Why the Jarrow March is not simply part of history will be outlined by the author of a book on the protest crusade from Tyneside to London. To mark the 80th anniversary of the march, Dr Matt Perry ...

In 1936, mass unemployment and extreme poverty in the north-east of England drove 200 men to march in protest from Jarrow to London. Their MP, Ellen Wilkinson was with them as they came south to ...

CAMPAIGNERS re-enacting the Jarrow March have hit back at claims that they “are not fit to walk in the footsteps” of the original marchers. The walkers, who are demanding a programme of job creation, ...

DOCUMENTARY film and photography of the Jarrow March will be exhibited for the first time in 25 years. The exhibition comes before the unveiling of a Jarrow March sculpture, due to take place in the ...

The death of the last man to walk a step on the Jarrow March severs a living link with our past. But this glorious 1936 protest against mass unemployment must never be forgotten in British history.

Time is running out for the chance to see a collection of archive photographs from one of South Tyneside's most iconic historical events. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Shields Gazette, ...

James Lamb is walking the full length of the Jarrow March locally over the next month A descendant of a participant in one of England's most famous protest marches is using it to support food banks.

Eighty years ago today, 200 men began what would become a historic march of solidarity as the Jarrow March got underway. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Shields Gazette, you can get ...

More than 80 years on from the Jarrow March - people in the South Tyneside town are once again fighting to eliminate poverty. In 1936, 200 unemployed men marched from Jarrow to London carrying a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A Labour-controlled council’s insistence on charging protesters re-enacting the historic Jarrow March has been ...

In 1936 the town of Jarrow, on the River Tyne, was suffering from desperate poverty caused by mass unemployment following the closure of its shipyard. In a bid to highlight their plight and bring new ...