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Helen Liu addresses guests during the Blockchain for Good Alliance Impact Leaders’ Summit at the UK House of Lords, sharing insights on advancing blockchain for societal impact.

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The King has approved the nomination of The Venerable Rick Simpson, for election as Bishop of Durham, with the new Bishop formally unveiled at the Gateshead Angel of the North on Thursday, February 19.

King approves appointment of new Bishop of Durham

A third of medical professional believe beds are currently blocked by people in hospital who would be able to go home sooner

NHS bed blocking crisis fuelled by poor quality incontinence care

Adults who got in touch with the NSPCC helpline spoke about witnessing children suffering from neglect. Photo posed by model

Childline: Neglect can impact a child’s physical and mental health and hinder th...

Entrepreneur Michelle Mone was the subject of a two-part BBC documentary

Gripping and thriller two-part BBC 2 documentary on lingerie queen Baroness Mich...

A life peerage for a South Tyneside man - and Bill Bryson wanted to mark it with a brown ale on a coat of arms.

The South Shields man who won a campaign over dominoes

Lights go out in the House of Lords.

Watch: House of Lords lights go out during minister’s speech

The Labour Party has confirmed that Alan Haworth died on holiday in Iceland on Monday morning - Credit: Gov/Wiki

Breaking Labour politician Lord Alan Haworth dead at 75

WhatsApp could disappear off UK phones if the company do not comply with the Online Safety Bill

WhatsApp could disappear from UK phones over privacy concerns

Lord Lawson was also a journalist and the father of celebrity cook, Nigella Lawson (Picture: B Barrett/Express/Getty Images)

Breaking Former Conservative party politician Nigel Lawson dies aged 91

A letter from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) to the information commissioner argues TikTok could be in breach of UK law. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP) (Photo by LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)

Breaking MPs believe TikTok breaches UK law - could be banned

Lady Masham was a near life-long campaigner for disabled rights (Photo: UK Parliament)

Breaking Tributes to former paralympian Baroness Masham who has died aged 87

XR protesters ‘forcibly removed’ from House of Lords as Government suffers defeat over Public Order Bill

XR protesters ‘forcibly removed’ from House of Lords

Keir Starmer will set out Labour's new vision for the constitutional future of the UK today.

Keir Starmer looks to abolish House of Lords in ‘transfer of power’

Labour Party to abolish the House of Lords if elected to UK government

Boris Johnson returns to Downing Street following the weekly Cabinet meeting at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office on September 15, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Here’s what you need to know about Boris Johnson’s controversial Internal Market... Ethan Shone

A number of countries have already enforced lockdown in an effort to stem the spread of the virus (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is how lockdown happened in other countries - and what restrictions Britain...

Concerns have been raised about insulin supplies

Concerns raised about insulin supplies after Brexit

Shola Ameobi after his final Newcastle appearance

Shola Ameobi reflects on a 'surreal' start at Newcastle, a confrontation with De...

Rafa Benitez

Newcastle United briefing: Watch Shola Ameobi speak at the House of Lords, Islam...

Ashley Highfield.

Ashley Highfield: MPs need to vote against 'harmful, backdoor threat to local an...

Late Jarrow MP Don Dixon signs the Northern Region Low Pay Unit petition against low pay on the back of Bob Bolam from the unit in September 1989.

A photographic tribute to '˜legend of Jarrow' Don Dixon

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House of Lords must approve Brexit Bill

Lords must approve Brexit Bill

Mike Hawes gives evidence in the House of Lords.

Brexit tarriff would be '˜critical challenge' for North East auto industry

Emma Lewell-Buck.

South Shields MP Emma Lewell-Buck reveals nightmare time as social worker in Sun...
South Shields MP Emma Lewell-Buck has told of how a nightmare introduction to child protection social work in Sunderland "broke" her.
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Northumbria's Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird.

Lowering of drink drive alcohol limit backed by police boss as change heads for ...

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