UK inflation lifted to its highest level for 15 months in March as the rising cost of clothes and air fares pushed up the cost of living. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation hit 0.5 per cent last month after the price of clothes […]
An emergency debate on the steel crisis will be held in the House of Commons. Business Secretary Sajid Javid has raised the prospect of Government involvement in the sale of Tata Steel’s loss-making UK assets, after Labour warned that the future of the industry was “hanging by a thread”. The Government […]
The list of candidates standing for election to Sunderland City Council has now been published. The deadline for nominations closed on Thursday, April 7 at 4pm. Polling Day is Thursday 5 May and more than 204,000 people are on the city’s electoral register, with more than 89,000 people opting to vote by […]
The list of candidates standing for election as the next Northumbria Area Police and Crime Commissioner has now been published. The deadline for nominations closed on Thursday, April 7 at 4pm. This years candidates are: Vera Baird, Labour Party. Stewart Thomas Hay, Conservative Party. Melanie Hurst, UK Independence Party (UKIP). Jonathan […]
Sunderland is to get £184,000 to fix potholes in the city the Government has announced today (Thursday, April 7). The money will enable the council to fill 3,472 potholes. Motorists and cyclists are set to benefit after the Government announced how £50 million of funding will repair nearly 1 million […]
North East dog owners could be fined for failing to microchip their dogs. It comes as a new law, which comes into today, (April 6) makes it compulsory for dogs to be microchipped. From today (April 6), dog owners must make sure their pet is fitted with a microchip by […]
The education secretary has called for bids for the children’s services funding pot. Town halls will be offered cash incentives as part of an overhaul of social services for troubled children. As well as this, Mrs Morgan has urged councils and charities to suggest new schemes for running children’s services […]
Millions of workers over the age of 25 have received a pay rise as of Friday, April 1 as the new national living wage has come into force. Unions welcomed the £7.20 hourly rate for adults, increasing by 50p from £6.70. Despite this, they said it was not fair that younger workers […]
Households in Sunderland and across England are set to face the biggest council tax rises this decade from Friday (April 1). Sunderland City Council agreed to raise the city’s council tax by four per cent earlier this month, on Wednesday March 2. The council tax increase is 61p a week […]
Anyone who is not yet registered to vote in May’s elections is being reminded to get on their electoral register before they close on Monday, April 18. There are local and police elections in May, and Sunderland will be the returning centre for the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner election. […]