A popular Sunderland pub is set to host its third annual event to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. City centre pub Chaplins are to host another St Patrick’s Day event to celebrate the Irish holiday on March 17. The event has been a success the previous two years, now being branded […]
THE scale of the trade in counterfeit goods – and the cost to the UK’s economy – is unknown, because no national database exists, an SR News enquiry has found. We found that while details of local sales and seizures are recorded by the trading standards departments run by local authorities, […]
These social ladies meet every month to build friendships and to knit. They meet in the textiles department at the Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens on the second Wednesday of every month. Established in 1978 for education, innovation and preservation: the Sunderland Knitting and Crochet Guild aspire to excel and […]
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The NHS plans to launch a clinical trial of up to 10,000 people to test a drug that could stop HIV transmission. The exercise is part of the national HIV prevention programme led by Public Health England and will take place over the next three years. NHS England will pay up […]
A landmark pub in Sunderland is set to re-open following a £260,000 refurbishment. The Board Inn on Durham Road in East Herrington will be reopening after recent construction. The renovation will include an open-plan dining area, a new beer garden and new HD screens for live sport. The pub is […]
As World Book Day reached its 20th anniversary, the Foundation of Light celebrated at the Stadium of Light. More than 120 pupils from across the North East were invited to the home of the Black Cats where they took part in activities and challenges using the power of football to […]
Car giants Nissan may have to “adjust” its business in the UK depending on the outcome of Brexit. Senior vice-president Colin Lawther has told MPs that Nissan will “constantly review” its decision in the light of any material changes to its ability to trade with the remaining EU. Mr […]
People living in Sunderland have expressed their support for promoting today’s Zero Discrimination Day (March 1). The day is promoted by the United Nations (UN) and UNAIDS, a UN program on HIV and AIDS, which began in 2014. Equality, tolerance, individuality and human rights are promoted during the day. It […]
Wearside Women In Need, an organisation that helps women and children effected by domestic violence, held a “party and protest” today next to Sunderland Civic Centre after the council decided to end its contract with them. The organisation run four refuges where women can come if they are fleeing domestic violence, […]