Sports Direct founder and Newcastle United Football Club owner Mike Ashley has admitted to paying workers below the minimum wage. The billionaire tycoon, who previously received criticism for the use of his company’s zero-hour contracts, was questioned by the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee formed by a panel of MPs […]
Drowning rates are higher than ever and over third admit to poor swimming skills or not being able to swim New statistics revealed today show 1 in 5 residents here in Sunderland don’t like swimming, while almost half of the City worry about drowning as the result of poor swimming […]
Two teenagers have been injured during a hit and run Collision in Sunderland. The collision happened at 8.20am on Friday May 27 on Gorse Road in the Ashbrooke area of the city. The pedestrians, a boy and girl both aged 13, were hit by a black vehicle similar to a […]
BHS is to disappear from the Sunderland high street and throughout the country resulting in the loss of up to 11,000 jobs. It comes after administrators failed to find a buyer for the retailer which has 8 stores in the region. All of the 163 shops across the UK will […]
England’s squad for Euro 2016 was announced yesterday (Tuesday, May 31) – but where would England place if the tournament was based on health statistics? Research by Durham University concluded that the Three Lions would get knocked out in the quarter finals of Euro 2016 if health figures were a criteria for […]
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Katie Bulmer-Cooke returned for annual Family Fun Run, run by Active Sunderland, at Mowbray Park on Saturday (April 30). The day saw hundreds of families come together to take part in this yearly community fun activity. All kinds of free sport taster sessions like friendly dodge ball, hopscotch, bounce-back hurdles, […]
On Sunday, 1 May, the dismal weather did not hold back runners in the Sunderland Half Marathon and 10k races that started in Keel Square. Aly Dixon was there to start the race off with a horn and then congratulate and offer advice to winners aswell as giving out medals. […]
Sunderland came out to say goodbye to one of the North East’s best loved television icons – Denise Robertson. It is thought that about 500 mourners gathered at Sunderland Minster to pay tribute to Denise Robertson. The 83-year-old, who was born in East Boldon and lived most of her life […]
Two teenage girls who murdered a 39-year-old woman by battering her to death with household objects in a five-hour ordeal have been given life sentences with a minimum of 15 years. The pair, who cannot be named for legal reasons, showed no reaction when they were sentenced at Leeds Crown […]