NATIONAL Album Day will be hoping to hit a high note as it returns for its third year. The event aims to celebrate music albums and what they mean to fans. Taking place tomorrow (Saturday, October 10), this year’s theme is the 80s, a period voted as Britain’s favourite […]
Coronavirus
Newcastle and Northumbria universities move to online teaching after Covid-19 outbreak
NORTHUMBRIA University and Newcastle University are moving all of their classes online due to coronavirus outbreaks. All programmes at Northumbria and Newcastle universities will be delivered online unless face-to-face teaching is an essential part of the course. The temporary changes will come into effect from Thursday (8 October) for a […]
Fresh regional restrictions likely to curb growing number of Covid cases
MINISTERS are considering imposing fresh regional restrictions amid a spike in cases in northern England, a Cabinet member has said as he declined to rule out shutting pubs and restaurants. Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said on Thursday ministers are “currently considering what steps we should take” as he warned of […]
‘A matter of life and death’ as Northumbria Uni Vice Chancellor faces calls to resign
NORTHUMBRIA University has announced it will move to online-learning as they are following the Department of Education’s guidelines following the backlash on Vice Chancellor, Andrew Wathey. While the Newcastle-based university may not be the worst university for confirmed covid cases – 770, with the likes of the University of Nottingham, […]
UoS city campus test centre opens as Covid-19 cases continue to rise
UNIVERSITY of Sunderland’s city centre campus will open its Covid-19 test centre later this week, amid the continued rise of cases in the North East. On Tuesday, the government announced 14,542 confirmed new cases nationwide – an increase of about 2,000 on Monday’s figure. Now, as the region continues […]
Could FOMO be the reason for a Covid spike?
With people feeling they’re missing out on so many aspects of their lives due to coronavirus restrictions, could ‘fear of missing out’ (FOMO) explain the rise in cases in Sunderland and elsewhere? Or is there simply a lack of respect for rules which many feel are contradictory and illogical? Sam […]
NE Covid-19 cases soar as 16,000 ‘missed’ cases added to count
By Jane Kirby, Health Editor, and Ian Jones Press Association THE North East is among areas in England where the weekly rate of new Covid-19 cases has jumped, with the addition of nearly 16,000 cases which went unreported because of a technical error with an Excel spreadsheet.The problem has led […]
My coronavirus journey into ‘World War C’
SR NEWS newsroom manager Paul Taylor recently got home from work with a sore throat, a headache … and a dilemma. In a week when 40 students and four of his University of Sunderland colleagues had been confirmed as Covid-positive, should he take a Covid-19 test? Here, Paul describes the […]
770 Northumbria University students test positive for Covid-19
MORE than 750 students at Northumbria University are self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19. A spokesperson for the university, in Newcastle, said that as of Friday, it was aware of 770 students testing positive – only 78 of whom were showing symptoms of the virus. All these students, as […]
Sunderland businesses call for more Covid-19 government support
SUNDERLAND bars and restaurants are calling for greater financial support, following the tightening of regional coronavirus restrictions. The local rules ban people from socialising outside their own household, and say groups of no more than six can meet up. People have also been told to avoid meeting with other […]