Two teenage girls have appeared in court charged with kidnapping a two-year-old with the intention of committing a sexual offence. The girls, aged 13 and 14 and from Tyneside, were also charged with shoplifting dummies, baby milk and a bottle. The little girl was taken from a Primark store in […]
The maker of some of Britain’s most popular pasta sauces plans to tell customers some of its products should only be eaten once a week. Mars Food, whose brands include Dolmio and Uncle Ben’s, will divide its range into products that can be eaten every day or only occasionally, to […]
A man from Newcastle is wanted by police after failing to appear at Crown Court. Thirty-five-year-old Stever Burr, from Wilbury Place, is wanted for on warrant after the Judge issued an order for his arrest. He was due to appear in relation to burglary offences. Police enquiries continue, and […]
Police are trying to locate a man from Newcastle who has been missing since January. Raymond French, 52, from Keith Close, has not been seen since January 2 when he left home, telling family he was going down south to see friends as he had done regularly in the past. […]
Great British Bake Off’s Nadiya Hussain has revealed she is baking the Queen’s 90th birthday cake. The winner of the popular BBC show will be serving up an orange drizzle cake with orange curd and orange butter cream. She revealed the news on ITV’s Loose Women saying the cake would […]
Britain has been basking in warm temperatures and sunshine – but the summer-like weather is not here to stay. Cold, frosty conditions are forecast across the country, with heavy rain, thunderstorms and snow predicted in parts. People flocked outside to enjoy the sunny weather on Wednesday as England experienced the […]
Sunderland will be at the centre of the world of contemporary dance in May when an exciting new work by three choreographers premieres at Sunderland College Arts Academy. Dancing the Road is an original triple bill brought to the stage by FERTILE GROUND, the North East’s premiere graduate dance company. […]
by Veronica Harding and Masuma Begum The Government has branded the new Wear Crossing bridge, which will be built over the River Wear, as a ‘national priority’. The bridge, which is one of the many building priorities that will receive a share of £100bn invested by the Government, will be […]
A new café has opened in Sunderland to spark a revival of independent shops in a once-thriving city centre high street. Simon Forster has opened No 18 Holmeside in the former Chic and Iconic clothes store, in Holmeside, which had stood empty for a year. He converted the site into a café […]
Sunderland came out to say goodbye to one of the North East’s best loved television icons – Denise Robertson. It is thought that about 500 mourners gathered at Sunderland Minster to pay tribute to Denise Robertson. The 83-year-old, who was born in East Boldon and lived most of her life […]