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Campaigner posts letter to PM

Washington and Gateshead South residents send letter to PM as part of record-bre...

See how your MP voted on the Government's welfare reforms.

How every Tyne & Wear MP voted on the Government's welfare reform bill

Britain is facing a swimming crisis - 9m adults don’t know how to swim

The 1984 Battle of Orgreave.

Northumbria Police destroy documents from miners strike confrontation

Lewis Atkinson MP at a Salvation Army hosted event in Parliament on Naloxone

Sunderland MP taught to use lifesaving overdose antidote by The Salvation Army

The NSPCC is urging government to provide local authorities funding so no child is missed. Photo posed by models

Childline: Home schooled children can also need support

Schools may soon only be able to require families to buy three branded uniform items

How school uniforms rules could change for four million pupils

Kneecap have already courted controversy in the United States over the stance regarding Palestine and performances at Coachella 2025.

Kneecap videos under review for inciting violence against local MPs

Campaigners hold placards in support of assisted dying in November last year in London. Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images

Legal Eagle: Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill explained

PM Sir Keir Starmer addressing the reception of regional journalists at 10 Downing Street

It's not everyday you get an invited by the PM to visit Downing Street

The Government announced it will put 13,000 more officers, PCSOs and special constables on the beat.

Bridget Phillipson MP: People deserve to feel safer on our streets – Labour is m...

Katie Brett and Lorraine Beavers with a photo of Sasha Marsden.

My sister was murdered after fake job interview: MP backs Sasha's Law

Evidence shows a healthy start of the school day can contribute to increased concentration as well as improve wellbeing and behaviour.

Bridget Phillipson MP: 'My mission is to break down the barriers to opportunity ...

From left, trainer Jason Gray; GBGB Chief Executive Mark Bird; kennel hand Jess Hubbard

Tyne & Wear greyhound tracks urging community to sign greyhound welfare petition

The House of Commons' Education Committee took a deep dive into the effects of screen time on children last year

11 ways phone use impacts children, from school to mental health

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson pictured last year talking with children as they attend a school breakfast club. Photo by Getty Images

Bridget Phillipson MP: Quality of teaching can make the single biggest differenc...
Happy New Year to readers of the Echo – I hope you had a Merry Christmas.
Bridget Phillipson MP

Campaigners both for and against turn out as MPs prepare to vote on the proposed assisted dying bill in Parliament.

Countries that have legalised assisted dying as MPs vote on bill

Katie Brett is campaigning again to keep David Minto in prison and to change the lenient sentencing appeals law. Inset: 'Evil' David Minto

I'm trying to keep the man who murdered my sister behind bars

If passed the bill means that terminally ill adults in England and Wales who have six months to live will legally have the choice to end their life.

Assisted dying bill UK: What is the proposed law?

Kim Leadbeater MP to introduce bill to legalise assisted dying.

Watch: Kim Leadbeater MP formally introduces assisted dying bill

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women globally – representing as much as a quarter of all cancers that occur in women every year.

Sharon Hodgson MP: Saving lives requires work but this Labour Government has alr...

Protester speaks at winter fuel cuts rally.

Watch: Rally against winter fuel cuts held outside Parliament

Election information, with varying levels of usefulness.

Election guide for drunks, monarchs, prisoners and dogs

Rishi Sunak has called a general election for July 4.

Watch: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces July 4 General Election

MP returns to Parliament following sepsis quadruple amputation.

Watch: MP returns to Parliament following sepsis quadruple amputation

Dr Marion Phillips who was Sunderland's first female MP.

The Sunderland suffragette who made an incredible mark on history

The scene at the Palace of Westminster after the attack in March 2017, which lasted 82 seconds.
Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Westminster Bridge terror attack: Police remember victims 7 years on
The Met Police are remembering those who lost their lives, seven years on from the Westminster Bridge terror attack.
Lucinda Herbert

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London. Picture date: Wednesday February 21, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS PMQs. Photo credit should read: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

KATE OSBORNE: We must resist the politics of hate

Concerns have been raised over cuts to BBC local radio services

Moving BBC Concert Orchestra out of London 'didn't make sense'

Idris Elba stands in front of an installation of over 200 bundles of clothing representing the lives lost to Knife crime in the UK as he calls on the Government to take immediate action to prevent serious youth violence at Parliament Square on January 08, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Don't Stop Your Future)

Watch as Idris Elba calls for immediate ban on zombie knives

House prices fall.

JULIE ELLIOTT: My Private Members Bill – supporting more families to get on the ...

Watch moment Wilko boss tells MP she 'let down' staff and shoppers

(Left to right) Sergeant Robert Lowery, Alison Rudkin, Daniel Dunbar and MP Sharon Hodgson ahead of their meeting with the Secretary of State for Justice, Alex Chalk.

Grieving mother meets Minister in quest for fairer sentencing

Tory MP Peter Bone. Credit: PA

Tory MP 'should be suspended over bullying and sexual misconduct'

Fines to be issued over Covid-19 lockdown-busting Tory HQ party

Fines to be issued over Covid-19 lockdown-busting Tory HQ party

Former SNP MP Dr Lisa Cameron, left, who has defected to the Tories, and SNP leader Humza Yousaf. Credit: PA/Getty

SNP MP defects to Tories after claiming 'toxic and bully treatment'

The protest was one of more than 30 events taking place in Britain – plus two in Spain – on what was dubbed a “Day for Rejoin”. Pictured here is Steve Bray.

Anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray ‘wrestled out’ of Tory conference

Chris Packham presented a new documentary this week, pondering whether the campaign influence governments on climate change needs to change (Picture: Rob Parfitt/Channel 4)

TV naturalist fights the law, and the law mainly wins

Lucy Letby received a rare whole life order after being convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six more while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital neonatal unit between 2015 and 2016.

Criminals must face victims for sentencing after Lucy Letby’s no-show

Keir Mather. Credit: Getty

Johnny Mercer launches attack on Keir Mather - what was said

Ben Wallace will step down as defence secretary at the next cabinet reshuffle

Ben Wallace to step down as defence secretary

The UK is not on track to reach legally binding targets to reduce carbon pollution. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Where does the UK sit in the world rankings?

Chris Pincher scandal: Ex-Tory MP faces eight week suspension over groping claims - what did he do?

Chris Pincher scandal: Ex-Tory MP to face eight-week suspension

Former UK health secretary Sajid Javid

Senior Tory Sajid Javid says MPs £86,000 salary ‘should be doubled’

Partygate probe: Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg named in privileges committee special report

Privileges committee publishes damning report on Conservative MPs

Majority of MPs approve Privileges Committee Boris Johnson Partygate report

Boris Johnson suffers resounding defeat over ‘Partygate’ report

I truly deserve to be in the House of Lords as I am a great lad.

How to "earn" an "honour"

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson

MPs find Boris Johnson ‘deliberately misled’ Commons multiple times

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Will Boris Johnson stand as an MP in a different seat?

Boris Johnson has resigned as an MP with immediate effect

Boris Johnson resigns as MP over Partygate report

Labour shadow minister Bambos Charalambous suspended

Green Party’s only MP to stand down at next election

City Hall.

North East devolution deal will 'benefit whole city', say Sunderland's leaders

Crumbling schools are not being tackled by Tory government, says Bridget.

BRIDGET PHILLIPSON: 'The Government’s poverty of ambition has been failing our c...

Longer lorries to be allowed on Britain’s roads under new laws

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