Exams, tuition fees, stress…and the perfect prom. You can understand why 16 year-olds want to kick back and get dolled up at end of their GCSEs but… Read more “The Rise of the Prom: Sunderland”
Training Hairdressers to Spot Skin Cancer
Skin Cancer experts want hairdressers to be trained to spot cancer. It’s come from an American study that Nottingham Hospitals looked into. It could be a great… Read more “Training Hairdressers to Spot Skin Cancer”
Bagging Dog Dirt and Leaving it on the Beach Threatens Wildlife
Our beaches are getting cleaner. Great. Dog owners on the whole are sensibly picking up their dog’s mess but many aren’t finishing the job: leaving it on… Read more “Bagging Dog Dirt and Leaving it on the Beach Threatens Wildlife”
Tuition Fees: How to Afford University in 2012
When you were in school what felt like a lot of money? £1000? £10,000? £100,000? How much did you think you’d earn when you graduated and when… Read more “Tuition Fees: How to Afford University in 2012”
Running 2012 miles in 2012
This year I have misguidedly signed up for the Great North Run and the Kielder Marathon. I’ve done the Great North Run before and it was a… Read more “Running 2012 miles in 2012”
Government Calls Summit On Dodgy Sat Navs
The government holds a summit on a dangerous device that’s sucking onto car windscreens across the country, making the roads dangerous with distracted drivers, arrogantly following their… Read more “Government Calls Summit On Dodgy Sat Navs”
Donna Claire House To Close
After 25 years of providing respite care to hundreds of disabled families Donna Claire House in Seaburn, Sunderland, is to close on 19th December due to lack of… Read more “Donna Claire House To Close”
Children in Need: Where the Money Went
Thousands of pounds were donated to Children in Need by BBC Tees listeners in 2010. Over £101,000 went to Hype in Stockton-on-Tees: £96,000 went to Nightstop Teeside… Read more “Children in Need: Where the Money Went”
How to Educate a Journalist
Plonking myself down at my computer after a trip out interviewing Geordies and exclaiming ‘this 11-year-old just told me…’ is becoming a bit of a theme. So… Read more “How to Educate a Journalist”
Durham Lumiere Festival 2011
Best of the Festival…. Gathering audio for months for radio and the Lumiere’s webpage has made this festival a large part of my life and now it’s… Read more “Durham Lumiere Festival 2011”
Fiona Marley Paterson 