This week is Depression Awareness Week. From April 18 to April 24, people around the UK try to combat the stigma that surrounds this particular mental health problem. I spoke to one 18-year-old student from Durham who is currently a volunteer in Sunderland. Depression runs in this student’s family as both of […]
As World Bipolar Day is being celebrated today (March 30), Shannon Crozier, 19, from Washington shares her story of how hard her bipolar disorder is to deal with and how her psychotic breakdown has helped her to come to terms with her illness. The mental health charity MIND describes Bipolar […]
A victim of online abuse has welcomed new guidelines for the prosecution of internet “trolls”. University of Sunderland student Stephen Brunton said he faced false accusations online six years ago and now welcomes the latest move to convict offenders. New guidelines from the CPS mean online abusers could be prosecuted […]
New student accommodation has been proposed for Sunderland, which might see two old city buildings being destroyed to make way for the new building. Plans have been put forward by Wearside-based business Fitz Architects. They were contacted by SR News but did not want to comment. The plans, if accepted, would […]