The gift card scheme will be available to businesses across Sunderland. SUNDERLAND is the first city in the North East to launch its own gift card scheme, in a bid to boost its local economy. The city’s Business Improvement District (Bid) and council have teamed up with Miconex, who […]
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Covid latest: UK deaths near 70,000, lockdown exit may lead to tighter rules
UK deaths now pushing 70,000 More than 68,000 deaths involving Covid-19 have now occurred in the UK, new figures show. A total of 65,546 deaths have so far been registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate, according to the latest reports from the UK’s statistics […]
Hair-do yourself a favour, Prime Minister – lock down your style!
EVERY time Boris Johnson is seen on our TV screens he looks as though he’s taken a trip through a wind tunnel, and we can’t be the only ones who’ve been tempted to send a hairbrush to 10 Downing Street (first class, of course). So, while he’s in track and […]
Covid latest: self-isolating PM ‘fit as a butcher’s dog’, vaccine plan latest
PM self-isolates with ‘high heart’ and ‘bursting with antibodies’ Boris Johnson said the fact he was “bursting with antibodies” from his last encounter with Covid-19, would not stop him having to self-isolate, after meeting with an MP who has tested positive. The Prime Minister, admitted to intensive care with coronavirus […]
Dominic Cummings to exit Downing Street by the end of the year
DOMINIC Cummings, the Prime Minister’s controversial senior adviser whose infamous lockdown drive to the North East caused fury, is to leave his role at Downing Street by the end of the year. Calls for Mr Cummings to resign go back to the trip he made during the UK’s first […]
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 […]
Cards For Good Causes to set up click and collect service in Sunderland
THE UK’s largest charity Christmas card retailer, Cards For Good Causes (CFGC), is planning on providing a click and collect customer service in Sunderland this year. CFGC was originally running a shop inside the Bridges, but had to close due to the second national lockdown. It had already set […]
Hays Travel founder collapses and dies at head office
JOHN Hays, the founder of Hays Travel, has died. JOHN Hays, who started the travel firm in 1980, collapsed and died today while working at its head office in Sunderland. His wife, Irene Hays, co-owned the business. The pair were praised in October 2019 when they saved the jobs of […]
Eating disorder helpline calls double under lockdown, says charity
Coronavirus may be triggering a hidden epidemic of eating disorders – with the number of sufferers calling a national helpline almost doubling since March. A NATIONAL eating disorder charity says the stress, anxiety and isolation of coronavirus lockdowns has doubled the number of calls for help it has received since […]
Covid-19 latest: BAME infection risk ‘up to twice as high’ as whites
BAME people face ‘up to twice’ the infection risk of whites People of black and Asian ethnicities are up to twice as likely to be infected with Covid-19, compared to white individuals, a comprehensive analysis has found. The data also suggests that the risk of being admitted to intensive care […]