Rail passengers have been promised new trains and faster journeys under a “new look” franchise. Arriva has taken over Northern Rail services, pledging 281 new carriages and free wi-fi within three years, more than 2,000 extra services, new through-journeys across Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield and longer trains. Chris Burchell, […]
Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was robbed in a Sunderland street. It happened in the back lane of Keats Avenue in Marley Pots at 7.45am on Friday, April 1. A 59-year-old woman had just taken out money from the TSB cashpoint on The Green and was walking […]
Denise Robertson’s co-presenters on ITV’s This Morning have led tributes to the agony aunt from Sunderland, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 83. Phillip Schofield tweeted: I’m heartbroken at the passing of our @itvthismorning icon Denise Robertson. Kind, thoughtful, caring & wonderful 😢 pic.twitter.com/M6RV4NSgvh — Phillip Schofield (@Schofe) April […]
Sunderland-born ITV This Morning’s Denise Robertson has died aged 83. The This Morning agony aunt died following her short battle with pancreatic cancer. This Morning confirmed her death on social media this morning. Such sad news- our friend and colleague Denise Robertson has lost her short but determined battle against cancer. […]
A man from Washington has been charged with murder dating back to an incident in 2013. Joseph Leach was assaulted just days before Christmas, back in December 2013. He suffered “serious injuries” following an incident on Woodland Terrace in Washington. Joseph received hospital treatment at Newcastle’s RVI but later died […]
Households in Sunderland and across England are set to face the biggest council tax rises this decade from Friday (April 1). Sunderland City Council agreed to raise the city’s council tax by four per cent earlier this month, on Wednesday March 2. The council tax increase is 61p a week […]
Footballer Adam Johnson has begun an appeal against his conviction for sexual activity with a child, a court official has said. The sacked Sunderland and ex-England man was jailed for six years after grooming and engaging in sexual activity with a besotted 15-year-old fan. He was jailed last week at […]
A national company is giving a helping hand to the Parker Memorial Home charity in Sunderland. Bibby Financial Services, a national company, have chosen to help the Sunderland-based charity to renovate a Victorian House. The property, based in Kayll Road, was left to the city as well as the charity […]
A Wearside pub have shared their opinion on the recent statistics released by the Office for National Statistics that say 2.5million drinkers consume more than the new weekly recommended alcohol limit in a single day. The new limit stands at 14 units of alcohol a week, which is the equivalent […]
As World Bipolar Day is being celebrated today (March 30), Shannon Crozier, 19, from Washington shares her story of how hard her bipolar disorder is to deal with and how her psychotic breakdown has helped her to come to terms with her illness. The mental health charity MIND describes Bipolar […]