North East property prices are rising faster than anywhere else in the UK. The latest Land Registry statistics show house prices across the region rose to an average £160,406 in February, a monthly jump of 3.2%, and 2.9% year-on-year. Across England as a whole, prices rose by 0.6 % in February but were down by 1.1% over the previous 12 months. Scotland saw prices fall by an average of 0.6% during February, but that still represented a year-on-year rise of 5.6%. The picture was reversed in...
AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) -- Caprock High School students were invited to attend a "lunch hangout" at the Amarillo For Christ Church every Friday during the student's lunch break. Organizers detailed that the Amarillo Police Department will be on-site to cook the burger patties that were donated by Tyson Foods on Friday, April 19. Additional donations []
British government doing everything it can to prevent assault on Rafah while civilians shelter there, says deputy foreign secretary Andrew MitchellAl Jazeera is carrying a quote from Hamas spokesperson Osama Hamdan. It quotes him saying:It’s clear from the Israeli paper that they are still insisting on two major issue: they don’t want a complete ceasefire and they are not talking – in a serious way – about the withdrawal from Gaza. In fact, they are still talking about their presence, which...
Two title matches and more have been added to the second night of WWE NXT Spring Breakin' 2024. In one of the newly announced title fights, Oba Femi faces his toughest challenge yet as he defends the NXT North American Championship against WWE Raw star Ivar. Additionally, Akam & Rezar, The Authors of Pain, are coming over to WWE NXT from Friday Night SmackDown to challenge Axiom & Nathan Frazer for the NXT Tag Team Championship. AOP are no strangers to those titles as they won the gold back in...
Verizon Business and UK-based independent task force We Are Incandescent unveiled a digital platform documenting the innovations designed to combat various challenges faced by 30 industry sectors in the country, a project which involved insights from 500 local companies.
Ahead of WWDC 2024 kicking off in June, Apple has officially announced its Swift Student Challenge winners. 350 students from around the world have won with 50 selected as “Distinguished Winners” that will be heading to Apple Park for WWDC. Along with that, Apple is celebrating 3 winners with detailed profiles about their top-tier app ideas. more
People were welcome to bring their cats and dogs to the veterinary technology school and have them washed for a fee.
An international group of twenty participants gave a terrific two-day performance over the weekend at the International Highline Challenge in Yuncheng, Shanxi province.
Exclusive: DNA expert whose work led to Andrew Malkinson case breakthrough says job should be given to forensic scientistsInterns have been given the job of weeding out potential wrongful convictions for rape and murder in a major case review prompted by Andrew Malkinson’s exoneration, the Guardian can reveal.The miscarriage of justice body the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) said last month that it would be re-examining cases it had refused to refer to the court of appeal to check for...
Activists are calling for universities to sever ties with Israel in response to the war.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Cibola hosted a signing day for all of the Cougars student athletes moving on to the next level. In total, there are 11 seniors who will continue their athletic careers. Football Cale Jones - New Mexico Highlands Niko Ramirez - New Mexico Miliraty Basketball Elijah Foster - University of the Southwest Baseball []
In Sunderland, as well as voting for local councillors and a new Police and Crime Commissioner, this will be the first election of the new North East Mayor, a role introduced as part of a new devolution deal agreed in January 2023. As it was a Labour Government that first championed devolution, I am pleased to see the North East finally getting the voice and control that we deserve. As our community is so often disregarded by central government, it is vital that we elect representatives who...