Watch our round-up of today’s local and national news headlines, created by our team of smartphone-only journalists. If you have any stories you’d like to see in our round-ups contact our MOJO (mobile journalism) team on Twitter and Facebook @wordonwearside.
Police have sealed off a South Shields street with a cordon in an ongoing incident. At 11.55am this morning (February 8), police received a report of concern for a man in an address in Moreland Road making threats and stating he had a firearm. The incident is currently contained inside […]
Mike Ashley is expanding his enterprise by moving both USC and Sports Direct from The Bridges into the old BHS store on High Street. The former BHS store, which closed down in August last year is due to re-open as a Mike Ashley megastore on February 10. The new retail shop […]
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A group from Shotton Hall Academy have earned a place in the Premier League Enterprise Challenge final after getting through the semi-final at Stoke City last week. The youngsters are heading to London on Monday, March 20 to represent Sunderland AFC in the final leg of the challenge after beating Watford, Leicester, […]
The fourth annual #TimeToTalk awareness day has been held in order to raise mental health awareness, gaining big support by many in the North East. The campaign, run by the charity Time to Change, aimed to encourage people to talk about mental health in order to end the stigma surrounding […]
By Amie Slack A North East grandmother is tackling a half marathon for her favourite local charity. Lynda Dixon, 62, from Ferryhill, County Durham is going to run 13 miles in the Great North Run for the Great North Air Ambulance Service. Mrs Dixon is a […]
A North East MP who voted against proceeding with Brexit has given her reasons for being against the proposed bill. On February 1, Newcastle North MP Catherine McKinnell was the only MP in the Tyne and Wear area that voted against a bill to invoke Article 50 and withdraw from […]
Volunteers from the Sunderland RNLI Lifeboat Station will be raising funds by selling CDs in The Bridges Shopping Centre this weekend. The money is in aid of a memorial fund in memory of ex-Sunderland RNLI volunteer Andrew Cantle. The CD that is being sold was originally being created to promote […]
Sunderland’s Jami-Masjid mosque on Chester Road has been graffitied with the words “Muslims out” sparking outrage from the local community. The graffiti was applied on the evening and night of the January 27. The mosque has been targeted by vandals before. Imam Syed Shuheb said: “This is an unacceptable expression of […]