A North East florist is helping lovers with a guide to buying Valentine’s blooms which are an alternative to roses. Susie Griffiths, of the Rebel Flower Company, at The Village, intu Metrocentre, Gateshead, has devised a number of romantic ways of ‘saying it with flowers’ on Valentine’s Day, which offer a […]
A University of Sunderland student is launching her ‘Carers at University Project’ at the University of Sunderland tomorrow. 21-year-old journalism student Sophie Dishman, who has been a young carer since the age of 11, is launching her Fixers UK project – Carers at University. Sophie will be launching her project […]
Brit Award winning singer/songwriter and guitarist, James Bay, has been announced to headline the upcoming Mouth of the Tyne Festival in Tynemouth. The artist, who has also been nominated for a ‘Best Artist’ Grammy Award, will perform at the outdoor venue of Tynemouth Priory and Castle on July 9. Norma […]
School children in Sunderland have created a quilt to help raise awareness of Holocaust Memorial Day on next week. Pupils from Grangetown Primary have created the patchwork quilt, designing individual squares based on the memories and experiences of Jewish children who fled to Britain to escape Nazi persecution before the Second World War. The […]
Whether you’re the type of couple who enjoys a weekend away or a quiet drink in a quirky cocktail bar, check out our most stylish places to spend Valentines Day in the North! Newton Hall, Northumberland Newton Hall is a Georgian boutique hotel located just an hour away from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, […]
The work of a unique group of North East film-makers will be at the centre of a short film festival at St Mary’s Heritage Centre in Gateshead. The St Mary’s Documentary Short Film Festival, running from January 26 to 29, will celebrate the work of the Amber Film and Photography […]
2016 is looking like a big year for Craig David! His cover of Justin Bieber’s “Love Yourself” went viral on the first week of the year and his new single with Big Narstie “When the Bassline Drops” is climbing up the charts. He talked exclusively to Spark’s Rute Correia to […]
Wearsiders are invited to a 3D print course tomorrow at the FabLab Sunderland, which is on the corner by the new Premier Inn, on the Silksworth Row. SR News reporter Violeta Gorcheva (@mslettygn) has taken on a challenge to see how “3D printable” she is and got a plastic twin […]
British actor Alan Rickman has died at the age of 69. The actor was most known for his role as Professor Snape in Harry Potter. He also featured in Die Hard, Love Actually, Sweeney Todd, Truly Madly Deeply and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Alan Rickman’s family has confirmed his […]
Paul Barclay, a brave warrior from Gateshead, has took it upon himself to take part in a “Middle Earth (film) Marathon” in the name of charity. During the movie marathon, the 29-year-old University of Sunderland student will watch all three Hobbit movies, followed by the three Lord Of The Rings in […]