Student James Allan has just landed his dream job with a Premier League football club after taking a leap of faith. It has been all change for James over the last couple of years. After leaving Jarrow School in South Tyneside, the football-mad teenager took up an engineering apprenticeship. Then, […]
Mortimer Community College is where you’ll see players from South Shields Football Club, who have set up a football programme called The Wizards aimed at young children. Managers and players both past and present from South Shields formed the club last year, with the aim of helping them develop physical as […]
One of South Tyneside’s oldest parks is set to have work done to preserve and regenerate the area in a £3.2 million development. The North Marine Park is set to be restored to its classic Victorian era look after South Tyneside council were successful in gaining £2.4million from the Heritage […]
Various Freedom of Information requests have revealed where the most dangerous areas for potholes are in the North East. Some of the worst areas include Newcastle, Durham and Northumberland. In the last three years, Newcastle City Council has filled a staggering 43,922 potholes at a cost of just under £12 […]
Councillors in both Sunderland and South Tyneside have voted that the proposals to change hospital services for residents in South Tyneside should be referred to the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt. The original plans, which were to align the South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust with the City Hospitals […]
Over the course of the month, weather conditions have caused the country to be in a crisis situation. The Met Office issued a red alert for the highest parts of the UK. The North East reached a heavy amount of snowfall and an amber alert was issued by the Met […]
A number of services at South Tyneside Hospital are being removed from the region or reduced, following a meeting of health bosses in Hebburn today. Stroke services, 24-hour children’s A&E and some maternity services are moving to Sunderland. South Tyneside Hospital will continue to operate children’s A&E units between 8am […]
A freedom of information request submitted by SRNews has revealed South Tyneside’s pension fund has been invested in a private equity company named in the Paradise Papers, as well as a tobacco company. The public sector pension scheme, controlled by South Tyneside Council, manages the future savings of public sector […]
A bar in the centre of South Shields nightlife, previously known as Bar 44 or Raffles has decided to reopen after four years under the name ‘Depravity’ thanks to new owners Steph and Chris Forster. The bar used to be a popular stop off point on a weekend crawl when […]
Recent Freedom of Information requests submitted by SR News reveal how much councils across the region are spending on Christmas decorations. Newcastle Council will this year spend a total £150,293.70 on Christmas decorations, the most of any council in the region. However this year it will not receive the same […]