Health bosses in Sunderland have approved plans to replace walk-in centres in Washington, Houghton and Bunny Hill with a centralised service in Pallion. The public protested against the proposed closure of these urgent care centres and more than 14,000 people signed a petition to keep them open. NHS Sunderland Clinical Commissioning […]
Fear has arisen among the 7,000-strong workforce at Nissan Sunderland Plant, the biggest car factory in Britain. Hundreds of employees will be losing their jobs following the decline in demand for diesel operating cars, as concerns over the air pollution grow and tax on fuel increases. Around a quarter of […]
Sunderland City Council proposed plans which could see development in the pitches of the Southern Area Playing Fields in Washington turned into a housing estate. The Council’s Core Strategy and Development Plan proposed that the football pitches, off Bonemill Lane in Rickleton, could be transformed into over 200 new […]
Washington Riding Centre (WRC) has been the home of the Tyne and Wear Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) group since 1977, and it is still going strong 40 years on. The people who use this riding school remain at the heart of WRC, as the riding school provides specialist […]
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 […]
If you fancy a cuppa with your canine companion, a full English with your furry friend or just a day out with your barking buddy, then here are 63 pawsome dog friendly pubs, restaurants and cafés in Sunderland, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Gateshead, Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle-upon-Tyne that you can visit. […]
Sunderland has officially started its bid for City of Culture for 2021 with the city doing everything it can to boost its chances of winning. However there are other areas of Sunderland that, providing Sunderland wins the bid, could benefit from all the extra tourism that being City of Culture […]
A Wearside mum, whose son suffers with autism, is set to open a new club for children who also live with the condition. Shelly Waddle, from Washington, is set to launch a new kids club for children with autism. JACK’s Autism Club 4 Kids, will be a weekly club which […]
We went to Washington, Sunderland, to find out whether the American capital’s North-East namesake was for, or against, a visit from the US President. The debate comes amidst the news that a recent e-petition, set up in support of a state visit by newly elected US President Donald Trump, had […]
More than 200 years ago, the first recorded UFO sighting in Britain was made. This bizarre encounter would become the first of many, in what has become a phenomenon in both fictional media and serious investigations across the world. But despite its global appeal, the North East has had more […]