Hundreds gathered at the Haven Point clock tower in South Shields, on Saturday October 14, in protest of plans to downgrade acute services at South Tyneside Hospital. The campaign to save South Tyneside Hospital follows NHS England plans to reduce over ten A&E services in the North East to four […]
A North East university is hoping to get young people fired up about science this week, with the launch of a free club, Bright Sparks. The University of Sunderland’s Bright Sparks STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) club is for children aged 11-16 years. Members of the club get […]
SRNews reporters Daniela Silva and Stacey McMaster interview the famous Blackadder actor Tony Robinson at the Durham Book Festival 2017 at Gala Theatre, Durham. Q: Did you ever visit Durham before the book festival? T: I think of it with affection just because so many of my friends went to University here, […]
The number of calls about rat problems to Environmental Health are higher in the North East than the national average. It follows an incident in a Wallsend KFC where a mother-of-one who was dining there with her family spotted a rat in the kitchen. Sam Schofield was waiting for her food at the […]
A Sunderland graduate who has dedicated his career to supporting those living with addiction, has created one of the first board games that incorporates all the major elements of behaviour change that navigates the road to recovery from substance misuse. Since studying for a Master’s degree in Public Health at […]
A Sunderland writer, who has become an integral part of the history and culture of the world’s longest-running soap, Coronation Street, will give two talks about her work next Monday and Friday. Glenda Young will give a talk as part of the Sunderland Literature Festival on Monday 16 October (2pm-3.30pm) […]
British Empire Medal recipient and fundraising queen, Ann Walsh, is looking to Sunderland for Cancer Research Relay For Life participants. Ann Walsh, organiser of the Jarrow Relay for Life, is looking to recruit teams from Sunderland in order to raise her dream target of £1,000,000 for Cancer Research UK. Talking […]
For many, starting university can be an exciting time, but for others the notion only brings feelings of dread. With increasing numbers of young people moving away from home to attend university, it unsurprisingly comes hand in hand with an increase in student stress and anxiety levels. According to research […]
People in Sunderland have signed up to slide over a zip line from the roof of the Stadium of Light, over the River Wear to raise funds in aid of North East charity Foundation of Light. The event, which is taking place on Sunday, October 8, has seen participants sliding […]
“The investigation into the murder of Sunderland school girl Nikki Allan is continuing more than 25 years after her death. Northumbria Police have launched a new appeal following the discovery of new male DNA that may be a massive breakthrough to the ongoing investigation. Nikki vanished on a Wednesday evening […]