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We need to ensure that disadvantaged young people have access to sporting opportunities in schools

It's great @NUFCWomen success inspires girls to get active with @NU_Foundation. We need to do more in schools to tackle our city's high childhood inactivity and obesity rates I asked the minister how she was improving school sports and parity between state and private facilities pic.twitter.com/1na2VgU3dy — Chi Onwurah ???? (@ChiOnwurah) April 18, 2024 Chi Onwurah […]

Going to vote at a Polling Station now requires good ID

Going to vote at a Polling Station now requires good ID: https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate

Blossom Day at Scotswood Garden

For more information on Scotswood Garden and how to visit (free) : https://scotswoodgarden.org.uk/

The “Space Investigators” exhibition at the Great North Museum celebrates the amazing history of the north-east in designing and manufacturing

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) The “Space Investigators” exhibition at the Great North Museum celebrates the amazing history of the north-east in designing and manufacturing telescopes. What support does the Minister offer so that regions such as ours can better understand and promote our great industrial heritage? https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-04-18/debates/8B961408-4472-4B80-8076-B856999E140A/TopicalQuestions#

Leasehold Reform – meeting with Minister

Howard and Phyll from Newcastle joined me to meet the Housing Minister about leasehold reform. Kafkaesque leasehold laws allow the Mary Magdalene & Holy Jesus Trust to make their lives a misery, holding their futures hostage. We need Government to listen and, crucially, to act.

Gaza – Independent investigation of the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) operations is needed

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) I hope the Minister remembers Hind Rajab, the six-year-old Palestinian girl who was trapped in a car with nothing but a mobile phone and her own cries for help while the paramedics were struggling to get to her. They and Hind were killed that day. An IDF investigation […]