International Women’s Day is an annual movement committed to challenging conscious and unconscious bias by calling for gender parity and valuing women and men’s contributions equally. This year, in our region, four entrepreneurial business colleagues who are passionate about the North East and championing the success of females in the […]
Yellow snow warnings across the UK as snow storms are set to cause chaos. On February 27th, the Beast from the East hit the UK, travelling from Siberia, Russia. The extremely cold weather spiralled – when it collided with Storm Emma. With more bad weather forecast, we look back […]
A Sunderland butchers will be raising the ‘steaks’ this week for National Butchers week. Stirks, a family run business on Wearside who are known across the North East for their quality and affordable meat packs, have revealed they will be heading back to their roots between March 12-18 to […]
There were a number of events and activities throughout the city to celebrate International Women’s Day as students came together to celebrate feminism. The University of Sunderland hosted a #Vote100 event which involved four feminist speakers looking back at the suffragette movement and how it compares with feminism today. Speakers […]
We have gone around the Univeristy of Sunderland and found some students and staff who are celebrating International Women’s Day. Check out our slideshow below:
Sunderland student, Georgina Percival, managed to raise money for the Cardiac Risk in the Young charity (CRY) as part of a university project. Georgina, a final-year Music student at the University of Sunderland, raised more than £360 in one month for CRY, while performing a gig. The donations were received […]
Over 25 staff stayed overnight at Sunderland Royal Hospital to help out with severe conditions caused by the ‘Beast from the East’ this week. NHS staff at Sunderland Royal Hospital plan to stay overnight until the weather calms, and trusts on Teesside and Newcastle have offered staff beds. Leith Hasson, […]
A broadcast journalism student from the University of Sunderland has won a prestigious Royal Television Society Award. Theofanis Pegkas, from Greece, won the Regional Student award in the news category for the video report he compiled of an anti-Trump demonstration in Newcastle. Theofanis described it as a “great honour” to collect the […]
Home developing company Gentoo Homes have submitted phase one of plans to build 500 new homes in the Chester Gate area of Sunderland. The plans suggest building the homes in the area will have a total value of £74million, and will be available to both buy and rent. The proposal […]
The much anticipated Beast From The East hit the region on Monday night, and continued well into Tuesday morning, causing disruption for commuters. With snow showers expected to continue throughout the week, it may well be the tip of the iceberg (pun intended). Have a look at some of the […]