Sunderland University student Oliver Marsay is hoping a £10,000 scholarship prize will be the springboard to a world-class career in electronic engineering research. Oliver, 21, from Whitby, has been named as the first recipient of the William Beadnell scholarship award. Now in his third year of an Electronic and Electrical […]
Police are appealing for information after a report that a 15-year-old girl was raped in Sunderland. The incident happened at around 10pm on Saturday, February 27, on a grassed area in St Mary’s Way, near to the car park. The offender is described as a white male in his 30s, […]
North East campaigners have travelled to London to march with politicians against the renewal of Britian’s nuclear weapons system Trident. They made the 600 mile round-trip to join Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour Party leader and Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) on Saturday, February […]
A pilot of a new mental health scheme called the Live and Learn project has been launched in Sunderland to support and improve people’s mental wellbeing. The scheme is encouraging people to come forward for help and support. It provides people with the opportunity to get involved with a range of […]
Car manufacturer Nissan has shown its support for Sunderland’s Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat station. Nissan presented the volunteer lifeboat crew based at Sunderland’s RNLI station a cheque for £1,000. It was presented by its staff council at the Sunderland plant and received by James Jamieson, the local operations manager […]
Students from the University of Sunderland are taking part in a challenge competition with other gyms throughout the country. The challenge, called Lets Move For A Better World, is due to begin on March 1 and carries on till March 19. During this period participants, who must be a member of […]
People of Sunderland have given a thumbs down to the latest changes on Facebook. The popular social networking site had on Wednesday introduced a new line of ‘reaction’ emoticons, allowing users to express emotions rather than the standard ‘like’ button. These include ‘love’, ‘haha’, ‘wow’, ‘sad’ and ‘angry’. Many have […]
Sunderland Museum is hoping their newly-digitised collection will bring in more visitors. Old photos are the focus of the museum’s new internet project aimed at preserving Wearside’s past for the future. Thousands of historical images from the archives of the museum have been digitised and uploaded to the Flickr website. […]
With Saturday’s West Ham v Sunderland match brought forward to 12:45pm for live coverage on BT Sport, we asked fans what they thought about early kick-offs. There is guaranteed to be a loyal away support making the 600-mile round trip, with legions of coaches heading towards the capital in the early […]
Indie band Cohesion have expressed their joy after announcing their return to the Simon Says Festival in Leicester this summer. Cohesion made their debut at the festival last year and have confirmed they will be heading back to Leicester in July. Making the announcement on their Facebook page, Cohesion said: […]