Home News Your Letters

Report highlights parenting shortfalls

A VERY important report was published this week by the Children’s Society, entitled “A Good Childhood”.Read

Battle against yobs won’t end

THE successful case at the Appeal Court saw Gavin Robinson’s killer, Richard Wyatt, have his prison sentence doubled to three years.Read

UK’s pigs suffer too

WHILE Jamie Oliver is busy denouncing substandard foreign pig farms and urging people to buy British, Animal Aid conducted an investigation into some of the leading pig farms in this country.Read

Trials off

SADLY, Witton Castle Horse Trials in County Durham has had to cancel its spring event on March 28 to 29 due to poor ground conditions. Its second event — scheduled for October 3 to 4 — will run as planned.Read

The joys of healthy eating

I STOPPED smoking recently to avoid the attentions of Mr G Reaper, and no longer breathe like Darth Vader when performing a simple task like lifting my knife and fork.Read

Report on Top House pub was wrong

RE an article in the Sunday Sun last week and also the Journal a day later, in which it was reported that in Blyth a man had been stabbed in the hand with a pair of scissors in the Top House pub.Read

Nothing wrong with Harry

WHAT’S all this hot air circulating the planet like a cloud of poisonous gas spewed up from a volcanic eruption?Read

Creating a stir

IT was interesting to read Ken Oxley’s article two weeks ago saying he has a lot of time for Richard Dawkins, as a non-believer, but that surely is not true.Read

Fight against sea fishing quota plans

THE proposal by the European Union to allow member state Governments to set their own fishing quotas for each protected species has noble ambitions but, as ever, the devil is in the detail.Read

Helping Wansbeck Special Care Baby Unit and Ward 23, Freeman Hospital

THIS is to acknowledge the fantastic work Wansbeck Special Care Baby Unit and Ward 23 Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, carry out.Read

Raise awareness of diabetes on 75the anniversary of Diabetes UK

I AM writing to ask your readers to support leading health charity Diabetes UK this year as it marks its 75th anniversary on January 10 . . . the same week that I celebrate my 75th birthday!Read

Nominees wanted for Life After Stroke awards

FOR the past two years I have been delighted to accept an invitation to The Stroke Association’s Life After Stroke awards.Read

Innocent victims of change

AT present, individuals acquitted of a criminal charge in a Crown Court are able to claim back reasonable out-of-pocket legal expenses.Read

Go on, have a heart and donate to us

WHETHER it’s an oversized jumper, two copies of your favourite CD or yet another pair of fluffy rabbit slippers, chances are that this Christmas most households will receive a few unwanted gifts.Read

Number crunching looks bad on paper

I READ with great interest the top tips from Robert Weatherall on how to beat the credit crunch, last week.Read

No sympathy for sea anglers

FOLLOWING our story of plans to impose fishing quotas on sea anglers, we asked visitors to our What Do You Think online forum “Is the quota plan unworkable or does something have to be done?”Read

Mum did the right thing

I BET, like me, many of your readers sympathised with the mum who walked into the school and had a go at the five-year-old who bullied her child.Read

Thanks for help

I AM writing to say thank you to everyone from Yorkshire who supported the Meningitis Trust during 2008. It’s only with the help of local communities that we are able to continue our vital work helping to rebuild lives shattered by meningitis.Read

Time to praise exploits of our youngsters

ON a daily basis, we are exposed to an unrelenting stream of negativity in the media.Read

Rise to the challenge and help cancer care

AS a world, Commonwealth, and Olympic gold medallist, I know all about setting goals and taking on challenges, even when they might seem impossible to achieve.Read

Browse News

Get involved

We want your local stories, videos & pics.

Forums

Your Shout

Your Shout!

Post your views and comments and have your say on the North East stories and issues that affect you. Read

Newsletter Sign Up

Email alert sign-up

Latest news and sport by email

Sign up to receive the latest Sunday Sun news and sport direct to your inbox - all free of charge. Read

Video & Pictures

Videos & Pics

Life in the North

View North East news, features and events through our videos and photo galleries. Read

Contact & Subscribe

Contact Us

View a full list of Sunday Sun editorial contact details plus advertising and subscription information. Read