PLANS are under way to build up to 200 houses near the old town hall in Middlehaven and to bring thousands of jobs to Teesside. With this comes a plethora of new roads that need naming. A few terraced houses began construction in central Middlehaven this spring, giving a […]
SUNDERLAND’S Director of Public Health has renewed calls to follow lockdown rules after the South African COVID-19 variant was found in Middlesbrough. Mapped: Where the South African variant of COVID-19 has been detected in the UK (Last updated 15/02/21) A CASE of the South African variant, which health experts […]
FOOTBALL clubs up and down the country have joined together to create a petition to get fans back into stadiums. All three major North East sides have shared the petition on their social media feeds, and over 180,000 fans have already signed up in support. The petition is urging […]
Sunderland bus driver Ian Thompson has raised over £1,000 for Bradley Lowery, the five year old from Blackhall who is fighting neuroblastoma. Ian Thompson, 35, set up a raffle among the bus drivers in Sunderland and Hartlepool bus depots to raise money to help fund Bradley’s treatment. The winners from […]
A total of seven people were arrested in the policing operation around the Sunderland v Middlesbrough football match on Sunday, August 21. All of those arrested were men. There were four arrests for conspiracy to cause violent disorder, two for disorderly conduct, and one for breach of the peace. Superintendent […]
A teenager who died after getting into difficulty at High Force in Teesdale has been named. Curtis Atherton, 16, from Hartlepool was swimming with his brothers and friends at the pool area below the water fall when he got into trouble. The alarm was raised at 8pm when Police, fire […]