TO celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month, we spoke to inspirational drag artist Lucy Phurr from Pallion, Sunderland, on how the pandemic has affected their livelihood, what the LGBTQ+ community means to them and how we can further support them in their career. LUCY Phurr, 24, has been a drag artist since […]
Music: Paper Planes – Durden ft. Airtone by DURDEN (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/DURDEN/55041 Ft: Airtone A UNIVERSITY of Sunderland graduate is raffling off her £300,000 four-storey city centre property – which could be won for just one £5 ticket. The Edwardian […]
ONE-hundred-and-twenty-year-old bottles of beer have helped provide insights into the make-up of ancient ales. RESEARCH from Brewlab and the University of Sunderland has retrieved live brewing yeasts from century old bottles of beer to provide detailed information of the microbology of lost Victorian and Edwardian stock ales. Three bottles were […]
A HIGHER Apprenticeship is opening the doors to a career in education for Daniel Coyne which all started in a football club café. DANIEL was the hospitality manager in a café, based at the Foundation of Light, Sunderland AFC’s registered charity. His dedication and commitment to training staff was spotted […]
A CHARITY donation scheme has been launched in Sunderland to help the homeless stay warm this winter. The Take One Leave One initiative offers free clothing for the homeless and encourages members of the public to donate any unwanted coats, hats, gloves or scarves. The scheme, which sees a clothes […]
NATIONAL Apprenticeship Week 2021 gives the University of Sunderland a chance to celebrate this year’s theme – Build the Future – through the inspirational work of its apprentices, partners and staff. The University is currently working with more than 60 employers across the region, from the NHS to Nissan, […]
A NEW book by North East academics delves back into the history of public executions and looks at the issues involved in the controversial topic of the death penalty. The issue was pushed into the spotlight in the final months of Donald Trump’s presidency, when he carried out more […]
SUNDERLAND City Council Leader Graeme Miller has backed a petition launched by local MP Sharon Hodgson to reopen the Leamside Line. The petition, launched by the Washington and Sunderland West MP, calls on the Government to reopen the rail line through Washington which will help reconnect the town. […]
WITH schools not expected to fully reopen until at least early March, extending months of online teaching for many pupils, the University of Sunderland is coming to the rescue of struggling parents. An innovative new project has been set up, which sees the University’s trainee teachers provide online schooling […]
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW GEORGE Galloway, the often-fiery former MP with no shortage of political enemies and controversy on his CV, is on the comeback trail with a new party, as he looks to shake up UK politics once again – and the North East in particular. SR News reporter Charlie Bennett […]