walk. See more […]
The Tyne Tunnel barriers have become an issue recently with the ageing technology used to collect tolls often failing and leading to a build-up of traffic on the A19. That coupled with ongoing roadworks at both the Silverlink has led to the tunnel operators looking for a new approach. The […]
Neil Cole, founder of The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi’ in Allendale, Northumberland, has been told by town planners that he has to remove the shed that encloses their Dr.Who Dalek. The warning which comes from Northumberland County Council is due to planning permission issues of the Grade 2 building that houses […]
The road to Brexit was never going to be easy or fast as demonstrated last week when MPs voted for a law that would prevent the UK leaving the EU without asking for a longer extension. The law, which will almost certainly mean the UK taking part in the EU […]
Newcastle Fans TV and BoroFan TV, two YouTube channels, have come together to organise a charity football match for the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation and the Gary Parkinson Trust. The two charities mean so much to the respected clubs. Sir Bobby Robson, who was from the North East, managed Newcastle […]
At a meeting of South Tyneside Borough Council, councillors passed a motion on tackling poverty in the UK. The motion states that a fifth of the population lives in poverty, with 1.5 million destitute. The motion recognises that “everyone is entitled to an education, adequate housing, healthcare, food, social security […]
Online entries for the annual Penshaw Bowl, which takes place on Thursday April 18, are still open. The Bowl, which takes place at Herrington Country Park between 12 and 4pm, includes a traditional free egg rolling contest for children aged nine and under in the Amphitheatre. All the children taking […]