Labour has strengthened its grip on South Tyneside Council after winning all 18 seats in the area in the local elections last night. The biggest surprise of the night came from the Cleadon & East Boldon ward, where South Tyneside’s last remaining Conservative councillor Jeff Milburn lost his seat to Labour David […]
On 15 May 2016, The Stadium of Light will be playing host to yet another Vegan Festival, following their success over previous years. Veganism is well and truly on the rise. Vegans refrain from consuming meats and other animal byproducts and are among a huge number of people around the […]
Northumbria Police have launched a murder investigation after the death of a 31 year old man in South Shields. Reports came after a disturbance was reported inside the Prince Edward pub on Prince Edward Road. The man was founded unconscious and taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead […]
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Ex England Football international, David Beckham, celebrated his 41st birthday on May 2, but he had no idea that he was celebrating elsewhere in a Newcastle Upon Tyne home. Susan McIver from Newcastle, first found her Beckham cardboard cut out 10 years ago after he was abandoned next to to […]
On Sunday, 1 May, the dismal weather did not hold back runners in the Sunderland Half Marathon and 10k races that started in Keel Square. Aly Dixon was there to start the race off with a horn and then congratulate and offer advice to winners aswell as giving out medals. […]
Two University of Sunderland graduates have been awarded The Duke of York Young Entrepreneur Award for their filmmaking company Roar Motion. Matt Eyre and Rob Parsons, who are friends from university, did not expect the nomination. Rob Parsons said: “No, we weren’t expecting the nomination at all. We just got […]
Police are appealing for information after a woman was sexually assaulted on a bus between Gateshead and South Shields. The incident happened aboard the X34 bus at around 8:40pm on Monday, February 15, where a man touched the victims’ leg inappropriately and tried to kiss her. The suspect got […]
Darlington’s annual Festival of Food has a hot new twist this year with its first ever knockout Chilli-eating contest. Distinctly Delicious Darlington will return to the town centre on May 14 and 15 for its third year, where over 50 stalls, lining High Row and West Row, will be selling […]