With Easter fast approaching, Parker House continues to offer support to potentially vulnerable children living in and around Sunderland. Parker House is a new project which provides activities and facilities where children attend three days a week and take part in cooking, with an emphasis on healthy eating, drama, arts and […]
A family from Gateshead are to carry on with their son’s 21st birthday celebrations despite the threat of him becoming blind. The Skeen-Dodgson family, who live in Rowlands Gill, were faced with the setback on Tuesday after receiving the news that family member, Dominic Skeen had two bleeds in his […]
A Newcastle organisation is looking to raise funds in order to deliver period education to North East schools. For this project, the organisation, Verbal Remedy, want to educate school children in the region on menstruation, period shame and stigma as well as make them aware of how issues like homelessness […]
Newcastle Startup Week, dubbed the UK’s biggest start-up event, is set to take place during May 15 to 19 to help entrepreneur start-ups. The five-day programme will include 50 inspirational talks, presentations and social events with each day having its own theme. Overall the event is expected to attract up […]
A grieving dad has vowed to carry on his daughter’s legacy ahead of the one year anniversary since her death. Chris Bell, of Seaham, County Durham, lost his 17-year-old daughter Megan Bell, after she died at the T in the Park festival last July. An inquest into her death is ongoing. […]
Beamish, the world famous open air museum, is hoping to draw in the crowds this Easter with a whole host of activities for families. The Museum, which tells the story of life in the North East during the 1820s, 1900s and 1940s has a fantastic range of activities for the […]
After a year of campaigning, Stewart Hay, the conservative candidate who is in the running to become Mayor of North Tyneside, has shown support for North Tyneside Cycle Campaign. The campaign asks people to sign up and help make roads and streets safe for cyclists. Campaigners have been invited along […]
A charity football match for Sunderland AFC fan Bradley Lowery is to be held in his hometown of Blackhall, County Durham. The match takes place tonight at 6pm (April 7) at Blackhall Welfare Park, between Blackhall Hardwick and charity team Lacey’s Lads. It was organised by Phillip Brown, who is from […]
The annual Sunderland International Airshow will take place from July 21 to July 23 at the Roker and Seaburn seafronts, as well as Cliffe Park. With thousands of people flocking to Sunderland, the event, organised by the City Council, is a mainstay in the calendar and is well anticipated. The […]
To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, SRNews spoke to five of Sunderland’s young people about their experiences with depression According to WHO, more than 300 million people are now living with depression. They added that depression is now the second leading cause of death among 15-29 year olds. Watch: