Gateshead residents are blaming council spending cuts for the decline of a popular local park, which they say has gone from ‘decorative’ to ‘dump’. Oliver Henderson Park, in Leam Lane Estate in Gateshead, has undergone a dramatic change in the past few years and has frustrated some of the locals in the area. […]
Video and words: Pamela Bilalova, Stela Taneva, Eugenija Steponkuté and Alisha Rose Jackson The Friends of Sunderland Museums (FOSUMS) have welcomed Dr Michael Johnson for a special talk in Sunderland Museum. An audience of more than 80 people attended his talk on Art Deco Buildings in Sunderland and the city’s […]
A campaign has been launched to save school crossing patrols. Sunderland City Council wants to take away all the funding for lollipop men and women across the city. It’s part of their plans to save £180 million between now and 2020. The plans would see most lollipop men and women axed, […]