Fashion North‘s Barbora Bednarova reveals her two-day, 1,400-mile journey through six countries to get home to Slovakia from the University of Sunderland We all heard about Coronavirus before it hit us. I remember I was reading an article about the Chinese government wanting to build a hospital in seven days. […]
Sunderland’s Student Union has partnered with the Cleaner Communities in order to remove rubbish from Sunderland’s streets. The event will take place on Wednesday, May 22, from 2pm to 4pm and its aim is to help Sunderland keep its streets cleaner. Sunderland’s Student Union is successfully collaborating with Cleaner Communities, […]
Sunderland City Council has organised the event since 2013 with the aim to encourage people in improving their health and wellbeing. The Big Walk is for everyone who would like to become more active and promote walking while exploring suitable walking areas within the city. Photo credit: Wellbeinginfo.org Anthony Hindmarch, member […]
Hope Street Xchange is organising an event on June 7, to celebrate World Environment and Oceans Day. Photo credit:www.eventbrite.co.uk The event has been created for the first time in hope to make it a yearly gathering to which the day focuses on the environment, wildlife and oceans. To raise environmental […]
Hope Street Xchange is aiming to help Smart Works, The Red Box Project, Sunderland Food Bank and other charities during its International Women’s Day event on March 8. Katy Sawyer, the event coordinator, says: “This is our third year hosting an International Women’s Day event at Hope Street Xchange, but this year we […]
According to statistics, Sunderland has approximately 8 million visitors per year. It is a city which offers many attractive activities for tourist and visitors. When people are looking for an accommodation, they want to live near the sea. We decided to create an interactive map, which can help you to […]
People around the world waste an enormous amount of food daily. During the Christmas period, families in the UK waste 30 per cent more than they do through the whole year. Refuse is Durham’s branch of The Real Junk Food Project, a community consisting of cafes and organisations around the UK. They work tirelessly […]
Sunderland City Council has agreed to invest £60m into major capital projects to improve the city’s economic regeneration and job growth. The money will be invested on projects including up to 4,000 new homes in the South Sunderland area, school extensions to St Pauls CE Primary and Benedict Biscop Primary Academy, and junction improvements to […]
Coffee shops are becoming increasingly popular, especially in Sunderland Coffee has been around for centuries. The first coffee houses appeared in Venice in 1629, and since then, many coffee shops have been opened around the world. The first coffee house in England was opened in 1650, set up in Oxford by a […]
Sunderland has been revealed as having the highest rate of drink and drug driving in the UK, with a conviction rate of almost three per cent. According to a MoneySupermarket.com analysis: “Men are most likely to get behind the wheel while under the influence but the total rate of convictions has increased […]