Sunderland Penshaw Monument is being lit in red, white and blue to mark Her Majesty’s 90th Birthday. It will be lit in the colours of the Union Jack from sunset to dawn on Friday 22 April. Leader of Sunderland City Council, Councillor Paul Watson, said: “We all wish Her Majesty […]
A Sunderland graduate is hoping to challenge public perceptions of breastfeeding with an exhibition. Artist Leanne Pearce’s exhibition has been created to celebrate and normalise breastfeeding with a series of powerful portraits, which attempt to capture the loving, tender relationships and growing bond between a mother and child. Taking place […]
By Andreea Nastase and Luke Stuart Police in County Durham are still searching for the attackers of a man in Durham’s City Centre. The attack took place in the city centre at 9pm on Saturday, April 2. Police have released CCTV footage of the attack for the public. The man […]
The Met Office has released images showing what the weather was like when the Queen was born 90 years ago today. As the weather is considered to be a ‘social prop’ in Britain, we thought it would be interesting to share this info with you to mark Her Majesty’s birthday. […]
The Queen celebrates her 90th birthday today, April 21 – a milestone that will be marked both privately with family and publicly by the nation. Tributes will be paid to the monarch, born on April 21 1926, who has become the country’s first nonagenarian sovereign. Tonight, the Millennium Bridge in […]
By Veronica Harding and Masuma Begum
A beacon is being lit in Seaburn, Sunderland, as part of the national celebrations for Her Majesty (HM) The Queen’s 90th Birthday. Today (Thursday, April 21) the Cliffe Park beacon, which is near the white lighthouse, will be lit at 8.30pm. It was last lit a year ago to mark the […]
The singing sensation Katherine Jenkins will mark the Queen’s 90th birthday by releasing her own version of the National Anthem tomorrow. She will also be performing at two special concerts celebrating the occasion in May and June. Ms Jenkins, who has appeared on shows such as Pop Star to Opera […]
Unemployment has increased for the first time in almost a year, while the number of women in work has fallen by 40,000, new figures have revealed. The unemployment rate for the North East has also risen by 8.0 per cent and the jobless total jumped by 21,000 between December and […]
Many people with dementia are receiving “disjointed and substandard” care, MPs have warned. Seven in ten people with the condition are also suffering from another long-term health problem but these issues are treated in “isolation”, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Dementia said. More must be done to ensure that […]