A Sunderland aid worker is fasting for a minimum of 8 hours on Sunday, February 26, in order to raise awareness and funds of the current situation in Yemen. According to Taz Maqsood and his colleagues, who have contact with a doctor currently in Yemen, Dr Ashwaq Muharram, all aid […]
The Sunderland Football Club mascots have been entertaining families during half term. The Club’s Samson and Delilah visited The Bridges Shopping Centre on Friday as part of a city-wide tour. Selina Deeney, Deputy Marketing Manager at Sunderland AFC, said: “We are out all of half-term week in Sunderland with Samson […]
A campaign has been launched to end funeral poverty in the UK after costs have doubled in the last 10 years. Fair Funerals is the first national campaign to tackle the problem, which aims to influence funeral directors to set out clear prices on their website to help people with […]
Jobs are in danger at Sunderland AFC as the club begins to undertake a realignment of its “organisational structure”. A statement released by the Black Cats read: that following a review of the club’s business operations, there will be a “reduction of the club’s workforce”. The aim of this reduction […]
Storm Doris battered the region today with strong winds and heavy rain causing chaos to travellers going from and coming to the North East. Here is a rundown of what issues the storm caused in the North East today: Flights across the UK have been affected due to bad weather […]
Revolution is one of the first properties in Sunderland to be damaged by the explosive storm named Storm Doris. Around 2pm, the Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service responded to a call at Revolution regarding a pair of panel windows broken by the storm. Graham Madge, spokesman for the […]
People in Sunderland have sent their well wishes to Bradley Lowery after the five-year-old cancer sufferer was diagnosed with a new tumour. His family have now announced through social media that the latest scans showed a growth on his back. Bradley Lowery from Blackhall, Country Durham, was first diagnosed with […]
In a week in which former Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan was warned by the United Arab Emirates Football Association after being found guilty of having ‘unethical hair’, we look at the questionable barnets of past and present North East players. Gyan, who played 34 times for the Black cats, was […]
Producers of Shrek The Musical have announced the show will return to the Sunderland Empire at the start of 2018. Performances, which will be directed by Nigel Harman, will run for two weeks only from Wednesday, January 31 to Sunday, February 11 2018. Harman won an Olivier Award for his fine performance […]
Word on Wearside will be taking a more in-depth look at the day’s headlines affecting Sunderland and the North-East, as part of our In Focus series of podcasts. In this inaugural episode, we are exploring a call from a North-East lecturer to introduce a register for hate crime offenders.