Using research from www.police.uk, SR News has found that the main campus at the University of Sunderland has the lowest crime rate of any university in Tyne and Wear. Sunderland had a total of 48 arrests on campus in 2016. Northumbria had the second highest crime rate with 160 arrests […]
Author: Adam Smith
Sunderland mum to start social club for children with autism
A Wearside mum, whose son suffers with autism, is set to open a new club for children who also live with the condition. Shelly Waddle, from Washington, is set to launch a new kids club for children with autism. JACK’s Autism Club 4 Kids, will be a weekly club which […]
South Shields mum-of-three says SATs “put too much pressure on children”
Julie Smith, a mother of three from South Shields, was one of the many parents who protested against SATs last week. Julie took her 10-year-old daughter out of her South Tyneside school for a day in protest against the exams. The mother-of-three says that the tests are “unnecessary” and “they […]