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Jan 16, 2025 | 
sunderlandecho.com | Graham K Murray
It’s halfway through January, and New Year’s Resolutions are starting to flag. After the indulgence of the festive season, people will often decide to turn over a new leaf. It could be a ‘new year, new you’ gym blitz, or taking part in Dry January. Another option is giving up meat and dairy for the month, for what has been dubbed Veganuary. But all this virtuous behaviour doesn’t mean giving up treats - far from it.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
northumberlandgazette.co.uk | Graham K Murray
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! now'Basically I've swapped my day job in the classroom now to sort of rummaging around with old rubber monsters'Former teacher Neil Cole speaks about how he came to be the creator and curator of a surprising Northumberland attraction.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
shieldsgazette.com | Graham K Murray
Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276Visit Shots! now“Why are we not seeing real, recognised local funding?”With the UK General Election looming this week, a charity founder has spoken out about the need for more commitment to suicide prevention by whoever is in government.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
shieldsgazette.com | Graham K Murray
Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276Visit Shots! nowFirst thing’s first: it’s not a race. Not as far as Sunderland and Newcastle’s local authorities are concerned, that is. Many of us will remember that it became a tradition for a Sunderland constituency to declare a result before anyone else in the country on election nights. But in recent years, that hasn’t been the case. And when the streak was broken, it was by neighbouring city Newcastle.
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May 31, 2024 | 
msn.com | Graham K Murray
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May 31, 2024 | 
sunderlandecho.com | Graham K Murray
Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276Visit Shots! nowFrom heroes of wartime to icons of astronomy. Sunderland has been the home of a number of amazing people - some of them better known than others. Some are native born, other spent a significant chunk of their lives here. What they have in common is that they all made their mark on history. Have a watch and see if you know their colourful stories.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
sunderlandecho.com | Graham K Murray
It was a time of great uncertainty. Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276Visit Shots! nowCoronavirus - as we mainly referred to it at the time - was spreading across the world. Sunderland had seen its first recorded case of Covid-19 in early March 2020. By March 10, Hays Travel was already asking staff to take voluntary leave as the crisis swiftly escalated. The first North East death as a result of the pandemic was recorded on March 16.
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Jan 26, 2024 | 
sunderlandecho.com | Graham K Murray
The attack took less than a minute. Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276Visit Shots! nowBut it is one of the most shocking and terrifying killings ever carried out in Sunderland. Shop worker and great-grandmother Joan Hoggett was stabbed multiple times by masked Ethan Mountain in the store where she worked. Sunderland Echo reporter Kevin Clark recounts the facts in the case - culminating in a manslaughter conviction for the teenage killer.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
sunderlandecho.com | Graham K Murray
It'll be alright on the night ... Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276Visit Shots! nowOr, in this case, usually about mid afternoon.
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Dec 17, 2023 | 
echo.net.au | Graham K Murray
Further to David Lovejoy’s editorial Don’t know, don’t care (December 6), there is another way to view the referendum results. To think 65,000 plus years of an Indigenous symbiotic relationship with this country and the amazing knowledge systems built throughout this time could be 1. failed to be recognised, 2. acknowledged and 3. realise the potential opportunity we are maybe missing – that a fusion of Western and First Nations knowledge could bring to this country (and the world) .
