The North East Chamber of Commerce (NECC) has been awarded a rating of “good” for its training services by national regulatory service OFSTED. Inspectors visited the NECC at the end of last year. They observed teaching, learning and assessment, while also taking into account feedback from students and employers themselves. The NECC […]
A Sunderland woman has raised over £400 for a dog charity. Leonie Zacharias raised the money with the help of her dog Alex. The administration assistant from Sunderland helped to organise a fundraising event at Newton Community Hall with dog training company – Have A Good Dog. She did this to raise funds […]
The Metro service has been fully restored between Pelaw and Brockley Whins after a three day disruption. The disrupted section of line was re-opened to Metro trains at the start of the day’s timetable. Network Rail, who own and manage the Sunderland line, carried out the repairs overnight. A Network Rail […]
Metro disruptions have continued for a third day. It was announced on Tuesday, January 12, that there were no trains travelling between Pelaw and Brockley Whins, in either direction, due to a power supply fault. Services between Heworth and Pelaw have resumed. Trains are now running between Heworth and Pelaw but […]
A flood alert has been issued for high tide at the Sunderland coast at 5.30pm. The Environment Agency have issued a flood alert for the Tyne and Wear coast from St Mary’s lighthouse down to Crimdon Park, North Hartlepool, which means that flooding is possible along this stretch. The agency say strong onshore […]
British actor Alan Rickman has died at the age of 69. The actor was most known for his role as Professor Snape in Harry Potter. He also featured in Die Hard, Love Actually, Sweeney Todd, Truly Madly Deeply and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Alan Rickman’s family has confirmed his […]
More than a hundred of mourners attended the memorial service for Pavel Srnicek, the former Newcastle United goalkeeper. Supporters and friends of Srnicek went to the parish church of St Andrew, in Newcastle, to say last goodbye to Srnicek yesterday. The 47-year-old goalkeeper suffered a heart collapse on December 20, […]
Figures have shown that during the months of November and December, the shoplifting rates in Sunderland and Newcastle spike drastically. The statistics which come from the police.uk website, where people are also able to type in their area and see the amount of crimes that happen there, list the type […]
Missing Newcastle woman Laura Harden has been found safe and well.
The number of top priority ambulance calls waiting over eight minutes for a response more than doubled in the North East. For the financial year 2013/14, the North East Ambulance Service hit this target reaching 76.9 per cent of Red 1 callers within eight minutes. However, in 2014/15 this dropped […]