Subtle tributes to the regions industrial past will be included in a restoration of a once popular hotel in Sunderland. The Three Horseshoes on Washington Road is being restored to its former glory days as part of a £200k investment by Tavistock Hospitality, who bought the hotel last year. The […]
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Petting Zoo comes to Sunderland University
Take a trip to the farm after your lecture, as the University of Sunderland Students Union are set to bring cute farm yard friends to City Campus on May 10. Joined by a wide selection of animals, from rabbits and guinea pigs, baby lambs and calves, to mini ponies and […]
Sunderland military veterans invited to get their VE Day badges of honour
Sunderland’s military veterans are being invited to help play their part in VE Day commemorations on May 8. While Sunderland has one of the highest percentages of Second World War Two and military veterans as residents, many of the modest heroes have never come forward to apply for their veterans’ […]
Getting joint mortgage viewed as biggest commitment in North East
Getting a joint mortgage is viewed as the biggest commitment for people in the North East, beating the commitment of having children and getting married. The team at Online Mortgage Advisor undertook the study as part of ongoing research into British attitudes towards the importance of mortgages and how this […]
Nicotine without smoke – why electronic cigarettes can improve public health
Fresh North East has welcomed a report that concludes electronic cigarettes are a safer alternative to smoking. The report released today from the Royal College of Physicians has found that e-cigarettes are likely to be beneficial to UK public health. Smokers can therefore be reassured and encouraged to use […]
Petition started to remove nuisance mating peacocks from Durham village
A disgruntled resident from Ushaw Moor, Durham, has started a petition after an estimated 30 mating peacocks and hens have been running riot through the village attacking cars and causing mischief. The birds have been accused of causing “mayhem” by fouling on the streets and scratching the paintwork on […]
Fundraising page set up for Hartlepool France crash survivors
A fundraising page set up for a mother and son in intensive care after a crash which claimed three members of the same family has raised nearly £7,000. The Go Fund Me page was set up by Laura Austwicke in the wake of the tragedy which killed Hartlepool man […]
Tributes paid on Facebook to Hartlepool dad killed in France
Tributes have been left for the British victims of a horrific car crash in Southern France. Driver John Crompton, 31, from Hartlepool, and two of his children, Morgan Christian Lund, aged nine, and four-year-old Evie-Lily Crompton died at the scene after their Nissan plummeted into a safety barrier at about […]
More than 5 in 100 North East families receive grants to fight poverty
More than five in 100 families are receiving grants from Buttle UK. The grant-giving charity, which provides support to vulnerable children and their families who are facing poverty and other adverse family circumstances, had a decade of their applications analysed by Mayhew Harper Associates. It revealed that 44 per cent of […]
Special Report: Homelessness in the North East
SRNews reporter Samantha Spowart looks at the issue of homelessness in the North East with a series of in depth and interactive investigative features on the subject. https://social.shorthand.com/SamSpowart_/3gKT2Pjkhc/no-need-to-beg https://social.shorthand.com/SamSpowart_/3g6rjMvh9qY/if-you-leave-ill-kill-you-and-ill-kill-the-children https://social.shorthand.com/SamSpowart_/nyf6AXh9hY/a-place-to-call-home https://social.shorthand.com/SamSpowart_/3gTkNAU9Ec/going-round-in-circles https://social.shorthand.com/SamSpowart_/uyTLk9wUSEf/leaving-care-behind