Pumps were sent to at-risk areas around Newcastle today, as the Met Office issued a severe weather warning and river levels rose as a result of constant heavy rain. Newcastle Council teams worked through the night, manning pumps at key points – most especially on the Ouseburn – to stop […]
Big waves at Roker this morning. A video posted by SRNews (@srnews) on Jan 6, 2016 at 12:42am PST Source: Sunderland City Council Find out if your property is at risk from flooding: The Environment Agency provides a 24-hour Floodline service, which allows you to check if your property is […]
Police are increasingly concerned for the safety of a Birmingham woman, who has been missing since yesterday (Tues 5 Jan), after her car was found abandoned in Mere Green. Lorna Ganley, aged 42, was last seen at 6.30am when she left her parent’s address in Sheldon to go to a […]
Northumberland County Council “are currently looking into what can be done to rehome the horses” in Embleton, which were threatened to be “humanely destroyed” in a note. The note (pictured) which originally appeared to have been left by the Northumberland County Council, threatening to “humanely destroy” “abandoned” horses (pictured), has […]
Sunderland City Council is urging people to remain vigilant and take extra care on the roads following today’s heavy rain and wind. A Met Office Amber warning of rain is in force until midnight tonight (Tuesday), and although the rain seemed to have eased temporarily, the wet weather is expected […]
Amber Warning of Rain for North East England : Northumberland, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, North T… https://t.co/Cpr4b9ejpl — Met Office warnings (@metofficeNEEng) January 5, 2016 Severe weather warnings have been issued by the Met Office for the whole of the North East up until Monday, January 11: “We warn […]
Police are appealing for information after a 56-year-old woman was assaulted in South Shields. The woman was approached by a group of youths who asked her for a cigarette and to buy alcohol for them. The woman refused and was pushed to the ground. She suffered minor injuries as a […]
One of Britain’s longest serving male newsreaders will be debating the pressures facing an independent media as part of the University of Sunderland’s Public Lecture Series 2015/16. ITV’s news correspondent Alastair Stewart OBE will give his talk on Tuesday, January 26, from 6pm, in Murray Library, City Campus. The lecture: […]
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 17-year-old teenager was struck by a vehicle in Sunderland. The incident happened between 2am and 2.30am on Friday, January 1, on wasteland between Kingsway Road and Ravenswood Square. The 17-year-old suffered serious injuries as a result of the incident and police are continuing […]
SR News have found wooden structures, reminding Indian tipis, on Sunderland’s Roker beach this morning. We contacted the Sunderland City Council to find out why, when and by whom the structure were built. However, a spokesperson for the Council said that it must have been artistic members of the public […]