Storm Doris battered the region today with strong winds and heavy rain causing chaos to travellers going from and coming to the North East. Here is a rundown of what issues the storm caused in the North East today: Flights across the UK have been affected due to bad weather […]
Word on Wearside will be taking a more in-depth look at the day’s headlines affecting Sunderland and the North-East, as part of our In Focus series of podcasts. In this inaugural episode, we are exploring a call from a North-East lecturer to introduce a register for hate crime offenders.
The fourth annual #TimeToTalk awareness day has been held in order to raise mental health awareness, gaining big support by many in the North East. The campaign, run by the charity Time to Change, aimed to encourage people to talk about mental health in order to end the stigma surrounding […]
Local Charity Peace of mind held a ‘Celebration of Diversity @ Peace of Mind’ party to celebrate Christmas and the vibrant diversity in the region. The aim of the event was to bring people together from all walks of life, communities, faiths and religions to celebrate diversity and culture in the region, and have […]
More than 200 years ago, the first recorded UFO sighting in Britain was made. This bizarre encounter would become the first of many, in what has become a phenomenon in both fictional media and serious investigations across the world. But despite its global appeal, the North East has had more […]
The third annual “Elf Run” saw nearly 2,000 of Santa’s little helpers compete in a 1km family run in aid of North East children’s charities.
Levels of violent and sexual crime reported in Sunderland Central have more than doubled over the last three years, figures from the www.police.uk website reveal. The number of “violence and sexual offences” cases reported each month has been rising significantly, peaking at 144 incidents in September of this year. These […]
A Whitley Bay woman has begun knitting hats for Syrian refugees. Beccy Owen began knitting two years ago to help with depression and anxiety and has now said she is “addicted.” She knitted hats for Refugee Aid Network UK and is now making them for Knit For Peace. Ms Owen […]
The North East England Chamber of Commerce’s Chief Executive James Ramsbotham has received his honorary doctorate from the University of Sunderland. The 57-year-old, who currently lives in the Durham Dales has been chief executive of the Chamber for more than a decade and as such has been recognised for his outstanding career in business and commitment to supporting […]
The former Minister of State for Digital and Culture, Ed Vaizey, has helped launch a North East project that will see universities, individuals and organisations come together to explore how the creative, digital and IT (CDIT) sector in the region can develop and play a leading role in the North East economy. The […]