September 2023 – Cardiologists from Freeman Hospital and UK initiative, Valve for Life, will be offering FREE heart checks on a heart bus in an attempt to find people who could be unaware that they have heart valve disease.
In the UK as many as one in 10...
Newcastle City Council is celebrating the success of an innovative new housing delivery model that is just the start of a new era of council house building in the city.
With a changing age profile, Newcastle’s older population is projected to grow significantly, and with ambitious plans to meet the...
A Northumbrian milliner is preparing to share her craft-making expertise to a worldwide audience as well as helping a charity for the homeless and needy in New York City.
Margaret Woodliff Wright set up her business, The Northumberland Milliner at Doxford Newhouses near Alnwick after graduating with high distinctions in...
Adoption UK has provided expert advice in the end pages of Baby Love, the heart-breaking, compelling, and timely new novel from best-selling author Jacqueline Wilson, out on 17th March 2022.
Set in 1960, Baby Love is a story for older readers (aged 12+) about teen pregnancy, family trouble and unlikely...
New research released today suggests that the North East public would back Government plans to include health and nutritional information on alcohol products.
If you didn’t know a glass of wine can contain similar calories as a slice of pizza, or a pint of lager similar to a Mars Bar...
Association for the Cannabinoid Industry (ACI) and Centre for Medicinal Cannabis (CMC) today launch their report Green Shoots - Sowing The Seeds Of The New UK Cannabis Industry with a new assessment of the size of the UK consumer cannabidiol (CBD) market.
The sector is now estimated to generate £690 million in...
News that a COVID-19 vaccine is set to be manufactured on Teesside has been welcomed by the National Horizons Centre which will provide vital training to the vaccine manufacturing workforce.
Sixty-million doses of the Novavax vaccine are set to be manufactured in Stockton-on-Tees by FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies (FDB) with the...
Learning how to be a good friend is a vital part of growing up, but the pandemic has kept many youngsters away from their peers so their social skills may have taken a knock. Here, former primary school teacher Laura Steele of education resource experts PlanBee reveals the four...
Wag and Company, which tackles loneliness and isolation among older and vulnerable people in the region, is focusing its efforts on non-contact initiatives to keep in touch with those in need during the government's lockdown.
While prioritising attempts to recoup lost fundraising revenue, the charity is being ambitious and continuing...
Throughout December 2020, renowned runner and Guinness World Record holder, Ben Blowes, will be running 31 marathons in 31 days, as part of Tom’s Trust’s 31 Stars campaign to fundraise for the vital provision of psychological and mental health care for children with brain tumours in the Newcastle and...
