The University of Sunderland could be set to make major job cuts, according to an email by Steve Knight, the universities chief operating officer. The redundancy programme comes at a time when the university is experiencing falling student numbers and an increase in withdrawals. The proposed cuts could affect all non-academic […]
Around 250 students from South Hylton Primary School were the first pupils in Sunderland to receive a visit from ‘Safety Sam’. It is a new initiative run by Farrans Construction, a building and civil engineering contractor, to inform children about construction sites’ dangers. “Play safe, stay safe” is the message […]
Labour MP Jo Cox has died after she was shot and stabbed in her West Yorkshire constituency, near Leeds. An eyewitness said the 41-year-old mother of two was left lying in a pool of blood on the pavement after her assailant struck in Birstall, West Yorkshire. West Yorkshire Police said […]
A teenager who died after getting into difficulty at High Force in Teesdale has been named. Curtis Atherton, 16, from Hartlepool was swimming with his brothers and friends at the pool area below the water fall when he got into trouble. The alarm was raised at 8pm when Police, fire […]
Members of Sunderland’s red and white army can now make more of their match day experience – even if they are travelling from outside the North East. The Hilton Garden Inn, Sunderland hotel, which opened just yards from the Stadium of Light earlier this year, is counting down to the […]
Chart topping sensation, Jess Glynne has announced her biggest UK tour to date. Jess will hit the road this November, Jess will play Newcastle at the Metro Radio Arena on Friday 25th November 2016. In 2015, Jess Glynne’s debut album ‘I Cry When I Laugh’ became the biggest selling […]
Labour’s shadow business secretary Angela Eagle will visit Sunderland tomorrow (June 16) to campaign for Britain to remain in the EU, just short of impending EU referendum. She will be joined by Shadow Leader of the House Chris Bryant MP. Together they will arrive on the Britain Battle bus at Keel […]
Sunderland’s most iconic monument was lit up in rainbow colours to honour the victims of the mass shooting in Orlando. 49 people lost their lives after a gunman open fired in Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in the early hours of Sunday June 12. 29 year old Omar Mateen opened […]
Two pupils from Whitburn Church of England Academy have been hailed heroes, after they stopped and talked to a man on the wrong side of the railings on the Wearmouth Bridge. Ellis Coupland and Kian Henderson, both 16, were on the way from the cinema heading towards Roker McDonalds when they spotted a […]