The multimedia newsroom at the University of Sunderland is inviting members of the community to experience life as a journalist and contribute to its digital and broadcast platforms. The mediaHUB, at The David Puttnam Media Centre, offers exciting opportunities for people to gain hands-on experience in media production, multimedia journalism […]
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Earth Hour 2016: Millions of people to plunge into darkness
Credit: WWFunitedkingdom/YouTube. More than 10 million people in the UK will be switching off their lights for an hour this Saturday as part of WWF’s 10th Earth Hour. The symbolic event starts at 8:30pm, and 178 countries will turn off their lights to show they care about the environment. Many iconic […]
Pop-up X Factor auditions hit Sunderland City Centre
The bridges shopping centre in Sunderland welcomed X Factor producers to set up a pop-up audition pod for this years round of auditions. Producers from the x factor have been travelling around the United Kingdom’s major cities urging people to audition. They have been to Edinburgh, Aberdeen and after Sunderland […]
Newcastle beauty wins the crown at Miss Aveika 2016
Hannah Hailes, from Newcastle, has won the title of Miss Aveika in the final heat of Miss Newcastle competition this year. On Friday, March 11 in Newcastle’s brand new luxury restaurant and late bar AVEIKA, took place a beauty competition. The task of this competition was to determine the […]
WATCH: Beamish Museum hosts suffragette rally in support of International Women’s Day
Beamish Museum in County Durham celebrated International Women’s Day (March 8) by hosting a suffragette rally to commemorate the stands that took place in the early 1900’s. The rally took place in the 1900s town centre, which demonstrated townswomen fight for the right to vote. Beamish Museum workers, in full […]
It’s Time to Face the Music: X Factor comes to Sunderland
The UK’s favourite singing show, The X Factor, is back and on the lookout for the next big breakout music stars as they travel the length and breadth of the country on the 2016 audition tour. The tour will be visiting Sunderland on Saturday 12th March 2016 with auditions at […]
Charity run aims to break Guinness World Record for largest human Shamrock
An attempt to break the world record for the largest human Shamrock is taking place in Tynemouth to mark this years celebrations for St Patricks’ Day. Organisers of the annual event, Moyra’s Green Run, plan to break a Guinness World Record with aims to attract 1000 people to join in […]
‘Wor’ Women Exhibition comes to Sunderland City Library
Sunderland City Library and Arts Centre are hosting an exhibition which tells the story of women during the First World War. The exhibition will run on March 7 – March 26, and is part of International Women’s Day 2016. During the First World War, the lives of many North East […]
Magic festival returns at South Tyneside Customs House
The South Tyneside International Magic Festival, run annually by South Tyneside Council, returns from the 13th spellbinding year in 2016. The line-up for the Gala, taking place on March 11 and 12, includes the first woman to be named German Champion of Magic, Alana, former Swedish and Scandinavian Champion of […]
Award winning author performs to children
Award winning children’s author Gareth P. Jones read and performed to a group of children from Thorney Close Primary School at Sandhill View Library. It was the end of a 10 week long reading initiative created by the Chatterbooks Reading Group that the children had been taking part in. Gareth […]