This year’s regional Heritage Open Days programme has been announced. It is the twentieth anniversary of the project, which gives people the chance to go behind the scenes of the usually closed doors of historical and architectural treasures. Held between September 11 to 14, Heritage Open Days are organized by […]
Sunderland Council confirm quicker route linking the A19 to the city centre. The dual carriageway will run from the eastern end of the New Wear Bridge through Pallion, Depford, and Farringdon Row to St Mary’s Way. The North East Local Enterprise Partnership (NELEP) has identified the plans as a key […]
Sunderland’s Nissan plant continues to run at a reduced capacity weeks after both of its assembly lines came to a stand still. Scheduled maintenance on the press machine, which produces body panels for vehicles being assembled on the assembly lines, had taken longer than expected to complete and had put […]
A hero mechanic has saved a dog from a house fire in Castletown on Monday morning. Alan Gilmore was dealing with a customer at Castletown MOT Centre in Oswald Street West when the customer noticed the back of the garage was on fire. Speaking to the Sunderland Echo, Alan said: […]
Photo: “New horizons” Chris Alexander, MD of UK Events Live Today marks the official launch of UK Events Live, a new national events company that will be based in the North East. The focus of UK Events Live is to bring new, standout events to the UK. The launch of […]
A local mum thanked local adoption agency Arc Adoption, after being turned away by two other agencies in the area. Charlie Carter, 47, and her husband Steven started off by fostering three-week-old Aimee back in 2003, before adopting her a year later. They then went on to adopt Aimee’s seven-month-old […]
Springwell Village is celebrating the opening of the newly refurbished Seldom Seen Play Area. The City Council financed the £100,000 refurbishment and secured a £60,000 contribution from SITA Trust. The contribution helped with the refurbishment of the play area which is making it suitable for toddlers upwards. As well as […]
A bitter ex-boyfriend threatened to burn down a mum’s home while she was still inside after she refused to get back with him. Jealous Ian Finlay pestered Dawn Harding with up to 40 telephone calls per day, turned up in her home while she slept and tampered with her car tyres after their break-up. The […]
Dragon’s Den star Duncan Bannatyne is set to judge the final of a beauty pageant. The millionaire will be the star judge in the final of Miss Sunderland next month. Mr Bannatyne, 65, who is to leave the popular BBC show later this year, said: “I was delighted to be taking part in […]
Shine North and Sunderland University are partnering to trial a unique development production lab, Shine North R&D. Shine North R&D will develop concepts and ‘sizzle tapes’ for TV and digital markets. It will operate from Sunderland University’s campus-based Enterprise Place, designed to facilitate start up schemes by students and recent […]