Police are appealing for information after an indecent exposure incident in Sunderland. At 6.55pm yesterday (January 26), police were informed a man had gone into the back garden of a property in Nesburn Road in the Barnes Park area of the city. The man made off when the occupant of […]
Two people have been arrested after an air weapon was discharged. At 1.15pm yesterday afternoon (Tuesday, January 26), police received a report that a man had been shot in the leg while he was on King George Playing Fields in Palgrove Road, in Sunderland. However, he was not seriously injured. […]
Police are now in a position to name the man who died following a collision with a Nissan Micra, when crossing the road at the bottom of Shibdon Bank at 12.45pm on Tuesday, January 26. The man has been named as William Raine, 83, of Bircham Drive, Blaydon Gateshead. Enquiries […]
Partygoers can light up their love lives next month at St James’ Park in Newcastle. The venue – home to Newcastle United – is holding a special, ‘traffic light’ Valentine’s party. The event will be held on Friday, February 12, when those looking for love can give the green light […]
A group of Sunderland students will be showing off their language skills as part of the city’s first major celebrations to welcome the Year of the Monkey. The group, from the Mandarin Club at St Anthony’s RC School, will perform a number of traditional songs in Chinese. For the first time, […]
A section of Timber Beach Road in Sunderland is to close next week. It will close from Monday (February 1), as part of preparation works for Sunderland’s new bridge. However, the other three access points into Sunderland Enterprise Park will remain open. Timber Beach Road, which is off the A1231 […]
Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision in Gateshead. At 12.45pm, yesterday (January 26), a Nissan Micra collided with an elderly man as he was crossing the road at the bottom of Shibdon Bank. Police and paramedics attended the scene and the 83-year-old man was taken to the RVI hospital for […]
Sunderland Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) saved 93 people from the sea last year, according to rescue statistics issued today. They had 70 launches of their volunteer lifeboat crews and lifeguards in 2015. Andrew Ashton, RNLI divisional operations manager in the north of England, said: “The RNLI’s volunteer lifeboat crews […]
The North East is set to be awarded development funding to expand on low emission motoring in the area. As much as £5million will go to the North East, York, Dundee and Oxford, as part of £40m investment Go Ultra Low Cities has announced. The funding has been awarded to the […]
A community arts project has transformed an underpass into a gateway to nature. In response to concerns by Wearsiders about being uneasy walking through the subway under the Barnes Roundabout (behind Hipsburn Drive), Sunderland City Council’s West Area Committee funded a community arts project which has painted the walls and […]