Online voices

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A Wearside church is encouraging people reconnect with their ancestors with a new community project mapping out where their forbears are buried.

Maureen McLuckie: What a lovely thing to do, well done to Nick BarrHamilton, the vicar at St George’s.

Megan Hepworth: Wish other churches would digitalise. Getting dead ends on Ancestry searches unless visiting churches personally.

Margy James: It’s good but you can do that in any grave yard, they all have records of all that is buried there.

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As Hollywood awards season gets underway, are you more likely to go to the cinema if a film wins a number of awards?

Brian Bell: If it appeals to me I'll go and see it, getting awards is just proven it's as good as it looks.But wouldn't go just because it's won awards.

Hank Witherspoon: Maybe.

John Welsh: Not any more. Winning films these days must have been suitably adjusted for 'equality and diversity' which usually, though not inevitably, means that they have had all the artistic/entertainment merit also 'adjusted' out of them.

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Fire chiefs have called for assurances over future funding for firefighters in Tyne and Wear after describing the current system as “ludicrous.”

Alison Burnell: Yet this Tory Government has persistently ploughed millions upon millions of pounds into HS2. I support our firefighters!

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UK consumers are growing increasingly dissatisfied, according to the Institute of Customer Service.

Chris Hall: Customers are rude and obnoxious and think these badly paid, worked to the bone people should smile at them despite been shouted at from a mistake or something completely out of their control. And then there’s the kids who treat everywhere like a giant play area.