Sunderland night club, Illusions, hosted Made in Chelsea star Jamie Laing last Saturday. His appearance consisted of him hosting a dance-off between three girls on stage, for which he was accompanied by a man who appeared to be his agent. An employee, who wants to stay anonymous and worked the […]
The North East Puddle Jumping Championships are hoping to cause a splash in February, as part of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT). The Trust is urging families to get outdoors in the February’s half-term holidays, no matter the weather, and test their puddle-jumping abilities. The puddle jump is judged […]
Sunderland ex smoker has backed up a campaign encouraging people to stop smoking after recent figures have revealed staggering statistics of deaths due to cancer caused by smoking. The campaign Quit 16, ran by stop smoking programme Fresh, comes with the warning that smoking can cause a total of 16 […]
Up to 1650 council jobs could be axed in the North East due to council spending cuts, a research by the GMB union warns. Proposed job losses in the region include: 600 in South Tyneside, 400 in Durham, 400 in Stockton and 250 in Newcastle. National officer Justin Bowden said: “Councils are […]
Natalie Bennett launched the first political university society, Sunderland Young Greens, at the University of Sunderland on Friday (January 29). Ms Bennett attended the launch event to support the group in their campaign for a “fairer, greener world”. The group has also been set up to help elect Green Party supporters of […]
Jazz and funk band The Brand New Heavies will headline Sunniside Live, the only live music festival in Sunderland City Centre. Following on from the huge success last year, the festival aims to be bigger and better when it returns to Sunniside Gardens on Saturday July 16. Ahead of a US tour, […]
A police task force, set up to tackle legal highs, in Newcastle have seized a large amount of legal highs, which are suspected to contain controlled substances. They are now being tested and enquiries are ongoing to see if a criminal offence has been committed. The team was set up two […]
Northumbria Police are appealing for information after an indecent exposure incident in Washington. It happened at about 4.30pm yesterday (Thursday, January 28) in Biddick Lane, in Columbia, Washington, where a man exposed himself to two teenagers while they were in the subway. The man is described as around 40 to […]
Metro trains are now running between Sunderland and East Boldon. However, Tyne and Wear Metro have tweeted to say that there are “up to 20 mins delays due to obstruction on the line”. Metros were suspended earlier today after “plastic being blown onto the overhead line”. Delays of up to […]
As much as 80 per cent of people in the North East back the measure to lower the legal drink-drive limit, a recent survey has found out. The findings by Balance, the North East Alcohol Office, have been released today as the House of Lords debated a Private Members Bill […]