Despite temperatures reaching as low as -7C (19F) and recent snowfall, University of Sunderland students have had little trouble making it into classes. Students use a variety of transport to get to the university — including walking and the metro. Temperatures were well below freezing early on Monday morning, but […]
Newcastle is the second fastest growing region for digital and technology employment and has been ranked as one of the top smart cities in the UK. Commissioned by Huawei UK and conducted by Navigant Consulting, the report is based on evaluations of 20 cities and their strategies, key projects and […]
Fatal road collision rates are declining in the North East, a freedom of information request submitted by SR News – to the region’s police forces – has revealed. The request separated overall deadly road accident rates by command areas: Northumbria, Durham, Darlington, Cleveland and North Yorkshire. From April 2014 to […]
A mother has asked for Sleeping Beauty to be removed from younger children’s classes at her son’s primary school as it promotes “inappropriate” sexual behaviour. Sarah Hall, from Northumberland Park, raised the issue after her six-year-old brought home a book version of the fairytale. Sarah was worried about the message that the […]
Yesterday news broke that Sunderland had failed in their bid to become the City of Culture 2021. Twitter has reacted to Sunderland being pipped to the post by Coventry in the City Of Culture bid. Many people reacted in different ways to the news: TWLieutenancy who is the Her Majesties […]
Sunderland may not have won the UK City of Culture bid for 2021, but BBC Radio Newcastle took the result announcement as an opportunity to broadcast their breakfast show from University of Sunderland’s Media Centre. The BBC set up a permanent base in the mediaHUB — an […]
Sunderland narrowly lost out on its chance to become the UK’s third City of Culture 2021 – beaten to the finish line by Coventry. A sigh of disappointment as we received the news – at a live stream in Pop Recs – as hundreds of hours of dedication from locals, […]
Residents of Sunderland are devastated today after the news last night that they have lost the City of Culture 2021 bid to the city of Coventry. City of Culture 2021 saw a host of cities from the UK competing to win the City of Culture for the third time following […]
Sunderland has lost its bid to become the UK’s third City of Culture in 2021, being pipped at the post by the winner – Coventry. The winner of the renowned title was announced live on BBC One’s The One Show this evening. It was up against four other cities: Paisley, […]
The Sunderland teenager who was imaged urinating in the stands at the Stadium of Light has been handed a ban by Sunderland Football Club. A 17-year-old Sunderland fan was caught with his trousers down to his ankles in Saturday’s 3-1 defeat to Reading as he urinated in the stands. An […]