Hundreds of families and their dogs set foot on Gibside National Trust in Gateshead to raise awareness of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People in the North East. More than 370 people along with 203 dogs walked through the trust’s landscape on Sunday, March 12 to kickstart the Great British Dog […]
The ‘More than Music’ festival will take place at the Silksworth Cricket Club from July 14 to 16 and has already attracted over 200 people on its official Facebook page. The event will include entertainment such as circus performers, retro gaming and of course the music itself. Over the weekend […]
Sunderland has taken part in the annual ‘Flying a Flag for Commonwealth Day’ ahead of the Commonwealth games in Queensland, Australia next year. The Commonwealth raising flag ceremony happens every year at Sunderland Civic Centre and is on schedule with the rest of the country, who also raise their flags, precisely […]
Charity star, the Big Pink Dress, is hoping to run to every UK Premier League football ground in 2018. The man underneath the dress, Colin Burgin-Plews wants to run to every football ground in memory of his friend Marilyn Jones, who died in 2015. Mr Burgin-Plews said: “It’s for Marilyn’s […]
A talented young performer will head to New York in September to pursue her dream at the iconic American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Ellie Alicia Strong, 18, from Farringdon, is one of 150 elite students worldwide to be granted a place at the American arts academy, which has trained the […]
Nissan Sunderland’s bestselling vehicle has gotten a makeover for its tenth birthday. After the initial launch in 2007, the Nissan Qashqai has turned ten, and has been given a new look inside, and outside as well as new technological features. The new Qashqai was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show […]
Members of Newcastle, Wear and Tees WASPI took to Sunderland’s Keel Square this weekend (March 11) to raise awareness of the 1950s women’s State Pension injustice. The campaign, also referred to as ‘Paint the Town Purple’, is one part of the WASPI’s aims to share information and give advice about […]
Forefront Film Festival screened their productions made by people with learning difficulties and autism at Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle on the March 8, 2017. Twisting Ducks Theatre Company, which comprises of a team of people with autism and learning difficulties. This production company put their work forward for the festival. […]
A young girl from a Northumberland village has praised her hearing dog ahead of an event in Gateshead this weekend. Kaitlyn Soden, from Ellington, has auditory neuropathy, meaning her inner ear receives sounds normally, but she has difficulty processing sounds. The 12-year-old now has hearing dog, Rowan. “She is my […]
Prime Minister Theresa May has postponed a vote on the national insurance rise until autumn following public and political uproar. The plans, which the PM described as “fair”, would see national insurance payments increase by 2% for large numbers of self-employed workers in Sunderland and across the UK. Alan Zimmer, of Zimmer […]