West Auckland is famously known for winning the ‘first ever World Cup’ back in 1909 before retaining the trophy against Italian giants Juventus in 1911, with a 6-1 win. Believed to be a case of mistaken identity, there was confusion with the Arsenal team of the time, who were then […]
One of South Tyneside’s oldest parks is set to have work done to preserve and regenerate the area in a £3.2 million development. The North Marine Park is set to be restored to its classic Victorian era look after South Tyneside council were successful in gaining £2.4million from the Heritage […]
Jill Colbert has been appointed by the Sunderland City Council as the new Director of Children’s Services and Chief Executive of Together for Children and is expected to take up her new post this summer. Chief Executive of Sunderland City Council Irene Lucas said: “I’m delighted Jill is joining us. […]
Mariam Khattab, a University of Sunderland Journalism student, 21, has been nominated for the Best Student Science Journalist award at this year’s Association of British Science Writers awards. Ms Khattab’s story ‘Earth’s underwater sand dunes help explain Venus’ weird surface’ was published in New Scientist magazine in November 2017. It […]
Sunderland Scramble event organized by North East Autism Society is returning on May 5 for the third year running at Herrington Country Park. The annual 5K course will be filled with a variety of obstacles such as sandbag carry, scrambling through cargo nets, climbing the giant wall of hay bales and navigating […]
The Government are taking drastic action against plastic waste. According to statistics, 8.5 billion plastic straws are being disposed of every year in the UK. The outstanding number of waste deeply concerned Theresa May who urged the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to find a solution to the problem. The […]
Exciting news for fashion lovers and shoppers in Sunderland, as the month of April will be rounded up with a ‘Fashion Weekend’ organised by The Bridges. The city of Sunderland should look forward to an interesting end of April as the fashion weekend will be making its return for a […]
Visitors at intu Metro Centre, Gateshead had the experience of watching ‘the world’s smallest’ catwalk of children’s favourite toy brand, the ‘Sylvanian families’. The mini catwalk, which was placed near House of Fraser in the North East shopping centre, featured many of the brand’s favourite characters. Helen Atkinson, marketing manager at intu […]
Longsands old outdoor swimming pool will be the biggest regeneration project in Tynemouth, North Tyneside. Visitors will be able to look forward to the renovation of the old outdoor pool at Longsands beach in Tynemouth as it is proposed to be restored and re-open after it closed down in 1996. […]
A North East university has launched a campaign this week tackling attitudes to hate crime, harassment and violence. The campaign, which includes an animated video, posters and a poem focussing on what is acceptable behaviour, has been created by two University of Sunderland graduates. The new campaign was created […]