People in Sunderland have shared their thoughts on National Kindness Day about how to be kind to one another. National Kindness Day is celebrated every year in the UK on March 31. The day marks a celebration kindness and good deeds and raise awareness of kindness among people in society. […]
It’s official – Article 50 was formally triggered today (March, 29). This has started the process of the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU. People in the North East have expressed mixed reactions. Ryan Paul Weir, from Sunderland, the first city to declare a leave vote in the referendum last […]
Chi Onwurah, Newcastle Central MP, has tweeted she and her staff are SAFE after an incident near the Palace of Westminster. On Twitter, the MP, said For information I & my Westminster staff are fine, shaken thinking of the police who protect us & all those we are told have […]
The Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens held an event for National Science Week on March 18 in collaboration with Big Bang Science Parties. The event, organised by the museum and Big Bang Science Parties owner Neil Harrison, attracted hundreds of kids and their parents from Sunderland. Jenny Lambert, learning officer at […]
It’s that time of the year when all University students are anxious about their assignments being due soon or stressed about the upcoming exams. But the University of Sunderland’s students’ union found the best solution to distress their students; they brought puppies! With the help of The Guide Dogs for the […]
People living in Sunderland have expressed their support for promoting today’s Zero Discrimination Day (March 1). The day is promoted by the United Nations (UN) and UNAIDS, a UN program on HIV and AIDS, which began in 2014. Equality, tolerance, individuality and human rights are promoted during the day. It […]
NASA will be holding a press conference at 6pm GMT on Wednesday February 22, to announce a new “discovery beyond our solar system.” The discovery remains mysterious however the agency posted a hint on their website that they will be presenting “new findings on planets that orbit stars other than […]
A group of around 20 protestors held signs condemning the 2016 Christmas Camel Parade taking place in South Shields on December 2. The protestors from Northern Animal Welfare Co-operative (NAWC) held signs that read “Shame on South Tyneside Council for supporting & promoting animal exploitation” and “Stop animal parades”. NAWC […]