Search ‘US Election 2020’ to see all our coverage NORTH Carolina artist and US Air Force veteran Marc Y Chenevert told SR News he wanted rid of US President Donald Trump. Mr Chenevert, who has spent a lifetime advocating for the arts and contributing to the US National Museum […]
#The CoronaDiaries Student photo-journalist Ryan Lim was threatened with arrest while covering the coronavirus lockdown in Sunderland. Image: Ryan Lim NORTHUMBRIA Police have apologised to an SR-News student photo-journalist after an officer threatened him with arrest for covering the coronavirus lockdown in Sunderland. The apology comes in the week […]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrived at the National Glass Centre yesterday for an unprecedented cabinet meeting. The location was visited on the day that the UK officially left the European Union and took place in Sunderland, the North East constituency which was the first to declare a “leave” vote in […]
Two patients with the Novel coronavirus 2019 have been moved to the RVI for quarantine and treatment. The Royal Victoria Infirmary was chosen as the treatment centre as it is one of only five specialised infectious disease centres in the United Kingdom with the capability to handle such an illness. […]
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Pro-democracy protests that swept Hong Kong since March came to Haymarket over the weekend as part of Stand With Hong Kong’s UK-wide demonstrations in Newcastle, Durham, Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and London. Pro-democracy group Newcastle Stands With Hong Kong organised a team of over 30 people dressed in protester gear […]
The Bridges Shopping Centre in Sunderland will be hosting an exhibition telling the life and story of Anne Frank, the teenage diarist who wrote at the time of the Holocaust. The exhibition was opened by the Mayor of Sunderland, Cllr Lynda Scanlan, who said: “It’s something that we should never […]
The fire started at 19:20pm and the first crew responded within six minutes of being dispatched. Stephen Burdis, group manager for the eastern district of the Tyne & Wear Fire and Rescue Service stated that: “The officer in charge asked for extra appliances because he realised the condition of the […]
Firefighters have been sent out overnight to tackle a blaze at the Peacocks store in Sunderland City Centre. Smoke was seen coming out of the roof tiles and eyewitness statements say that the fire may have been started from the rear of the building. Greggs, Fona Pizza and The Salvation […]
Stand Up To Racism North East travelled to London last Saturday to join the national demonstration to mark the UN’s Anti-Racism Day. Representing the North East was Labour’s youngest councillor, Sharifah Rahman of Darlington. The activists marched from the BBC’s Portland Place offices to Whitehall. Prominent anti-racism campaigner Diane Abbott MP […]