A public consultation has been launched by Culture Secretary, Nicky Morgan, into whether a failure to pay your TV licence fee should continue as a criminal offence. To decriminalise it would mean not paying the fee would become a civil offence, which would carry charges similar to that of council […]
National bus company Stagecoach has unveiled a new look for their fleet of buses. The company, which operates routes in Sunderland, Newcastle and South Shields announced its new colour scheme would be White with Azure Blue for local services, Amber yellow for long distance bus routes and Ocean green for […]
After a successful run last May at The Customs House, ‘Everywhere We Go’ is back in May for the second year running. The play, co-written by Dale Meeks and Iain Cunningham of Boyle Yer Stotts Productions, is about South Shields Football Club’s historic FA Vase victory in 2017. After selling […]
Tits Upon Tyne is a live music fundraiser that was started in 2019, recruiting local bands and out of town artists with the aim to raise money and awareness for breast cancer research. Natalie Greener is a student at Northumbria University, who created a whole festival from nothing other than […]
With the news of Boris Johnson’s surprise visit to Sunderland’s Glass Centre, protestors gathered outside to voice their displeasure with the UK’s imminent departure from the European Union. Leading the protests was Sunderland University’s chaplain, Chris Howson. In an exclusive interview with SR News, he outlined his displeasure with the […]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrived at the National Glass Centre yesterday for an unprecedented cabinet meeting. The location was visited on the day that the UK officially left the European Union and took place in Sunderland, the North East constituency which was the first to declare a “leave” vote in […]
Two patients with the Novel coronavirus 2019 have been moved to the RVI for quarantine and treatment. The Royal Victoria Infirmary was chosen as the treatment centre as it is one of only five specialised infectious disease centres in the United Kingdom with the capability to handle such an illness. […]
As the end dawns near, we enter the reflective final hours of culling our 47-year membership to the European Union. Cutting ties with the EU has been about as easy as cancelling a membership for Audible, a process which took me seven months. Still, my record-breaking cancellation of unity with […]
Anti-facist protests were spotted outside of Sunderland’s Glass Centre upon the arrival of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his cabinet. Johnson and major members of the cabinet meet ahead of the impending Brexit day deadline, mere hours until the United Kingdom officially leave the European Union. One protestor in particular, […]
Members of the public have been lining the streets of the National Glass Centre in Sunderland this morning awaiting the arrival of Boris Johnson and his cabinet. The weekly cabinet meeting is being held in Sunderland to mark Brexit which will happen tonight at 11pm. Why Sunderland? he North East […]