Search ‘US Election 2020’ to see all our coverage In the run-up to the US Presidential election – now under way – our student reporting team aims to explore, explain, enlighten and even entertain you on the race for the White House. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate […]
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Covid-19 update: mass testing trial, deaths spike, school worries, shopping
Military-run mass testing trial set for Liverpool this week Mass daily testing delivered partly by the military is set to launch in Liverpool on Friday. City mayor Joe Anderson told the BBC: “It is going to start on Friday of this week. Logistically, we are talking to the armed forces […]
UoS wins over £300k to deliver NE schools coronavirus catch-up
THOUSANDS of North East schoolchildren are set to benefit, after the success of an innovative bid by the University of Sunderland to help schools catch up on missed learning. Earlier this year the Department for Education announced the National Tutoring Programme (NTP), a scheme designed to provide catch-up support […]
US ELECTION 2020: a defining vote for global climate politics?
Search ‘US Election 2020’ to see all our coverage In the run-up to tomorrow’s US Presidential election our student reporting team aims to explore, explain, enlighten and even entertain you on the race for the White House. AS THE CLIMATE CRISIS rages on, the world now awaits the outcome […]
Covid-19 latest: predictions, statistics criticisms … and religion
Earlier lockdown ‘would have saved thousands of lives’ Thousands of lives would have been saved if Boris Johnson had imposed a short lockdown when experts recommended it in September, a scientist advising the Government’s coronavirus response has said. Professor Andrew Hayward said the move would also have “inflicted substantially less […]
Police appeal after hit-and-run leaves seriously-hurt woman in hospital
POLICE have launched an investigation after a woman was seriously injured in a hit-and-run collision in Sunderland. It happened at about 7.10pm on Sunday, when a blue Ford Focus car collided with the 53-year-old in Hall Farm Road, as she was getting into her car. The Focus had previously […]
US ELECTION 2020: what makes a one-term President?
Search ‘US Election 2020’ to see all our coverage In the run-up to tomorrow’s US Presidential election our student reporting team aims to explore, explain, enlighten and even entertain you on the race for the White House. DONALD Trump faces the prospect of becoming the first US President […]
US ELECTION 2020: celebrity endorsements say Biden by a landslide
Search ‘US Election 2020’ to view all our coverage In the run-up to Tuesday’s US Presidential election our student reporting team aims to explore, explain, enlighten and even entertain you on the race for the White House. CELEBRITIES have been coming out en-masse to endorse ‘their man’ Joe […]
Vive Le Revolution! NE tapas bar owner joins feed-the-kids campaign
NORTH EAST entrepreneur Jamie Eastlake has been trying to ensure children in his area haven’t gone hungry this half-term. The Northumberland business owner joined the national campaign to feed children from poverty-stricken families. He did so after it failed to persuade Conservative MPs to provide free school meals during […]
US ELECTION 2020: policy promises at a glance
Search ‘US Election 2020’ to view all our coverage In the run-up to Tuesday’s US Presidential election our student reporting team aims to explore, explain, enlighten and even entertain you on the race for the White House. SO WHAT do the two presidential rivals stand for: what are their […]