STAFF at a Wearside bank set for closure have been praised by police for saving an elderly customer from losing thousands of pounds to scammers. Cashiers at Barclays’ Houghton-le-Spring branch raised the alarm after one of their regular customers tried to withdraw £2,500 – claiming the money was to […]
A PETITION has been launched to save a Houghton-le-Spring bank set for closure. Donna Thomas, who is secretary of the town’s residents group, set up the petition after Barclays announced it would be closing its Newbottle Street branch on July 2. Among its reasons for closing the store, the banking […]
Northumbria police commended the quick-thinking of a Wearside resident after an attempted burglary was caught on camera. Gary Daglish, the would-be burglar, was seen loitering around the Rainton Meadows estate near Houghton-le-spring in the early hours of July 10, 2018. He had attempted to break into someone’s house armed with […]
Sunderland locals will be able to get themselves into the Christmas mood with an Elf Trail stretching over the village of Penshaw, Houghton-le-Spring. The event, organised by The Penshaw Community Association, takes place on Saturday, December 22. Lindsey Milner, secretary for the Penshaw Community Association, said: “It’s open to anyone […]
The region’s first ever concrete standing themed firework event is set to take place at Rainton Meadows Arena tomorrow, with hundreds expected to turn up. Brand new for 2018, Rainton Meadows Arena in Houghton-le-Spring is hosting a huge firework spectacular and bonfire along the theme of musical films such as […]
A Sunderland woman with a 100-year-old kidney she received from her mother in the 1970s is thought to have the world’s oldest successfully transplanted kidney. Sue Westhead, from Houghton-le-Spring, received the swap in 1973 when her mother Ann Metcalfe was 57. Now, 43 years on, the kidney is still going strong, despite doctors […]