Sunderland City Council has introduced smokefree scheme in all city parks across Sunderland. The scheme has the support of local people with 70 per cent approval rate of the scheme in a survey carried out by Sunderland City Council during the planning. Gillian Gibson, director of public health at Sunderland […]
Visitors will have the chance to see the Cricket World Cup Trophy at Beamish Museum on Monday, April 8, as part of a national tour. The Trophy stops off at the museum as part of a tour of England and Wales ahead of this summer’s Cricket World Cup. Rhiannon Hiles, […]
Northumbria Police are to step up their patrols in anticipation of an increase in anti-social behaviour amongst youths over the Easter break. Officers urge parents to make sure they know where their children are during the holidays, while shop owners have been reminded that it’s illegal to sell alcohol to […]
An online petition calling for tougher knife crime sentences was debated in Parliament after it received 106,884 signatures, with almost 10,000 signatures coming from the North East. The petition requested that people who are found with a knife are sentenced to 10 years and those found using a knife receive […]
Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life is set to return to the North East in June with events taking place in Sunderland, Newcastle and Gateshead. The fundraising event aims to collect as much as possible for the charity Cancer Research UK, and has changed its methods of fundraising in the […]
Nexus, the public body which runs the Tyne and Wear Metro, is to carry out a major programme of track replacement work in Gateshead, which will mean some disruption to services over three weekends. The work will see 1.6 kilometers of line replaced between Gateshead Stadium and Felling as part […]
The Leave means Leave march set off from Sunderland to Hartlepool on the first leg of the 200-mile route hosted by Nigel Farage. Pro-brexit marchers walked the 18.5 mile route to Hartlepool, which then continued down the country for 14 days. The march finished in Parliament Square on the 29 […]
Today, March 29, 2019, was supposed to be the UK’s final day as a member state of European Union. Despite the pledge to withdraw by March 29, the future remains uncertain, with two votes on Theresa may’s Brexit deal already defeated, and attempts to bring a third vote to Parliament […]
Dougie, an eight year old springer spaniel, has retired from the police force after five loyal years of service and is now living the dream with a new owner. Born in Carlisle, Dougie first came to the Northumbria Police five years ago and soon became a beloved member of the team. […]
The University of Sunderland is looking for a support act to open Stage 2 at the This Is Tomorrow festival on May 24, 2019. To qualify, the band must include at least one Sunderland student, graduate, or member of staff. Entrants must submit a link to a 30-60 second video […]