HRH The Princess Royal was in Sunderland today to help launch the Sail Training Ambassador programme for the Tall Ships Races in 2018. The Princess Royal, Princess Anne, visited the National Glass Centre to meet some of those involved in the programme, including 18 apprentices taking part in the race, […]
Julie Smith, a mother of three from South Shields, was one of the many parents who protested against SATs last week. Julie took her 10-year-old daughter out of her South Tyneside school for a day in protest against the exams. The mother-of-three says that the tests are “unnecessary” and “they […]
A 20-year-old man remains in a critical condition in hospital after a fire broke out in Clanny House student accommodation. At 10.33pm on Sunday, May 8, police received a report of a fire at the student accommodation based in Millfield, Sunderland, opposite Sunderland Royal Hospital. Police, the North East Ambulance […]
A North East charity are looking to build the first cancer support, awareness and education centre in the UK through help of volunteers. The charity have several shops around the North East, including one on Blandford Street, Sunderland, which are always open to taking on new volunteers. SR News caught […]
Inspired by entertainment teams at Haven Holidays, 15-year-old Cameron Finn has been passionate to build his business ever since he started going to the Haven resorts with his parents. With the help of friends and family, the schoolboy’s business, Cam’s Mascots, was first set up in 2013. Cam’s Mascots hold […]
Newcastle’s Northern Pride Festival is set to grace the Town Moor in July 2016. The three day event will celebrate LGBT pride across the North East from July 15 and 17. A wide variety of events have been planned. On Friday, July 15, the fairground will be open in the Town […]
National Volunteers Week runs each year to celebrate the work each and every volunteer does but this year the week has been extended to enable more time for the celebrations. Each year over 21 million Britons volunteer in the week, a figure which adds an estimated 23.9 billion to the […]
A fire which broke out at the late hours of yesterday night at a student accommodation in Sunderland has been put out. One person has been reportedly taken to hospital, but there are currently no details on the person’s condition. A student resident of the block of flats in Clanny […]
By Steph Finnegan, Ethan Lowerson-Marshall & Violeta Gorcheva A fire has broken out in one of the blocks of flats at Clanny House student accommodation in Sunderland. Emergency services are currently at the scene dealing with the incident. More follows…
Hundreds of North East demonstrators marched through Newcastle as part of International Workers Day on April 30. The annual event saw supporters walk from Princess Square to Exhibition Park accompanied by music from the Backworth Colliery Band. It was organised by the May Day Committee of the Newcastle Trades Union […]