Sunderland has been placed fifth in a chart showing the top 10 ‘low wage, high welfare economies’. The findings came about from a report, called Cities Outlook 2016, completed by Centre for Cities. It looked at the average weekly salary for 63 cities within the UK. Sunderland has an average weekly […]
Plans have been submitted for a new multi-million pound hotel on the former Joplings site in Sunderland City Centre. The building, on John Street in Sunderland city centre, has stood empty since 2010 when the department store closed after entering administration. If planning permission is approved, the hotel would include […]
The Press Association (PA) have listed two schools in Sunderland as “under-performing”. The Red House Academy and Academy 360 in Pennywell are among another 327 schools throughout the UK which were listed as “under-performing” by a Press Association analysis. The PA have used the Department for Education’s (DfE) methodology for calculating under-performing […]
School children in Sunderland have created a quilt to help raise awareness of Holocaust Memorial Day on next week. Pupils from Grangetown Primary have created the patchwork quilt, designing individual squares based on the memories and experiences of Jewish children who fled to Britain to escape Nazi persecution before the Second World War. The […]
Young people from across Sunderland will be gaining knowledge of a career in advanced manufacturing at a special event at Nissan. This comes as part of the Work Discovery Sunderland programme, which is a number of sector days that are organised to give young people the opportunity to get an in-depth insight […]
The city of Sunderland will be hosting its first ever Chinese New Year celebrations to celebrate the Year of the Monkey. A full programme of events including an appearance by dragons and traditional lion dancing will take place at Keel Square on Sunday, Feb 7, with the hope that hundreds of families […]
Whether you’re the type of couple who enjoys a weekend away or a quiet drink in a quirky cocktail bar, check out our most stylish places to spend Valentines Day in the North! Newton Hall, Northumberland Newton Hall is a Georgian boutique hotel located just an hour away from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, […]
Residents and businesses are being reminded to give their views about a new city centre gateway in Sunderland. The plans include introducing two-way traffic for all drivers approaching the Wearmouth Bridge from the north. And, a two-way system for Dame Dorothy Street with a new junction for access from and […]
Royston Vasey is set to share his secrets at the Stadium of Light next month. The British comic, best known for his outspoken character Roy Chubby Brown, will be telling tales from throughout his notorious career in An Evening With Royston Vasey on Thursday, February 18. Vasey is originally […]
Sunderland High School has announced its closure. In an open statement released by the school, it is said that “current and projected pupil numbers cannot secure the school’s long term future”. Numbers being admitted to the school have plummeted. This fall in numbers has meant that the school has been losing money which is “no […]