Fans of the royal family welcomed the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today (February 21) as they arrived in Sunderland. The royal visit to the city was to get a “flavour” of Sunderland’s art and engineering heritage. During the visit, the royal couple officially opened part of the city’s new […]
Author: Samantha Teasdale
Sunderland’s opinion on MTV’s gender neutral awards
SRNews went into the heart of Sunderland to ask whether or not award ceremonies should adopt MTV’s genderless accolade model. The MTV Awards saw Emma Watson, who is the ambassador of the HeForShe campaign, win the genderless ‘Best Actor’ award for her part playing ‘Belle’ in Disney’s Beauty and the […]
Sunderland Student Union help those in need with free sanitary products
The University of Sunderland’s Student Union are now providing students with hygiene products so they can stop missing lectures because of financial worry. This has come after recent news across the country that girls are missing school because they are unable to afford sanitary products. The vice president of the […]
‘Fly a Flag for Commonwealth Games’ helps promote Sunderland’s becoming UK’s City of Culture 2021
Sunderland has taken part in the annual ‘Flying a Flag for Commonwealth Day’ ahead of the Commonwealth games in Queensland, Australia next year. The Commonwealth raising flag ceremony happens every year at Sunderland Civic Centre and is on schedule with the rest of the country, who also raise their flags, precisely […]
Beamish re-enact’s 1917’s 100th anniversary North East children’s food strike
During February half term, between 18th-26th, visitors can experience a history lesson of a children’s food strike here in the North East remembering 100 years of the strike. Beamish Museum in Stanley, County Durham, is known as an open air museum where visitors can come and see how a victorian […]