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Local Middlesbrough businesses benefit from latest lockdown grant

Middlesbrough Council processed over £3.5 million in grants in January 2021. The cash support has benefited 519 businesses so far, and business owners are being...

Middlesbrough becomes ‘first in UK’ to make device pledge to children

Middlesbrough is now believed to be the first town or city in the UK to pledge that every child will have access to an...

National accolade awarded to virtual Middlesbrough Mela

We know it's the best - and now it's official! Covid-19 restrictions saw Middlesbrough's ever-popular Mela go virtual this year for the first time in...

Darlington Hippodrome partners up with creators Nikesh Shukla and Raven Smith for fantastic livestream events

Whilst nearly all industries have suffered during the pandemic, live entertainment has certainly had to take a backseat. Thankfully, Darlington Hippodrome are partnering up with...

North East Entrepreneur goes back to roots with £150m investment in Ludhiana, Punjab

The head of a leading PLC has unveiled plans to create a multi-million-pound development in his home town, in India. Meenu Malhotra, chair and founder...

Mosques join hands with the NHS to fight fear about COVID vaccine

By Arundhati Mukherjee Leading Islamic Scholars and Mosques from all parts of the UK join the campaign to fight fake news on Covid Vaccine. A flood...

Sunderland pharmacist Umesh Patel appeals to South Asian community – ‘doesn’t matter what religion you are have faith in the Covid vaccine’

By Fatima Patel Sunderland pharmacist who has worked in Sunderland for more than 30 years, is pleading with the South Asian community to ‘have faith’...

Care homes rejoice as Newcastle becomes first place in the UK to have fully vaccinated all care residents

By Daniel Holland | LDRS Huge efforts to vaccinate every care home resident and worker in Newcastle and North Tyneside against Covid-19 have been hailed...

Plea for action on free school meals after images show Teesside packs with “half a tomato”

By Alex Metcalfe and Stuart Arnold | LDRS FREE school meal packs on Teesside have sparked concern across the political divide – with images showing...

Sunderland schools full despite national lockdown

By James Harrison | LDRS Some of Sunderland’s schools are as full as they were before Christmas, despite the latest national coronavirus lockdown. New ‘Stay at...

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