New water safety equipment has been installed in Fatfield, Washington, near to where a number of people lost their lives. Sunderland City Council has invested in two new throw-line boards at Mount Pleasant Lake and Pattison South Pond, which are used to pull people out of the water. This is in […]
Last Thursday’s general election saw unprecedented changes to the North East political landscape, with traditionally Labour strongholds being won over by the Conservatives. Blyth Valley was particularly controversial, having been a Labour seat since its creation in 1950. Other surprises included Darlington, and Sedgefield, which turned blue after 84 years […]
A young Vogue-featured fashion designer has launched the North East’s newest sustainable online fashion brand. Hannah Wilson, 25, from Washington has taken the plunge and created her own independent, online fashion company – Harlow Collection. Harlow Collection features a range of classic, versatile and statement pieces all handmade by the […]
The bleak accuracy of the election poll sounded the death bell for four years of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour leadership, the swift rise and fall of whoever Jo Swinson was and the sharp realisation that Brexit is going to flounder around under the hand of a man that hid in a […]
A recent Freedom of Information request sent to Northumbria Police has revealed a four-year high in drink spiking incidents in 2018. Last year saw a four-year high as 32 incidents were reported across the region, this number has increased since 2015 in which there were only nine reported incidents […]
Boris Johnson’s party has won the general election by a landslide. At 5:02am this morning it was announced that the Conservative Party had won the general election. The Conservatives were the first party to surpass 326 seats, and had a huge gain of 46 seats at the time of their […]
Jeremy Corbyn has announced he will not run as leader in the next general election, after a second loss in a general election. With the Conservatives set to win a comfortable majority, Corbyn has admitted that the result is “very disappointing” as support crumbled in previous Labour strongholds. He has […]
Even if you’re not into pawlitics, who can resist the dogsatpollingstations hashtag on Twitter? Especially at the most woofderful time of the year! Here is a selection of our favourites from throughout the day. This good doggo… https://twitter.com/paul_steele/status/1205072220386664449 Springing into action… Squid didn't vote today because he he is only […]
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