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Nov 15, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Angela Johnston
Water contaminated with iron ochre has been pouring into the harbour since November 2022 [BBC]Two years since a harbour's water turned orange, frustration continues over the lack of a solution. Tests have identified iron ochre getting into Whitehaven's Queens Dock in Cumbria through a culvert, and although there have been a number of multi-agency meetings to find a solution, nothing has been put in place.
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Apr 28, 2024 | 
bbc.co.uk | Gilly Hope |Angela Johnston
The twin sons of a pastor and his wife who were born conjoined have celebrated their first birthday, 10 months after an operation to separate them. The "Moses Miracle Twins", as their mum and dad call them, spent months in Great Ormond Street hospital in the lead up to and recovery from surgery. Christian and Primrose Moses say their faith helped in challenging circumstances Now home on Teesside with their two older brothers, the twins are thriving. "It was tough," said Primrose.
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Oct 19, 2023 | 
bbc.co.uk | Helen Richardson |Angela Johnston
A woman who lost her baby during the coronavirus pandemic is writing a guide for employers about how to support staff with pregnancy loss. Rebecca Charlton from Embleton, Northumberland, was five months pregnant when her waters broke and her son Jasper was too young to survive. She said she was asked for a sick note, adding: "I'm not sick. I've just given birth, and my baby has died."The government said it had commissioned new guidance on workplace bereavement.
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Oct 2, 2023 | 
bbc.co.uk | Jennie Dennett |Angela Johnston
Campaigners working to save the pool at a seaside lido say they have not given up hopes of reopening it, despite the council filling the pool with stones. Renovation work is being carried out at Cumbria's Grange Lido, with plans to reopen it as a public space next year. Currently, in order to make the area safe, the empty pool has been filled with about 2,000 tonnes of stone. But the council says it is working with the campaign group Save Grange Lido, which wants the 50m pool restored.
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Oct 1, 2023 | 
bbc.co.uk | Jennie Dennett |Angela Johnston |Duncan Leatherdale |Alex Challies
Posted at 8:07 1 Oct8:07 1 OctVideo contentVideo caption: A day in the life of a farmer's wife on the Cumbrian fellsA day in the life of a farmer's wife on the Cumbrian fellsThe farmer's wife is traditionally seen as the supporting role, but for Helen Rebanks, it is a badge of honour.
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Sep 21, 2023 | 
bbc.co.uk | Angela Johnston
At a training centre in Middlesbrough, dozens of girls and a team of FA-qualified coaches are aiming to turn out future England Lionesses. The BBC went to meet them. The Emerging Talent Centre (ETC) at Teesside University takes the best girls playing football in the area and develops their skills and attitude on and off the pitch. Previous versions of the centre have already championed England players Beth Mead and Jordan Nobbs.
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Sep 15, 2023 | 
bbc.co.uk | Angela Johnston
A folk band is bringing to life the hidden stories of pioneering women from north-east England. Howay the Lasses, formed during the Coronavirus lockdown in 2021, seeks to champion the stories of women that history may have forgotten. Their latest single is about Mary Astell, born in 1666 in Newcastle, who published works arguing women were just as deserving of an education as men. Singer Bronwen Davies-Jones said her story still resonates in today's world.
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Aug 25, 2023 | 
bbc.com | Angela Johnston
Image source, Giles BradshawImage caption, Giles Bradshaw said he was grateful for the help he receivedBBC North East and CumbriaA passenger praised the actions of a bus driver who took him to hospital in his vehicle when his heart stopped briefly. When Giles Bradshaw, 56, from Devon, passed out on the journey in Newcastle, driver Gary Owen called 999. But after being told it could be a four-hour wait for an ambulance he found another bus for his passengers, and took him to hospital himself.
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Aug 23, 2023 | 
bbc.co.uk | Angela Johnston
A flower with an exotic but misleading name, which was once declining, is now blooming across Cumbria with pockets spotted across the fells. Grass-of-Parnassus is the county flower seen on the Cumberland county flag and also on Cumberland Council's logo. Once widespread across the UK, it has declined in enclosed farming areas where wetland habitats have been drained for better yields. But experts say less intensive grazing has helped the plant to thrive.
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Aug 15, 2023 | 
bbc.co.uk | Richard Moss |Angela Johnston
By Richard Moss & Angela JohnstonNorth East & CumbriaCampaigners are trying to raise millions of pounds to get one of the River Tyne's most famous bridges moving again.The Grade II-listed Swing Bridge, which opened in 1876 and once rotated 90 degrees to let river traffic to pass, has not turned for about four years.It was built by the pioneering Victorian engineer William Armstrong and is regarded as a significant part of Newcastle's history.
