THERE was an angry stand- off across a Sunderland street during a controversial demo. The BNP ploughed ahead with their protest against Pallion’s Subway store selling halal meat, despite party leader Nick Griffin failing to show. About 200 people...
7/20/2012: Front Page: FREE SCHOOL PLACES ROW
HUNDREDS of families have been left in limbo because Government cash has not been handed over to a Sunderland free school. Grindon Hall Christian School, in Pennywell, is due to open as one of the region’s first free schools in September, but the...
PATIENTS on Wearside could be missing out on lifesaving drugs due to wide- scale medicine shortages. Pharmacists in the city are finding it increasingly difficult to attain bout 50 products for their patients, including treatments for cancer,...
7/20/2012: News: Backing booze law changes
A CAMPAIGN group has backed a review of the Government’s booze misuse strategy. North East alcohol office Balance supports key recommendations in the Health Committee’s latest study of the Coalition’s proposals, which call for a review of the minimum...
7/20/2012: News: Procedures to safeguard supplies
SPEAKING to the Department of Health ( DOH) today, the Echo was told that contingency arrangements are in place so that when pharmacies are unable to obtain stocks through their wholesaler, they can obtain them straight from their supplier. A DOH...
7/20/2012: News: Bishop to join bank inquiry
THE Bishop of Durham will take up a place on the inquiry which will look into the Barclays banking scandal. The Right Reverend Justin Welby has been asked to sit on the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards, in the wake of the finance firm...
BOBBIES tasked with keeping Olympic crowds safe have left the region in preparation for the games. The contingent of Durham Constabulary officers were given a briefing by Assistant Chief Constable Michael Banks as they prepared to leave their training...
7/20/2012: News: Identity- thefts mum in court
A MOTHER stole her neighbours’ identities to go on shopping sprees totalling thousands of pounds. Fraudster Gemma Errington used more than 25 names to set up a series of catalogue accounts and ordered £ 7,251- worth of goods. One 29- year- old victim...
7/20/2012: News: Behaviour good at primary
EDUCATION watchdogs have marked a Sunderland school as satisfactory. Ofsted inspectors who visited Gillas Lane Primary School said the achievement of pupils, quality of teaching and leadership were satisfactory, and pupil behaviour was good. A report...