Emerging acts from across the North East are being given the chance to take to the stage with some of music’s biggest names at Sunniside Live. This year, event organisers Helen Davies and Sean Maddison are appealing for up-and-coming acts from across the North East to join the line-up by […]
A joint seaside initiative to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour (ASB) is starting this weekend in North Tyneside. The initiative is aimed at improving the experience of visitors to the area, while also ensuring the quality of life of those who reside there. Operation Coastwatch sees neighbourhood officers team up […]
By Daniel Park and Megan West University staff throughout Tyne and Wear have risen up against their 1.1 per cent pay resulting in a 48-hour strike from today (Wednesday, May 25). Members of the University and College Union (UCU) will also refuse to work overtime, set additional work, or undertake […]
A report has claimed unfair school funding puts hundreds of thousands of children in schools in the North at a disadvantage compared with their counterparts in London. It has revealed at primary school level, the north of England receives about £4,600 per pupil in grant funding, which is about the […]
This week (May 11 to May 17) is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) awareness week. Bethany Dodgson, 23, from Durham, has ME and tells SR News how it has changed her life, and how it can sometimes stop her from doing things other young adults do. ME is a chronic illness. It […]
A rot hound, called Sam, was let off his leash today to help with restoration work at the Holy Trinity Church. The grade 1 listed building based in the East End, Hendon, is being restored, and Sam and his handler Peter Monaghan were enlisted to help survey the building for […]
More than 1000 students attended the petting farm at the University of Sunderland yesterday (Tuesday, May 10). The University brought animals, who were from the Riggmoor Reindeer farm in North Yorkshire, to the city campus to help students de-stress from exams and assignments. Students were able to interact with a variety […]
A 20-year-old man remains in a critical condition in hospital after a fire broke out in Clanny House student accommodation. At 10.33pm on Sunday, May 8, police received a report of a fire at the student accommodation based in Millfield, Sunderland, opposite Sunderland Royal Hospital. Police, the North East Ambulance […]
Hundreds of North East demonstrators marched through Newcastle as part of International Workers Day on April 30. The annual event saw supporters walk from Princess Square to Exhibition Park accompanied by music from the Backworth Colliery Band. It was organised by the May Day Committee of the Newcastle Trades Union […]
Sunderland’s military veterans are being invited to help play their part in VE Day commemorations on May 8. While Sunderland has one of the highest percentages of Second World War Two and military veterans as residents, many of the modest heroes have never come forward to apply for their veterans’ […]