INVESTIGATION Hair discrimination is a perfect example of seemingly innocuous discriminatory policy that targets black women in socio-economic spheres. Alethea Farline investigates how this policy impacts education, mental health, and societal perceptions of race. A PETITION has started in the UK to add hair discrimination to the Equality Act 2010. […]
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World Kindness Day 2020: 10 ways you can brighten up someone’s day!
TODAY is World Kindness Day, and what better way to celebrate than by putting a smile on other people’s faces and making their day? Sam Boal has a few ideas… IT’S unfortunate that this year World Kindness Day has fallen on Friday 13 – but we wouldn’t expect anything less […]
US ELECTION 2020: UoS expert says ‘People are not stupid’ after email row
Search ‘US Election 2020’ to see all our coverage A SENIOR specialist academic at the University of Sunderland (UoS) says he does not believe mere emails will influence American voters, in the wake of claims from President Trump’s security officials that Iran and Russia were behind an email campaign […]
11 nostalgic North East places you will know if you grew up in the 2000s
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 […]
University of Sunderland confirms 44 cases of Covid-19
THE University of Sunderland has confirmed that a number of students and staff have tested positive for Covid-19. As of Monday 28 September, 40 students and four members of staff have tested positive for the virus. A message from vice-chancellor David Bell, released on Monday (28 September), said: “A […]
International students: stuck between countries in a locked-down world
#The CoronaDiaries THE Covid-19 pandemic lockdown and the measures enforced by the government have a big impact on students’ lives and mental health, according to them. Two students of the University of Sunderland agreed to share some travelling experience they had during the Coronavirus outbreak. They talked about […]
Restaurant Week 2020 to go ahead despite Coronavirus outbreak
Sunderland Restaurant Week is back for it’s eighth anniversary next week, including deals from over 25 local restaurants and cafes. Organisers released a statement this week indicating the event will still go ahead due to “city restaurants voting overwhelming for the event.” The event, beginning March 21-29, is organised by […]
New Safety Equipment At Site Of Multiple Deaths On Sunderland Riverside
New water safety equipment has been installed in Fatfield, Washington, near to where a number of people lost their lives. Sunderland City Council has invested in two new throw-line boards at Mount Pleasant Lake and Pattison South Pond, which are used to pull people out of the water. This is in […]
In Pictures: Historic Cabinet Meeting in Sunderland’s National Glass Centre
Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrived at the National Glass Centre yesterday for an unprecedented cabinet meeting. The location was visited on the day that the UK officially left the European Union and took place in Sunderland, the North East constituency which was the first to declare a “leave” vote in […]
Interactive map: The North East’s new political landscape
Last Thursday’s general election saw unprecedented changes to the North East political landscape, with traditionally Labour strongholds being won over by the Conservatives. Blyth Valley was particularly controversial, having been a Labour seat since its creation in 1950. Other surprises included Darlington, and Sedgefield, which turned blue after 84 years […]