Children in Need grants awarded October 10th 2008 "Nearly £600,000 in Children in Need grants were awarded to projects around Tyneside and Northumberland"

"Homes go to asylum families" Jan 4th 2008 "Up to 139 asylum seeker families will be allocated tenancies of the council houses they are already occupying in Newcastle if they are allowed to stay in the UK."

"I Came to save my life, not to take from people"
June 18 2007 – Evening Chronicle
"Sarkhell Radha arrived illegally on British soil after a 20-day trek from  Kurdistan. He is now working in a Tyneside hospital and has opened the region's first Kurdish restaurant."

"Mum whose sons served in British Army can stay in the UK"
May 17 2007 – Journal
"Jamaican mother whose sons fought in British Army was celebrating last night after learning she is being allowed to stay"