Chris Coleman has been sacked by Sunderland AFC. The former Wales international manager only took over in November but won’t finish the season with the Wearside club already confirmed to be playing league one football next season. Sunderland revealed the news in a short statement on the club’s official website: […]
Join us for our TV roundup of the biggest news stories across wearside today including an interview with Richie McLoughlin, Jarrow Roofing BCA FC boss, on the decision to close the club. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJK_jlfELPrn6MyCmNaX8Q/live
With the 30th annual Sunderland Airshow only being months away, the hype has once again begun in and around the city of Sunderland. Visitors to this year’s airshow will have the opportunity to upgrade their experience at the event by treating themselves to tickets for a newly launched ‘Take-Off Enclosure.’ […]
Labour have won their third council seat in Cullercoats, North Tyneside, after a close battle in the 2018 local elections. Heading into Thursday’s polls, the ward was known to be one of the few genuine political battlegrounds in the borough. After years of Conservative domination, Labour won its first seat […]
Takeaway boss and tenant, Hargit Singh Bariana, exploited vulnerable members of society as slaves with their only pay being the left-over food. Newcastle Crown Court heard Bariana targeted men with alcohol or drug addictions or men with homeless problems to work for leftovers within his two takeaways (‘Valentino’s takeaway’ in […]
A local North East resident who survived the Manchester terror attack is raising money for those affected. Shaun Malpass, 23, from Consett, is holding a community event with funds going to help the victims. He spoke to SR News about his experience: “I was there on the night. It was […]
A 70-year-old fitness fanatic will run one of Sunderland’s biggest races in the city centre this month. Bill Wright, who is a keen runner and yoga fanatic, is proving that age is just a number when it comes to fitness. The elderly runner, who has no limits when it comes […]
The number of gluten-free eaters is on the rise. There are several different reasons that may mean you would have to eat gluten-free, such as having coeliac or IBS. According to Coeliac UK, 1 in 100 people suffer from coeliac disease, but the number of people diagnosed with a sensitivity […]
Student James Allan has just landed his dream job with a Premier League football club after taking a leap of faith. It has been all change for James over the last couple of years. After leaving Jarrow School in South Tyneside, the football-mad teenager took up an engineering apprenticeship. Then, […]
As part of the National Stalking Awareness week, the Suzy Lamplugh Trust have launched a report into the local response of stalking by statutory agencies like police. This is a follow-up report from two years previously when a similar report was launched. Eight police and crime commissioners have since commissioned […]