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Patients in need of maternity services within the North East of England are “at risk”, according to a watchdog, in January 2024. In a Care Quality Commission (CQC) report at Middlesbrough’s James Cook University Hospital, staff shortages are causing midwives to be overstretched on shift. They are struggling to give mothers and babies the care […]
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt visited the University of Sunderland campus to promote the new funding the city received. Mr Sunak even recorded a special jingle for the University student radio station Spark. A multi-million-pound state-of-the-art Television and Film studio has been given the funding it needs to be built. It is […]
Northumbria Police are struggling amid a funding shortage following a decade long “government austerity drive”. Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Kim McGuiness believes Northumbria has been the hardest hit of any force in England and Wales, due to what she describes as “the central Government austerity drive”. She said: “I’ve campaigned hard for the […]
Sunderland’s celebration of international cuisine is set to return this month (March) – with the opportunity to visit some of the newest eating spots across the city. Sunderland Restaurant Week – organized by Sunderland BID – will take place from 16-24 March, giving diners the chance to visit old favourites and check out some of […]
House fire leaves single Father of four with nothing just days before Christmas, whilst his youngest son still lays tragically ill in hospital. Paul Beattie, from Forth Close in Peterlee, was working his regular night shift at Asda when his home was deliberately set on fire in the early hours of the morning whilst two […]
The University of Sunderland, in collaboration with other North East universities, collected food and other essentials for those in the North East who are in need this Christmas. Though the festive period is regarded as the greatest time of the year to many, increased financial pressure inevitably takes their toll on people who struggle to […]
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain associated with Storm Ciarán which could bring disruption to North East England. The warnings, which last from 6am on Thursday to 6am on Friday, come just two weeks after Storm Babet wreaked havoc around the region, causing severe delays, flooding and structural damage […]
King Charles III coronation marked the beginning of a new era for the royal family and their people. He inherited the throne from his mother, Queen Elisabeth II on May 6, 2023 with great pomp and circumstance. He is the 40th reigning monarch to be crowned at Westminster Abbey
