The SAFC Museum, run by 45-year-old Michael Ganley, has been nominated for North East Museum of the Year in The Journal Culture Awards 2016. The transportable museum started out on social media in 2014 and offers free displays at various events, with the nomination coming as quite a shock to […]
County Durham gymnast Amy Tinkler returned from Rio De Janeiro this week after taking part in a gruelling training camp to prepare for this summer’s olympics. The 16-year-old, who trains at South Durham Gymnastics Club in Spennymoor, travelled to Brazil with seven other 2016 hopefuls to get a taste of […]
Shows from Rihanna’s upcoming Anti World Tour due to take place at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland have been cancelled. The shows will no longer take place because of “logistical reasons”. Other dates have also been cancelled. It is suspected that potential damage to her vocal chords is the […]
The North East region has seen an increase in employment for the second month running. From October to December 2015, 70.4 per cent of people in the North East were employed, which is a total of 1,214,000 people in employment in the region. This is an increase of 47,000 over the […]
Two major meningitis awareness groups have expressed their sadness for the passing of Faye Burdett. Meningitis Now and the Meningitis Research Foundation are backing a Parliamentary petition calling for older children to have a vaccine, following last year’s campaign to vaccinate all new-borns and babies under one year old. Two-year-old […]
An annual PEEL report has found that Northumbria Police “ requires improvement” in legitimacy, but is rated “good” in two other areas. The PEEL report, which stands for Police Effectiveness, Efficiency and Legitimacy, was conducted by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC). It is the first time HMIC has graded forces on their legitimacy, […]
A poll has revealed that people say they are from individual places rather then the North East. As the region prepares for devolution, SR News asked on Twitter and Facebook whether people say they hail from the North East or one of the counties. Two thirds (67 per cent) of […]
The Stone Roses and Kasabian are the latest big names to back the campaign to get indie band Viola Beach to number one. The band died with their manager after their car plunged 80ft off of a bridge in Sweden. The band’s single “Swings and Waterslides” entered the UK top […]
Sunderland people have had their say about British Gas cutting bills in the light of big profits. British Gas’ residential profits have increased to £574m – up from £439m last year. Meanwhile, the energy provider has slashed customers’ bills by 5.1 per cent, the third decrease in a year. […]
Virgin Trains has been rated by customers as the top long distance franchised operator in the UK. A survey of nearly 7,000 rail passengers scored both Virgin Trains franchises either four or five stars for availability of seating, cleanliness of carriages, overall condition of the train, train reliability, train frequency […]