Tourists visiting the UK from Europe is at its highest in five years, but how will Brexit impact the tourism industry in the North East? SR News has been investigating. Brexit has left us with many uncertainties around what will happen once we depart the EU on March 29, 2019; […]
Sunderland families came together to run two laps of the Bridges alongside Santa and his reindeer, before opening to Sunday shoppers. Click the photo below for our full interactive story –
George Forster was this month named Championship fan of the year after being nominated by Sunderland AFC. The life long Sunderland fan was recognised for his commitment to the club. At 91, he devotes five days a week to the Sunderland AFC Supporters Association as chairman. George said: “I didn’t […]
A Sunderland butchers will be raising the ‘steaks’ this week for National Butchers week. Stirks, a family run business on Wearside who are known across the North East for their quality and affordable meat packs, have revealed they will be heading back to their roots between March 12-18 to […]
A broadcast journalism student from the University of Sunderland has won a prestigious Royal Television Society Award. Theofanis Pegkas, from Greece, won the Regional Student award in the news category for the video report he compiled of an anti-Trump demonstration in Newcastle. Theofanis described it as a “great honour” to collect the […]
Growing your hair seems to be the easiest thing in the world but it’s one of the things we take for granted in everyday life. Some people lose their hair due to many different conditions, but what would it take for someone to cut all of their hair off and […]
A Sunderland family are pushing a campaign to bring their husband and father home with a charity walk this weekend. In 2016, John Lindsay’s life changed after a day out with his family. He suffered an epileptic seizure at his home in Silksworth, resulting in him falling down his stairs. […]
A family have launched a campaign to bring their husband and father, John Lindsay, home after an epileptic seizure has left him stuck in a care home. Last August the life of John and that of his family was changed after he suffered the seizure at his home in Silksworth after a family […]
People in Sunderland have voiced their opinions on children being taken out of school for holidays. This comes after the news that a father, who refused to pay a fine after he took is daughter to DisneyWorld during term-time, lost his battle against the supreme court. Watch what the people […]
North East coaches have quashed Former Wales striker Iwan Roberts’ views on under 10s being banned from heading footballs saying it has “come out of the blue”. However, youth team coaches in Tyne and Wear have admitted there are pros and cons to the claims that have been supported by […]