Sunderland Geordie Shore star Charlotte Crosby has been found guilty of drink driving for the second time, landing herself with a three-year ban. The Celebrity Big Brother winner was caught in a Range Rover in the early hours of January 28 after drinking on the train home from London to […]
Hundreds of people from the North East have been working on the new Wear Crossing bridge. As many as 700 people have been inducted to work on the site since last May, with many businesses from the region working on the new bridge and the road improvement scheme, since May […]
Employees from Sunderland City Council will be manning the phone lines to help raise money for Sport Relief next week. The council’s Customer Contact Centre has been acting as a volunteer pledge centre for the biennial charity event since 2009. This year over 80 council employees have volunteered to man 75 telephone lines between 7pm and midnight […]
Reality TV star Charlotte Crosby is due to appear in court charged with drink-driving. The 25-year-old, former Celebrity Big Brother winner and Geordie Shore cast member, from Shiney Row near Sunderland, was arrested in Newcastle. Northumbria Police said Crosby was charged with driving a vehicle while above the legal alcohol […]
Sunderland supporters are not worried by strong rumours of Rafael Benitez’s impending arrival at Newcastle United. The Real Madrid boss is hotly tipped to succeed Steve McClaren as manager of the Wearside club’s rivals, with media reports linking him with a three-year deal on Tyneside. Despite his European pedigree, Sunderland […]
MP for Washington and Sunderland West Sharon Hodgson invited a sixth form student to attend Westminister this week as part of International Women’s Day. The MP welcomed 18-year-old Katie Grant, a student at St Robert of Newminster School, to promote gender equality for women in politics and the wider world. […]
A national inspection report has praised the performance of Sunderland Youth Offending Service (YOS). The YOS works to prevent young people offending and re-offending and with the victims of crime. It has developed strong partnerships across the city with the office of the Police Crime Commissioner and Northumbria Police. […]
By Alisha Blunt Newcastle Central Metro Station will be closed for three days following a major refurbishment work. From 8.00pm tonight (Thursday, March 10), the Central Station will be closed until start of service on Monday, March 14. During the closure trains will not stop at Central Station. We’re running […]
More than 200 people have signed up to be community connectors in the East Sunderland area. The scheme, started a year ago by the Sunderland City Council’s East Area Committee, allows people in the Doxford, Hendon, Millfield, Ryhope and St Michael’s wards to get involved. Community connectors can help people living in […]
Northumbria Police are reminding parents dropping their children off at school not to stop in no parking zones. Twelve vehicles in total have been identified stopping in a restricted area, which will now have received a fixed penalty notice. Officers have been outside schools within South Tyneside to monitor traffic. […]