WHEN most people think of sporting prowess, it’s all about hours in the gym, endless practice and fuelling the body to perform to its optimum level.Read
SETTING himself a charity challenge which would test the stamina of most seasoned runners, ex-smoker Graham Smith had no idea just how far his fundraising mission would snowball.Read
IT’S rare – if ever – that Emma Gray has a night out on the town. For a start, no taxi would ever be able to manoeuvre the three-mile, pothole-ridden dirt track which takes you to the 25-year-old’s front door.Read
IT’S easy, fun and free – and it’s been keeping kids fit for generations. Now, hula hoops are being used to tackle rising rates of childhood obesity and help youngsters throughout the North East to stay trim.Read
SARAH Holmes is hell-bent on revolutionising the way we buy our brew. She tells Vicky Robson why Facebook is the future for the quintessentially British beverage.Read
A NINE-YEAR-OLD who has lived most of his life with a brain tumour has seen his dream come true thanks to the overwhelming generosity of Journal readers.Read
WITH one in five couples now splitting before their child's fifth birthday, a new book has been published in a bid to help partners strike the perfect balance between their relationship and parenthood.Read
Vicky studied at Sunderland University and joined ncjMedia as a trainee reporter in May 2008. Since then she has covered a wide variety of stories, from crime and courts, general news and local history.
