Strikes have been held and are continuing to do so on each Saturday of December after 5pm. Trains will however still be running normally up until that point. Northern Rail has released a statement on their website saying: “We have fantastic colleagues who have supported customers by keeping our trains running […]
Local singer-songwriter Martin Longstaff – who performs as The Lake Poets – is currently placed at no.4 in the British Itunes charts with his single Shipyards. Thanks to the Netflix documentary Sunderland ‘Til I die, the eight-episode series which aired on December 14 has given local lad Martin a huge backing. […]
An old garden shed has been transformed into a creative space for artists and members of the public in Sunderland, in the form of a Christmas grotto. The grotto opened its doors on November 29, 2018 and will remain open until December 23, 2018. There will be sessions held with […]
A student at the University of Sunderland is creating beauty banks in order to donate beauty products to charities that support women throughout the North East this Christmas. Earlier this year, Lauren Robinson, 20, set up a beauty bank based within the Media HUB at the University of Sunderland and […]
The owner of men’s clothing store Northern Threads in South Shields has said more people need to shop in their local high street to prevent the take-over of e-commerce. Phil Goodfellow, 32, has seen many store closures in South Shields, from Mark and Spencer’s to the imminent close of Burton’s […]
A Freedom of Information (FOI) request submitted by SR News can reveal that hundreds of children have accessed treatment for eating disorders over the last three years. Information provided by Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust shows that since 2016, one four-year-old and two six-year-olds have received treatment from […]
Andrew Wood, a councillor for Millfield ward in Sunderland, has called for a collective effort to help rid the area of a littering problem. Councillor Wood said: ”What we need to do is work together as a community to ensure that the area is as clean, tidy and safe. Ensuring […]
Northumbria University has increased its mental health services; workshops and programmes have been provided for students to attend around their studies to provide them with extra support. The Manage Your Mind workshops are repeated four times throughout the year and take place both on City Campus and Coach Lane. Jane O’Keeffe, […]
It’s been 2 years and 6 months since the referendum in June 2016 and the country has been in constant turmoil ever since. Now, with Theresa May’s Brexit deal failing to get through parliament and a failed vote of no confidence, are the people changing their minds? Sunderland is the ‘Brexit […]
The North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) is consistently one of the best in the country for response times, an investigation by SR news found. A Freedom of Information request has shown that of 382,290 calls made to the NEAS since October 2017, less than two per cent waited longer than […]