Reform UK in Sunderland: concerns about a change in planning decision making
A number of decisions may now be decided behind closed doors and by unelected bureaucrats instead of in public at...
Read moreDetailsPeter is a teacher, writer and historian who has also been active in human rights work for 35 years. He is particularly interested in how our great human rights history in the North East can help us to be both inspired and enlightened and enable us to face up to the challenges we face today. These challenges include defending the human rights of all people in the region and the country and dealing with the existential crisis that is climate change
A number of decisions may now be decided behind closed doors and by unelected bureaucrats instead of in public at...
Read moreDetailsThere is a meeting on 23 September between 6 and 7:45 pm at Gosforth Civic Theatre which aims to explore...
Read moreDetailsNew report by Fairsquare has exposed dire working conditions for migrant workers at Aramco
Read moreDetailsHot water in old mine workings is being used to heat homes and public buildings
Read moreDetailsThis connection between Reform UK in the North East and the far-right group Patriotic Platform is a worrying development
Read moreDetailsThree more Reform councillors resign
Read moreDetailsSky News spoke to a dozen people linked to the council, some of whom were said to be still in...
Read moreDetailsStanding Together works for a future of independence and peace for both Palestinians and Israelis
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Read moreDetailsHow has Saudi Arabia been reported in recent weeks?
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Read moreDetailsLegacy gifts have played a significant role for Northumberland Wildlife Trust in protecting some of our region's most important wildlife...
Read moreDetailsThere will be a march from the Monument to the Baltic on 6 September
Read moreDetailsAs well as the flood in Nepal and Tibet there have been record high temperatures and a record drought on...
Read moreDetailsIt is good to see that Councillor McGlenen is now getting his life back on track following the problems he...
Read moreDetailsThe humanitarian crisis caused by the civil war in Sudan continues to get worse, while the healthcare system is collapsing
Read moreDetailsWe need a media environment that can tell truth to power and can represent all sections of society
Read moreDetailsOn 25 August a ceremony was held in Newcastle to remember those lost in the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar in...
Read moreDetailsNorthumberland Wildlife Trust is now inviting people aged 16 - 24 to get involved in Habitat Heroes 2, taking place...
Read moreDetailsAs the nurdle spill reaches to Druridge Bay in the north and North Yorkshire to the south, contract clean-up workers...
Read moreDetails“The generosity of everybody in Heaton shows again just how much everyone cares about making this happen for nature and...
Read moreDetailsStanding Together vigil in Newcastle
Read moreDetailsIan Catchpole, who represents Sedgefield on Durham County Council has resigned from Reform UK to become an independent councillor
Read moreDetailsI visited Grindon United Reformed Church Community Centre in Sunderland, and heard about the great work going on there
Read moreDetailsNorthumberland Wildlife Trust will be showcasing its conservation work in Eldon Square’s Community Quarter
Read moreDetailsJohn Musgrave has left behind a valuable legacy, both in the work he has done helping traumatised servicemen in the...
Read moreDetailsAs wildfires rage across the land and workers struggle in the heat shouldn’t Burnham be saying and doing more about...
Read moreDetailsPeople need to know that their elected representatives are serious in their intentions to work for them and just what...
Read moreDetailsNew and old scams to watch out for this summer
Read moreDetailsVolunteers are needed urgently to join the NE Nurdle Clean-Up this weekend just after the High Tides morning and evening
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