Year: 2016
Officer saves man’s life after incident on Byker Bridge
A response officer located in Newcastle has saved a man’s life after a suicide attempt on Byker Bridge last Tuesday. At around 6.30pm, May 3, police were receiving several reports of concern as a man was seen on the opposite side of the railings on Byker Bridge. Police officer, PC […]
Sunderland star Katie Bulmer-Cooke returns for annual Family Fun Run
Katie Bulmer-Cooke returned for annual Family Fun Run, run by Active Sunderland, at Mowbray Park on Saturday (April 30). The day saw hundreds of families come together to take part in this yearly community fun activity. All kinds of free sport taster sessions like friendly dodge ball, hopscotch, bounce-back hurdles, […]
Newcastle woman celebrates David Beckham’s birthday with his life sized cardboard cut-out
Ex England Football international, David Beckham, celebrated his 41st birthday on May 2, but he had no idea that he was celebrating elsewhere in a Newcastle Upon Tyne home. Susan McIver from Newcastle, first found her Beckham cardboard cut out 10 years ago after he was abandoned next to to […]
North East school pupils create new Bible
School pupils in Sunderland and Jarrow have created their very own version of the Bible. The new Bible, printed on May 3, will include colourful contributions from pupils from a number of schools. These include five schools in Sunderland: New Silksworth Infant School, Seaburn Dene Junior School, Southmoor Academy, Barbar Priestman School, […]
WATCH: Active Sunderland host successful ‘BIG Family Fun Run’
Many families enjoyed the eventful range of fun activities last Saturday (April 30) as Active Sunderland held their annual ‘BIG family fun run’ in Mowbray Park. To kick off the event, sporting activities were set up such as mini golf, yoga, swing ball, football and hula-hooping which were enjoyed from […]
Sunderland University Radio Station to take over BBC Radio 1 show
Sunderland students from Spark FM are taking over the airwaves at BBC Radio 1 for the station’s brand new show The Student Radio Playlist. Spark has been selected to host the very first show for an hour on Monday, May 2, at 9pm. Presented by third year Broadcast Media Production […]
Local Hero Attends Sunderland Half Marathon
On Sunday, 1 May, the dismal weather did not hold back runners in the Sunderland Half Marathon and 10k races that started in Keel Square. Aly Dixon was there to start the race off with a horn and then congratulate and offer advice to winners aswell as giving out medals. […]
University graduates win Duke of York Young Entrepreneur Award
Two University of Sunderland graduates have been awarded The Duke of York Young Entrepreneur Award for their filmmaking company Roar Motion. Matt Eyre and Rob Parsons, who are friends from university, did not expect the nomination. Rob Parsons said: “No, we weren’t expecting the nomination at all. We just got […]
WATCH: Sunderland City 10k
Thousands of runners braved the cold winds and rain on Sunday to take part in the sixth Run Sunderland Festival based in Keel Square. The festival hosts both the Sunderland City 10k and half marathon, with the start and finish lines on St Mary’s Way for the first time as […]