A North East bus operator has shown its support for Disabled Access Day on Saturday, March 12. Stagecoach North East, will be helping passengers with disabilities by displaying posters of buses across Sunderland to raise awareness of Disabled Access Day. As well as this, the bus operator will be providing service […]
Words: PA Sports. Rafael Benitez admitted he has taken on a “massive” challenge in agreeing to lead Newcastle’s desperate fight for Barclays Premier League survival. The 55-year-old Spaniard, who has been out of the game since being sacked by Real Madrid in January, accepted a 10-match survival mission and whatever […]
The full film can be viewed above. The torrid history of a North East amusement park – including the story of a horrifying tiger attack – is laid bare in a new documentary film. Seaburn Ocean Park and Zoo World was home to dolphins, flamingos, seals and big cats, and became […]
Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart will reunite in Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land and appear on stage at the Newcastle Theatre Royal as part of their UK tour this summer. The duo last starred together on the UK stage in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, but will return to […]
Northumbria Police are appealing for help to find a missing Newcastle man who was last seen in Sunderland. Stephen Smiles, 49, has been missing since he left his home in Newcastle today at 8.30am, and was last spotted in Sunderland. Police are concerned for his welfare. He is described as […]
Two Sunderland students have won a national competition to find a slogan on sleep. Dan Mitchell and Jordan Williams, who are both studying Advertising and Design at the University of Sunderland, won with the slogan Sleep Tight, Be Bright. The Sleep Council had been on a nationwide hunt to find […]
As much as 17.7 per cent of households in the North East are over-indebted, it is reported. It comes as the Money Advice Service (MAS) estimates that 8.2 million UK adults, or 16.1 per cent of the population, suffer with financial worries. Younger adults, larger families and single parents are […]
A Sunderland fundraiser has set himself 30 challenges in a bid to secure £30,000 for a Ryhope hospice. Anthony McDermott, from Barnes, Sunderland decided to give something back to his local hospice when he turned 30. It comes after his father-in-law, Lewis Binyon, received treatment for bowel and pancreatic cancer […]
An official club statement has just been released by Newcastle United, stating that head coach Steve McClaren’s “employment with the club will end with immediate effect”. This is after a defeat from Bournemouth on Monday and before the all important Tyne Wear derby on March 20. The club state: “I […]
More than 580,000 cases of cancer have been calculated if recent smoking trends continue. This equates to more than the populations of Sunderland and Newcastle put together. Cancer Research UK and the UK Health Forum brought out a report, called Aiming High: Why The UK Should Aim to be Tobacco Free, on No […]