Over the course of the month, weather conditions have caused the country to be in a crisis situation. The Met Office issued a red alert for the highest parts of the UK. The North East reached a heavy amount of snowfall and an amber alert was issued by the Met […]
With the number of hedgehogs diminishing from 35 million in the 1950s to now just one million in the UK, there is every chance that the UK’s favourite mammal could become no more. However, there is still hope as a petition has been created by Queen guitarist and animal rights […]
Young Asian Voices were one out of three Sunderland community organisations to receive a grant from the Virgin Money Foundation last week. The grant is to drive positive changes throughout communities and Young Asian Voices project leader Kamareswaradas Ramanathas is thrilled to receive just under £30,000. The project leader commented: […]
A community dance group are raising funds to send their young dancers to an international competition. Lambton StreetZ hope to compete at the World Championships held in Glasgow this year. Founder of Lambton StreetZ, Marie Mould said: “We are hoping to raise around £6,000 to go to the SECC in […]
Members of Sunderland City Council have been at the centre of controversy regarding the city’s pothole crisis. Liberal Democrat Martin Haswell, councillor for the Pallion and Ford areas of the city, challenged the council at a recent meeting to do more to help repair the roads. He said: “Residents across […]
International Women’s Day is an annual movement committed to challenging conscious and unconscious bias by calling for gender parity and valuing women and men’s contributions equally. This year, in our region, four entrepreneurial business colleagues who are passionate about the North East and championing the success of females in the […]
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 Sunderland butchers will be raising the ‘steaks’ this week for National Butchers week. Stirks, a family run business on Wearside who are known across the North East for their quality and affordable meat packs, have revealed they will be heading back to their roots between March 12-18 to […]
There were a number of events and activities throughout the city to celebrate International Women’s Day as students came together to celebrate feminism. The University of Sunderland hosted a #Vote100 event which involved four feminist speakers looking back at the suffragette movement and how it compares with feminism today. Speakers […]
People’s struggle to maintain basic cleanliness and hygiene in the face of austerity has prompted a University of Sunderland student to take action. Having worked with the homeless on foodbanks, 20-year-old Lauren Robinson has come up with the idea of creating a ‘Beauty Bank’ offering toiletries, sanitary towels, and basic […]