THE Sunflower Lanyard is designed to let businesses, professionals and people know that someone with invisible disabilities may need a little extra help – but wearers of the lanyard say it is being affected by confusion caused by the pandemic. The scheme is designed to be used for people […]
The Sunflower Lanyard has been around since 2016 and since then its more prevalent that ever. But with face coverings being mandatory in the UK, some people are using the Sunflower Lanyard as form of exemption from wearing a face covering. These actions are changing the real meaning of the […]
EXCLUSIVE AS TYNE and Wear continues to adjust to remote working, figures exclusively obtained by SRNews show how much local authorities have spent on working from home. A Freedom of Information request to the five councils in Tyne and Wear (Sunderland, South Tyneside, North Tyneside Newcastle and Gateshead) reveals […]
#The CoronaDiaries IF YOU had said to me on the day I started working in retail that I would be a key worker someday, I would have laughed it off. Before the panic buying and the lockdown I was just a shelf stacker filling up bread and cakes every […]
Public Transport in Tyne and Wear is set for a major shakeup in light of the social distancing measures brought in to fight the Coronavirus. Go North East, one of Tyne and Wear’s Biggest bus companies has announced that there services are to be scaled back to cope with the […]
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 […]
April 1 to April 7 has been Autism Awareness Week and the region has aimed to bring more awareness to autism and the struggles faced by autistic people. Landmarks such as Penshaw Momument have turned gold in support of The North East Autism Society’s Going for Gold Campaign. Meanwhile, the […]
Sunderland’s iconic Joplings House is to reopen to the public for tours after undergoing a major regeneration project. The former home of the Joplings department store has been transformed into a state-of-the-art student accommodation by Groovy Students. The company have brought the landmark building into the 21st Century with a fitness […]
A Sunderland artist is to showcase a six-month-long project in Mackie’s Corner pop-up art gallery. Jo Howell, an artist specialising in Art and Photography, will be showcasing the work of the WearExperimenting exhibition, a month-long interactive and evolving experience of science, photography and participation art. Commissioned for the Cultural Spring […]
Mackie’s Corner is currently hosting the Sunderland Indie 20/20 VISION Exhibition. It runs until October 13 and, in two three-week blocks, displays the work of 20 members of Sunderland Indie. The building previously hosted two commissioned exhibitions during the Tall Ships Races. The Creator of the exhibition, Barrie West, discussed its origins: […]