Following the death of scientist Stephen Hawking, people with disabilities have taken to Twitter to criticise those describing Stephen Hawking as an “inspiration to disabled people”. The Cambridge University Professor was diagnosed with motor neurone disease when he was 21 and died at the age of 76 – far beyond […]
Newcastle has been nominated as one of the most attractive cities for people living and working in the UK. Along with 11 other contenders from Edinburgh, London, Glasgow, Leeds, Cardiff, Sheffield, Liverpool, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol and Manchester Sarah Stewart, chief executive at destination management and marketing organisation NewcastleGateshead Initiative, has […]
Is this really the reason? Marnie Simpson, a Geordie shore star, has recently declared she is leaving the show that made her a star. She recently posted on twitter saying: “For everyone who is asking I have in fact permanently left Geordie Shore, it was just time to move on, it […]
Fortnite Battle Royale has become one of the most played games in the UK and worldwide. It has approximately 3.4 million players worldwide playing simultaneously. It is even crushing more established games such as Destiny 2 and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege in overall player counts. At over 45 million […]
Eleven children from around the North East have been presented with the recently renamed Bradley Lowery Child of Courage award for bravery. Chloe Gray, Lucas Wilkin, Millie Fountain, Hayden Gray, Anya Clarkson McKenna, Theo Schofield, Sam Stewart, Theo Dawes, Josie King, Eden Wilde and Hunter Maskell all received an award […]
A mum from Newcastle has qualified to take part in the triathlon in the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii. Joanna Shallcross, mum of five will be competing against 2500 people from around the world, on the 13th of October 2018. Joanna competed against 42 athletes to come first in the […]
We have gone around the Univeristy of Sunderland and found some students and staff who are celebrating International Women’s Day. Check out our slideshow below:
Fatal road collision rates are declining in the North East, a freedom of information request submitted by SR News – to the region’s police forces – has revealed. The request separated overall deadly road accident rates by command areas: Northumbria, Durham, Darlington, Cleveland and North Yorkshire. From April 2014 to […]
“The investigation into the murder of Sunderland school girl Nikki Allan is continuing more than 25 years after her death. Northumbria Police have launched a new appeal following the discovery of new male DNA that may be a massive breakthrough to the ongoing investigation. Nikki vanished on a Wednesday evening […]
Poor weather failed to dampen the spirits at the iconic Sunderland Airshow this summer. Here we look back at some of the highlights of the event – the biggest free airshow in Europe. Up, up and away! [wzslider info=”true” lightbox=”true”] The Red Arrows sketch smoke trails in the sky. Credit to […]