Virgin Trains has launched a Netflix-style entertainment system allowing passengers to watch films and TV programmes on demand using their own devices. Travellers can stream a library of around 200 hours of content to their mobiles and tablets. The free service involves using Virgin’s Beam app via an on-board server, […]
Drowning rates are higher than ever and over third admit to poor swimming skills or not being able to swim New statistics revealed today show 1 in 5 residents here in Sunderland don’t like swimming, while almost half of the City worry about drowning as the result of poor swimming […]
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 53-year-old man was assaulted in Sunderland city centre. The assault happened at 9pm on Saturday, June 4, in Sinatras bar in Holmeside. The man was assaulted by two men causing him to suffer a broken leg. He is currently in hospital for treatment. […]
Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was seriously injured in a collision. The collision happened between 5pm and 6pm on Sunday, June 5 on Durham Road, East Rainton. For reasons yet to be established the motorbike left the road and collided with the bus stop opposite Green White […]
Two teenagers have been injured during a hit and run Collision in Sunderland. The collision happened at 8.20am on Friday May 27 on Gorse Road in the Ashbrooke area of the city. The pedestrians, a boy and girl both aged 13, were hit by a black vehicle similar to a […]
Food lovers from across the North East are being invited to celebrate all things chargrilled at the region’s newest restaurant for National BBQ Week 2016. From Monday, May 30 to Sunday, June 5, the Karbon Grill Kitchen and Bar, Sunderland will be firing up its Josper Grill. The festival, which […]
BHS is to disappear from the Sunderland high street and throughout the country resulting in the loss of up to 11,000 jobs. It comes after administrators failed to find a buyer for the retailer which has 8 stores in the region. All of the 163 shops across the UK will […]
The majority of people in the region think they live on a friendly street. The survey is by TV estate agent Sarah Beeny, who’s famous for presenting TV shows Property Ladder, Help! My House is Falling Down, Restoration Nightmare. Beeny’s estate agency Tepilo found that 81 per cent thought their street […]
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeguards have returned to beaches across Tyne and Wear. The charity’s lifeguards will be at their posts from 10am to 6pm daily until Sunday, September 4. They will operate their seasonal patrols on Whitley Bay North and South, Cullercoats, King Edwards Bay, Longhands South, Sandhaven, Mowbray, Seaburn […]
The daughter of the missing Sunderland family has been found safe with family members in West Yorkshire and is now in the care of social services. The parents of the five year old girl are still believed to be missing. Police are still carrying out enquiries to trace 37 year […]