By Eoin, 17. For decades, the North East of England has lagged behind the rest of the country. Lower life expectancy, lower educational attainment, brain drain of the most talented to the south and abroad, one of the highest rates of child poverty in the UK, and massive underinvestment in public infrastructure. It’s a story […]
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Is Nintendo Becoming Too Expensive?
By Harrison, 13, Meg, 13 and Lia, 11. Earlier this year, Nintendo released the sequel to the Switch, the most popular selling game console of all time, the Switch 2. It’s priced at £430, whereas the original Switch is £260, double the price. Switch 2-exclusive games are also more expensive. For example, games like Donkey […]
Why Do We Even Have School Holidays?
Have you ever stopped to wonder why we even get school holidays? Why are they six weeks long? Who decided we needed them? And what were they really for? We started asking those questions — and the answers were a lot more surprising than we expected. Many of us look forward to the summer break […]
Delays, Disruption and Missed Chances: How Metro Chaos Affects Young People
By Alishia 16 We’re told to be independent, to take responsibility, to make our own way. But how are we meant to do that when the system we rely on keeps breaking down? If you live in Newcastle or anywhere around Tyne and Wear, you know the Metro is a lifeline especially for young people. […]