The Sunderland Airshow, which celebrated its 30th anniversary this year, continues to be a spectacular event. Our students have collected some of the most stunning images from this year’s show and compiled them in the gallery below. A wide range of aircraft, including MiGs, chinooks, Vampires, Luftwaffe and Autogyros were […]
Participants of this year’s Great North Run have been sharing their memories of the run with students. The event, beginning in Newcastle and concluding in South Shields, has taken place every year since 1981. This year’s run is thought to have involved over 43,000 people. The 39th edition of the […]
Britain is facing a double terrorist threat according to MI5 bosses, and we have a live interview with a Sunderland woman using social media to find her father.
A flat in Teeside which has been searched by police several times recently has now been boarded up, as the 25-year investigation to solve the murder of Sunderland school Nikki Allan continues. Earlier this month, a man was also arrested at a nearby address in Stockton in connection with the […]
Northumbria Police have released an image of a man they wish to speak to after a robbery in Newcastle. The incident happened on March 17 when the man approached a female student near to the Claude Gibb Hall student accommodation. He asked to use her phone but after she refused, […]
Venues including the Stadium of Light, the Metro Radio Arena and the O2 Academy have all hosted global artists. Stars such as Little Mix, Beyonce and Ed Sheeran have all taken to the stage right on our doorstep but that doesn’t mean it comes cheap! We’ve had a look at […]
One half of television’s most famous duo will find himself in an unusual position next Saturday – by himself. Declan Donnelly will present Saturday Night Takeaway on his own for the rest of this series, ITV has confirmed. This Saturday’s show was cancelled after the other half of the duo, Ant McPartlin, was arrested and […]
At 10 years old, William Kellibrew witnessed the horrific murder of his mother and brother in their family home. Shocked and frightened, he was left to pick up the pieces and try to move on with his life. But how do you ever come to terms with such a tragic […]
The Word on Wearside team of smartphone reporters have been out in the City of Sunderland to cover the region’s top stories. Today’s programme includes the 10 year anniversary of the Sir Bobby Robson foundation, the return of Miss Swimsuit UK to Newcastle and the locations are revealed for this […]
Yellow snow warnings across the UK as snow storms are set to cause chaos. On February 27th, the Beast from the East hit the UK, travelling from Siberia, Russia. The extremely cold weather spiralled – when it collided with Storm Emma. With more bad weather forecast, we look back […]