A breast cancer survivor has taken part in a midnight walk over the weekend in order to help raise awareness for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Wendy Stuart, 44, walked five miles with 45 of her friends, family and work colleagues, all wearing bright-coloured underwear, from Seaham to Sunderland to raise funds […]
Emergency services are carrying out a search and rescue operation to find a missing 17-year-old in the River Wear. At 3.22pm today (Tuesday, August 30) two 17-year-old males were seen in the water at the mouth of the Wear, near to the Old Pier at Sunderland Yacht Club. It is […]
Sunderland born Josh Kelly dominated his opponent in his debut Olympic match last night. The 22- year-old beat Egypt’s Walid Mohamed by a unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) to reach the last 16 of the welterweight division. Three of his GB team mates, Lawrence Okolie, Anthony Fowler and Galal Yafai all lost […]
The Swim Safe programme of outdoor swimming and water safety sessions has returned to Sandhaven beach. The programme, aimed at 7 to 14-year-old’s, runs Wednesday to Saturday until August 20 and is delivered in partnership between the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). It is the third […]
Mothers from across the region gathered in Sunderland on August 5 to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week. Mums from the Sunderland ‘Bosom Buddies’ group invited other mums from the North East who breast-feed to join them in Keel Square at 10.30am to take part in the ‘World’s Big Latch On.’ The […]
The nominations to succeed Nigel Farage as the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) have closed. The battle is now underway as nominations closed at noon on Sunday, July 31. North East MEP Jonathan Arnott is battling alongside the party’s immigration policy chief Steven Woolfe, councillor Lisa Duffy and fellow […]