Councillor Graeme Miller has been confirmed as the new Leader of Sunderland City Council. The Washington South councillor was elected Leader at a full meeting of the City Council last night. The newly elected leader has a particular interest in promoting good mental health and has been named a Health and […]
Labour have won their third council seat in Cullercoats, North Tyneside, after a close battle in the 2018 local elections. Heading into Thursday’s polls, the ward was known to be one of the few genuine political battlegrounds in the borough. After years of Conservative domination, Labour won its first seat […]
Today (3 May) voters will head to the polls for council and mayoral elections. Elections are being held in 150 local authorities across the UK and polls have been open since 7 am. During the week, both the Labour and Conservatives party have been competing to gain votes for local constituencies. […]
Stand Up To Racism North East travelled to London last Saturday to join the national demonstration to mark the UN’s Anti-Racism Day. Representing the North East was Labour’s youngest councillor, Sharifah Rahman of Darlington. The activists marched from the BBC’s Portland Place offices to Whitehall. Prominent anti-racism campaigner Diane Abbott MP […]
Over a thousand supporters participated in a rally against the NHS services possibly becoming privatised. On March 10, supporters were joined by MPs such as South Shields MP Emma Lewell-Buck, unions and TV actor Stephen Tompkinson. Mr Tompkinson, known from the TV programme DCI Banks, was one of the main […]
Around 141,000 tonnes of municipal waste per year is produced within Newcastle – which costs the Council £18.5m per year to collect, treat and dispose. The waste is entering habitats and destroying them, with the sudden rise in plastic straws being the leading cause of waste within the North East […]
A North Tyneside litter hotspot has finally been cleared up, despite continuing confusion over local government responsibility for the area. Earlier this week, Nexus, the local authority running public transport, sent a litter-picker to the site behind the westward platform of Howdon Metro Station. The area had become a common […]
One of South Tyneside’s oldest parks is set to have work done to preserve and regenerate the area in a £3.2 million development. The North Marine Park is set to be restored to its classic Victorian era look after South Tyneside council were successful in gaining £2.4million from the Heritage […]
The Government are taking drastic action against plastic waste. According to statistics, 8.5 billion plastic straws are being disposed of every year in the UK. The outstanding number of waste deeply concerned Theresa May who urged the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to find a solution to the problem. The […]