A recent BBC case study into student’s mental health at the University of Sunderland has shown the use of mental health services at the university has risen by 378 per cent in four years. Twentynine-year-old Sunderland student, Laurena Ana Kennedy, has been suffering from anxiety and depression since she was […]
Roundhouse Digital have made it their mission to help Sunderland’s local businesses gain the knowledge of the four main social media channels, by hosting a series of free workshops. Roundhouse Digital is a group of consultants, technicians, developers and designers who have a passion for the digital world. This team helps […]
Sunderland families came together to run two laps of the Bridges alongside Santa and his reindeer, before opening to Sunday shoppers. Click the photo below for our full interactive story –
Strikes have been held and are continuing to do so on each Saturday of December after 5pm. Trains will however still be running normally up until that point. Northern Rail has released a statement on their website saying: “We have fantastic colleagues who have supported customers by keeping our trains running […]
Local singer-songwriter Martin Longstaff – who performs as The Lake Poets – is currently placed at no.4 in the British Itunes charts with his single Shipyards. Thanks to the Netflix documentary Sunderland ‘Til I die, the eight-episode series which aired on December 14 has given local lad Martin a huge backing. […]
An old garden shed has been transformed into a creative space for artists and members of the public in Sunderland, in the form of a Christmas grotto. The grotto opened its doors on November 29, 2018 and will remain open until December 23, 2018. There will be sessions held with […]
Statistics show that women and those over 70 are among the happiest residents in England. Recent health and wellbeing statistics provided by the Office for National Statistics show that women are happier, have more self-worth and are more satisfied with life than men in England. These statistics show that the […]
World Headquarters, a popular club in Newcastle, will put on a charity gig night on December 28. The gig, hosted by Lab Ncl, Noyse, Lively Up and North East Rising, aims to support local charities over the festive period while also thanking their ‘local ravers’. The Newcastle Foodbank, Mental Health […]
A student at the University of Sunderland is creating beauty banks in order to donate beauty products to charities that support women throughout the North East this Christmas. Earlier this year, Lauren Robinson, 20, set up a beauty bank based within the Media HUB at the University of Sunderland and […]
The DVLA has been forced to cancel more tests each winter due to worsening weather conditions in the North East. According to statistics from a Freedom of Information request, an increasing number of driving tests in the North East have been cancelled over the last five years, as the conditions […]