Sunderland City Council’s school meals service has received a national recognition for consistently providing fresh, healthy locally sourced meals. The service which provides meals in 83 primary, special and nursery schools across the city, serving meals to more than 13,000 children a day, has been awarded a Food for Life […]
Newcastle students from Walker Technology College were among only 12 groups throughout the UK who have been chosen to create special artwork for Holocaust Memorial Day. They were commissioned by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust to create artwork honouring Sir Nicholas Winton, as part of a initiative marking the anniversary of the liberation […]
Work is beginning in the River Wear for the foundations of Sunderland’s new bridge. During the coming weeks, the foundations for the central pylon will begin to take shape with metal columns, known as piles, inserted into the riverbed and along the edge of the southern embankment, where bridge supports […]
Two residents from Wallsend are safe and still have a home thanks to their new domestic sprinkler system. Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service received a call just before 7pm on January 23, about a fire at a bungalow on Barr Close in Battle Hill. It is believed that the […]
Video: Stela Taneva. Alastair Stewart OBE came to the University of Sunderland last night (Tuesday, January 26) to speak to students, staff and the general public about the media industry. Mr Stewart talked about independent media and the pressures facing it from within and without at the Murray Library, as part […]
An app, which allows people to access library services 24/7, is being launched by Sunderland libraries ahead of National Libraries Day next week. Its launch is part of the celebrations for this year’s National Libraries Day on February 6. The Sunderland Libraries app is designed to help people use libraries […]
ITV News presenter Alastair Stewart spoke to SR News ahead of a talk he gave at the University of Sunderland yesterday (January 26). The newscaster talked to students, graduates and Wearsiders about the pressures facing an independent media at the University Murray Library. He also gave advice to aspiring journalists […]
Police have released an image following a public order offence that happened on Derby Day last October in Sunderland. A lit flare was thrown in the concourse area of the Stadium of Light on Sunday, October 26. Officers investigating the incident are hoping to identify the man pictured as he […]
The number of people using the Tyne and Wear Metro has reached its peak for five years, with more than 40 million passengers in 2015. Passenger numbers have grown by 4.6m– or more than 13 per cent – in the two years since major modernisation work was completed on […]