One of Sunderland’s First World War heroes was honoured with a Blue Plaque outside his birth home. Wing Commander Claude Alword Ridley MC DSO was a Royal Fusilier attached to the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) in 1914. He retired from the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1928. However, at the outbreak […]
Hundreds of Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, Policemen and civilians came together on Sunday November 13 to honour those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice. The Remembrance Parade and Service marks not just those who fell in the First World War, but those who fell in the defence of the Nation. The Parade marched off from the Civic […]
BBC’s Children in Need Rickshaw challenge came to Hartlepool via Sunderland on Saturday, 12 November. Starting in Newcastle early Saturday morning, they cycled over 51 miles to Hartlepool. Taking on the leg into Sunderland was Ross, 18, who cycled over the Queen Anne Bridge before passing his home where he pointed […]
At 11am on November 11, maroons were fired in Mowbray Park to mark the beginning and end of the two minute silence. At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the guns fell silent bringing the Great War to an end. 18,000 men from […]
Liberal Democrat Lord Shipley said: “It (the BREXIT vote) means that we’ll be poorer.” Lord Shipley adds: “My estimate is that we will be as a part of the country, 10-15 percent poorer in terms of the size of our economy.” He feels that this is result of the halt […]
Hundreds of Sunderland’s military personnel will join the Mayor of Sunderland to pay their respects at the annual Remembrance Parade and Service on Sunday, 13 November 2016. Leading the parade is the Band of the Royal Corps of Signals and the Bearpark and Esh Colliery Band. The following units will […]
Sunderland City Council will be increasing its evening and weekend parking regulations enforcement starting on Thursday December 1, 2016. This gives the option of extra enforcement patrols up to 10pm. The increase in enforcement is a result of feedback from Sunderland’s road users such as businesses, transport services, residents and other organisations […]
The Royal British Legion has launched the 2016 Sunderland Poppy Appeal. The Mayor of Sunderland, Councillor Alan Emerson, has welcomed Sunderland’s veterans to launch the appeal. The annual visit is a Mayoral tradition to show the Council’s support for the appeal. Coun Emerson said: “It is an honour as Mayor […]
Sunderland bus driver Ian Thompson has raised over £1,000 for Bradley Lowery, the five year old from Blackhall who is fighting neuroblastoma. Ian Thompson, 35, set up a raffle among the bus drivers in Sunderland and Hartlepool bus depots to raise money to help fund Bradley’s treatment. The winners from […]
Players in the November 11 World Cup qualifier will wear black poppy armbands in defiance of FIFA’s insistence that no exceptions will be made by the world governing body. An excerpt from FIFA’s Laws of the Game state that: “The basic compulsory equipment must not have any political, religious or personal slogans, […]