TODAY we were live on Facebook across the North East, and spoke to those running homeless shelters, cafes and businesses who’ve finally reopened this week. You can check out our complete livestream below, or see our individual interviews on our Facebook page.
SUNDERLAND’S Director of Public Health is clamping down on false rumours about the vaccines. OVER 24 million people have had their first dose of the vaccine. However, some minorities have refused or are against the vaccine, and they call themselves anti-vaxxers. While vaccines were beginning to roll out, rumours circulated […]
THE death of Sarah Everard has raised many questions on the number of cases of harassment, sexual offences and domestic abuse in the UK. SR News has analysed data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in the North East to understand the situation in our region. Data shows […]
AFTER years of heartache, loss and setbacks, Taiyyibah Irfan’s dream of being a pharmacist is now a reality, and today – on International Women’s Day – she is hoping her story will inspire others. TAIYYIBAH started her Pharmacy degree at the University of Sunderland in 2013 but didn’t graduate until […]
WITH entertainment venues having to remain closed due to Covid-19, theatre company Theatre Space North East have come up with the idea of hosting socially-distanced shows in mobile tents at locations across the North East. AFTER receiving help from the government’s Culture Recovery Fund, the Sunderland-based theatre company Theatre […]
EXCLUSIVE AS TYNE and Wear continues to adjust to remote working, figures exclusively obtained by SRNews show how much local authorities have spent on working from home. A Freedom of Information request to the five councils in Tyne and Wear (Sunderland, South Tyneside, North Tyneside Newcastle and Gateshead) reveals […]
IN LIGHT of the on-going COVID restrictions, Sunderland City council have cancelled this years Remembrance day service and parade. Due to the local Government restriction the council plan to hold an online service on November 8, to allow residents of Sunderland to pay their respects from home. The Royal British […]
THIS month has seen North East local authorities drop down the list of those with the highest Covid rates – but largely only because rates elsewhere have soared. At the start of October, all our local council areas, from Northumberland down to Teesside, were in the top 41 worst-affected […]
Growing up in the early to mid 2000s was nothing short of blissful. Beanie Babies were collected, S Club 7 dominated the music charts, and McDonalds’ birthday parties were somehow the epitome of cool. But for us local lot, the North East held some fundamental gems that further fuelled the […]
IT is speculated that on Monday 12 October, Boris Johnson will announce lockdown restrictions are set to become stricter in the North East of England. THE Prime minister is set to impose tighter lockdown restrictions, after current restrictions fail to control the virus. These new restrictions could include the closure […]