ONE-hundred-and-twenty-year-old bottles of beer have helped provide insights into the make-up of ancient ales. RESEARCH from Brewlab and the University of Sunderland has retrieved live brewing yeasts from century old bottles of beer to provide detailed information of the microbology of lost Victorian and Edwardian stock ales. Three bottles were […]
A HIGHER Apprenticeship is opening the doors to a career in education for Daniel Coyne which all started in a football club café. DANIEL was the hospitality manager in a café, based at the Foundation of Light, Sunderland AFC’s registered charity. His dedication and commitment to training staff was spotted […]
NATIONAL Apprenticeship Week 2021 gives the University of Sunderland a chance to celebrate this year’s theme – Build the Future – through the inspirational work of its apprentices, partners and staff. The University is currently working with more than 60 employers across the region, from the NHS to Nissan, […]
A NEW book by North East academics delves back into the history of public executions and looks at the issues involved in the controversial topic of the death penalty. The issue was pushed into the spotlight in the final months of Donald Trump’s presidency, when he carried out more […]
SUNDERLAND City Council Leader Graeme Miller has backed a petition launched by local MP Sharon Hodgson to reopen the Leamside Line. The petition, launched by the Washington and Sunderland West MP, calls on the Government to reopen the rail line through Washington which will help reconnect the town. […]
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW GEORGE Galloway, the often-fiery former MP with no shortage of political enemies and controversy on his CV, is on the comeback trail with a new party, as he looks to shake up UK politics once again – and the North East in particular. SR News reporter Charlie Bennett […]
ONLINE fashion retailer Asos has struck a £330m deal with failed retail group Arcadia, putting the jobs of hundreds of North East staff at risk AFTER falling into administration in November last year, Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia group, which encompasses household name brands such as Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and […]
AWARD-WINNING crime writer Ann Cleeves is helping fund a new scheme, which looks at the link between health and losing yourself in a good book. The project, which she will talk about in a free online lecture at the University of Sunderland next month, builds on evidence that proves […]
FRAUDSTERS are targeting vulnerable people during the pandemic with fake NHS texts to obtain personal details, with elderly people more at risk. A new scam has begun to emerge which takes advantage of people desperate for the Covid-19 vaccine, where the offenders will send a text or email which looks […]
STUDENTS Dominic Lee and Patrick Harland have shared just how difficult they are finding working from home. Dominic, an English Language student, said that he struggled to find the same motivation working from home than he did in a university setting. Due to current lockdown restrictions, he added that he […]