People of Sunderland have given a thumbs down to the latest changes on Facebook. The popular social networking site had on Wednesday introduced a new line of ‘reaction’ emoticons, allowing users to express emotions rather than the standard ‘like’ button. These include ‘love’, ‘haha’, ‘wow’, ‘sad’ and ‘angry’. Many have […]
Sunderland Museum is hoping their newly-digitised collection will bring in more visitors. Old photos are the focus of the museum’s new internet project aimed at preserving Wearside’s past for the future. Thousands of historical images from the archives of the museum have been digitised and uploaded to the Flickr website. […]
With Saturday’s West Ham v Sunderland match brought forward to 12:45pm for live coverage on BT Sport, we asked fans what they thought about early kick-offs. There is guaranteed to be a loyal away support making the 600-mile round trip, with legions of coaches heading towards the capital in the early […]
Sunderland students may have lost their right to vote after an electoral shake-up. The voter-registering system has been changed so that universities can no longer “block register” students living in halls of residence.. Under the new system, that has been scrapped and students will have to register as individuals. […]
Indie band Cohesion have expressed their joy after announcing their return to the Simon Says Festival in Leicester this summer. Cohesion made their debut at the festival last year and have confirmed they will be heading back to Leicester in July. Making the announcement on their Facebook page, Cohesion said: […]
A North East mental health campaigner is setting up his own foundation. Danny Bowman, from Alnwick in Northumberland, has set up the foundation with his parents and his sister. The family have experience with mental health. Danny’s parents have been mental health professionals, while his sister, currently works in the […]
Mental health charity MIND has launched a mobile app to help students at university through the use of emojis. The app, called Emoodji, is designed to help students cope with the ups and downs of university life and aims to tackle the multiple pressures students can face. These pressures include admitting […]
Fears of a record high in migration for the UK have proved to be unfounded after new figures were published today. The Daily Mail reported that net migration – the difference between the higher number of immigrants versus emigrants leaving the country – could smash the record of 336,000 set […]
Award winning children’s author Gareth P. Jones read and performed to a group of children from Thorney Close Primary School at Sandhill View Library. It was the end of a 10 week long reading initiative created by the Chatterbooks Reading Group that the children had been taking part in. Gareth […]
It was Make a Difference Monday for students and staff at the University of Sunderland on Monday, February 22. The event was organised in collaboration with the Careers and Employability Service, the Students’ Union and other universities. Staff and students were asked to donate unwanted items for the Salvation Army […]