Wetlands Center in Washington will be holding a puddle jumping contest for the first time ever this weekend. Participation is free, but entrance fees apply and all the money collected through the admissions will be given to charity, as Wetlands Center is a non-profit organisation. It is the first time […]
Students at the University of Sunderland have mixed reactions to proposed student accommodation plans. Plans, if approved, would see the former J Speedings and Co Sailworks site, in Whickham Street, Sunderland turned into a five-storey student accommodation centre, with as many as 53 new flats, housing more than 70 students. […]
By Ema Brewer The Environment Agency has revealed that a record number of coarse fish were released into England’s rivers last year. In 2015, more than 452,220 fish and 1.3 million fish larvae were released into rivers up and down the country. They were all bred in the Environment Agency’s […]
From tomorrow an exhibition of ten of the finest drawings by Leonardo Da Vinci will be on display at the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle. The exhibition, Ten Drawings from the Royal Collection, will be on display at the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle from tomorrow until April 24. The […]
By Ema Brewer Not to worry, here’s 10 ways for you to enjoy the festivities but not break the bank at the same time. 10. WHY GO OUT? Going out on V-day can sometimes be a nightmare. Expensive fancy restaurants with queues flooding out the door, everything suddenly double the […]
The North East public is backing a call for ban on junk food advertising before watershed. A new survey, published by Cancer Research UK, has found 81 per cent of the public in the North East are in favour of the ban before the 9pm watershed. “We want the government […]
A new rock night event called RISE was launched in Newcastle last Saturday (February 6), a week after the biggest alternative night, Alpha, was shut. The new event offers a variety of rock genders in three different rooms – one of them designed as a smoking area. Lauren Murray, 20, […]
In case you have forgotten, it is Valentine’s Day on Sunday, and if you have still not bought that special someone a little something to say I Love You then fear not, for SR News have the perfect gift ideas for you! We have searched high and low to find […]
Matchday tickets “cost too much” and football fans: “…need to show [their] teeth” on pricing, said Paul Dobson, assistant editor of fanzine A Love Supreme. The debate has been highlighted by the recent row at Liverpool FC when the club wanted to raise ticket prices to £77. About 10,000 […]
A new exhibition of ten drawings by Leonardo Da Vinci will be on display in Newcastle from tomorrow. The exhibition, Ten Drawings from the Royal Collection, will be on display at the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle from tomorrow until April 24. The opening of the exhibition marks the start […]