Thousands of people gathered to see off the modern day Jarrow marchers on Saturday who set off on their marathon 300-mile trek to London.
The epic trek in protest against the privatisation and destruction of the NHS was inspired by the famous march of 1936, which was sparked by poverty and unemployment.
The marchers who will walk the full 300-miles to Parliament were given a rousing send-off, with supporters accompanying them on part of the first leg of the march to Chester-Le-Street.
AARON SMITH discusses why the Protestant diaspora are still part of Yeats’s ‘Indomitable Irishry’, and an integral part of any future united Ireland.
Once again Tower Hamlets is being targeted by anti-Islam campaigners, this time a revamped and radicalised version of Ukip — the far-right event is now banned by the police, but we’ll be assembling this Saturday to make sure they stay away, says JAYDEE SEAFORTH



