Recent Freedom of Information requests submitted by SR News reveal how much councils across the region are spending on Christmas decorations. Newcastle Council will this year spend a total £150,293.70 on Christmas decorations, the most of any council in the region. However this year it will not receive the same […]
MPs and councillors have been appealing for news about the timeline of stalled refurbishment work at Sunderland Magistrates Court. Sunderland Central MP Julie Elliott, Houghton and Sunderland South MP Bridget Phillipson and Coun Niall Hodson have been pressuring Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service to provide a clear timeline for […]
Business is booming in Sunderland as new figures reveal tourism has risen in the city. Statistics from the Scarborough Economic Activity Model (STEAM), that looks at visitor numbers, visitor spend and the number of people employed by tourism in the city, have all increased. In 2016, 8.24 million people visited […]
A woman from Darlington has created a petition for the new Wear Crossing in Pallion to be renamed as Bradley Lowery Bridge. Sarah Jane Wilkinson got the idea after watching the five-year-old youngster on television and with his “best friend” Sunderland AFC star Jermain Defoe. Bradley, who is from Blackhall in […]
The Sunderland Aquatic Centre, which cost £20million to build and opened less than nine years ago, is set to close next year for renovation work. It is estimated the worl will take 6-9 months to repair the centre due to leaks in the swimming pool area. According to, Georgia […]
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.
Sunderland City Council’s Safeguarding Children Board (SSCB) Independent chair,Jane Held, has said she does not think “anyone in the city is doing enough” to tackle child sexual exploitation (CSE) and child sexual abuse (CSA). It came as Ms Held opened the NSPCC’s Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Conference on November 22 at Sunderland College’s Bede Campus. Ms […]
Sunderland City Council has launched a seven week consultation on the future shape of library services in the city. It comes after the announcement that the council is looking to relocate the City Library to Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens by the end of the year. The consultation is looking to seek the […]
A Sunderland uniform recycling initiative is giving a helping hand to families facing the cost of buying primary school uniforms for the new term. ‘One For The Wardrobe’ is offering second hand uniforms free of charge to families in the city. The often almost new uniforms have been donated by parents in Wearside whose […]
Students from Sunderland College have been successful as they pick up their A Level results today (Thursday, August 18). The pupils have joined hundreds of thousands of people from across the country who have gained a place at their chosen university. Sunderland College, which has four campuses across the city, has continued with their 99 […]