Poverty

An airline has donated £150k worth of tablet devices previously used by its pilots and cabin crew to help disadvantaged youngsters without access to the technology they need for school.

Airline hands £150k of ex‑crew tablets to kids lacking tech for school

Scrapping the two child benefit cap could lift thousands of North East children out of poverty.

Impact of MP's vote to scrap child benefit cap on North East families

Early diagnosis lays open a wider menu of treatment options

We know that unfair and preventable inequalities persist

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves poses with the red Budget Box as she leaves 11 Downing Street, in central London on November 26, 2025, to present the government's annual Budget to Parliament

'We're keeping our promise to cut energy bills and ease living costs'

(Picture: Stefan Rousseau)

We're millionaires and we want the Chancellor raise our taxes

Lea Manor school in Luton will have uniforms donated by easyJet.

easyJet is turning thousands of old crew outfits into school uniforms

The team from charity Bright Futures at Eldon Square.

We're trying to fight period poverty by offering free essentials

Tyneside Community Store in Wallsend.

We run a vintage clothing store and the region's largest baby bank

South Shields Town Hall

We urgently need to improve 'alarmingly low' wages in the North East

Almost 1 in 4 dying people in Newcastle end their lives in poverty

A statue has been unveiled as part of a campaign to highlight the issue of pensioner poverty this winter.

'Freezing and forgotten': Ice sculpture leads winter fuel cuts plea

Jason Cook hosted Laffs4Kids 2024 at Newcastle's 2024 Utilita Arena on Sunday, December 15.

Annual Christmas comedy gig reaches over 100,000 presents donated

Santander X UK Awards 2024 first prize winners Anushka Mahesh, Sarah Bailey, Aurusha Kharas and Tom Scrope

Entrepreneurs win award for tackling period poverty with £4 underwear

Trussell ambassadors Levi Roots and Mark Hoyle (LadBaby) meet with Trussell Chief Executive Emma Revie outside Parliament

Celebrities are calling for more government action on hunger in the UK

Amazon's Toy Train will be donating hundreds of toys to families in need across the UK in the lead-up to Christmas

Amazon reveals this year’s Top 10 Toys for Christmas

Ruth Lue-Quee, education consultant from Staffordshire, who says period poverty is more widespread than people think

Secondary school teachers call for better and earlier period education

Sir Keir Starmer speaks at Prime Minister’s Questions.

Watch: Keir Starmer addresses reason for cuts to winter fuel allowance

Newcastle City Council announces new leader in historic decision

"Hope has gone", says ex-Labour councillor as she resigns from party

HAPPIER COUPLE: Win comes after wedding and honeymoon lottery win

'You're having a laugh' - North East couple net another lottery win

The photograph shows the corner of Percy Street and Leazes Park Road in 1931. Shops pictured are The Olde Apple Shoppe Tony's Costumes Henderson's and E. Freedman.

13 retro photos of Newcastle from the 1930s - how has life changed?

Christina can’t believe amount on cheque presented by ambassador Danyl Johnson

'This is crazy' - Gateshead couple land jackpot lottery win

A police tent in West Park in Wolverhampton following a stabbing.

Watch: Region records highest rate of knife crime offences

Adults living in hygiene poverty are going without deodorant, toothpaste, or a hot shower to ensure their family can have a meal.

Adults giving up basic hygiene products to ensure family can eat

Munira Wilson MP says schoolchildren are so hungry they are ‘eating rubbers’.

Watch: Schoolchildren are so hungry they are ‘eating rubbers’

Story of a divorced mum-of-two reveals dark times of hygiene poverty

Documentary honours life and work of acclaimed Tyneside photographer

Modern day rockstar Sam Fender, from North Shields, remained in his hometown during his education, studying at Whitley Bay High School. At the school’s sixth form, he studied Theatre and English Language at A Level, and spent a lot of time in the music department.

North East mayor candidate wants more Sam Fenders amid pledge

Love, Amelia's Christmas campaign is being backed by Denise Welch.

Denise Welch joins North East charity in urgent Christmas appeal

The Salvation Army in Gateshead has launched its Christmas Present Appeal. Photo: Other 3rd Party.

Gateshead Salvation Army launches its Christmas Present Appeal

Many schoolgirls struggle to access period products

Children pulled into poverty since 2015 enough to fill St James’ Park

Stacey Dooley

Stacey Dooley announces UK tour - full details

'The new deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson is wrong to believe that charities supporting asylum seekers in Calais are involved in a multimillion-pound industry'. PIC: UK Parliament/PA Wire

Lee Anderson: ‘myth’ those on Universal credit are in poverty

A child carries a tray with food during lunch-break at St Mary’s RC Primary School, in Battersea, south London.

Number of children in food poverty nearly doubles to four million

Liverpool visit St James’ Park this weekend (Image: Getty Images)

‘Unacceptable’ trend Newcastle fans urged to avoid against Liverpool

5 mental health benefits of owning a pet

Free School Meals For All bill reading delayed in Parliament

A woman holds a shopping basket of groceries.

Cost of living: Groceries cost could soar by £1.7bn

Labour MP Chi Onwurah (Image: Getty Images)

Newcastle MP tells story of Newcastle childhood of poverty and racism

Child poverty is said to be the worst in the North East, with reports indicating a 47% level of child poverty

North East has highest percentage of children growing up in poverty

North East Child Poverty Group say new Government figures mean child poverty is 'not inevitable’

New Government figures show child poverty ‘not inevitable’
The North East Child Poverty Commission is hopeful that new Government figures could prove child poverty is not ‘inevitable’

Is Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak doing enough to help Britain's poorest citizens? (Picture: Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images)

Northumbria police commissioner sends warning to Rishi Sunak

Fairtrade cocoa farmer Bismark Kpabitey (photo: Fairtrade Africa)

Fairtrade Fortnight: how the chocolate you buy can make a real difference

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