Northumbria Police is holding community events in supermarkets, shopping centres and shops across Sunderland. Over the next ten weeks, as part of the forcewide “It’s good to know” campaign, Neighbourhood Policing Teams will be at various venues giving the community the opportunity to get to know their local neighbourhood policing team. The events are aimed at letting [...]
Producer and comedy writer Judith Holder and veteran sports producer Peter Brown have been honoured at the North East and Borders Royal Television Society Awards. The creator of television reunion hits such as After They Were Famous; Children of the Sound of Music and the Grumpy Old Women stage and screen franchise picked up the prestigious Centre Award in a [...]
The creation of Britain’s largest mobile phone operator has been given the green light. The Office for Fair Trading and the European Commission have cleared the merger of Orange and T-Mobile. The tie-up of the UK’s third and fourth largest operators will give the combined firms a 37 percent market share and nearly 30 million customers.
Stuart Murdock, A celebrated sculptor has created ten artworks made out of recycled materials to raise awareness of the wide range of materials we can all recycle in our local area and help give some practical hints and tips. The ten new sculptures made from recyclable materials are a bid to help show local residents exactly what items [...]
The University of Sunderland is offering people from 6 to 60 the chance to get fit, have some fun and maybe learn a new skills with free dance classes next Saturday and Sunday (March 6 & 7). The classes have been organised by the university and the national Change 4 Life initiative, which aims to encourage [...]
Sunderland AFC has announced season card details for 2010-11, and supporters who commit to renew an existing seat or to purchase a new season card by Saturday 3rd April can secure a whole season of football at the Stadium of Light at 2007-08 prices. Following on from last season’s ground-breaking junior prices, seats for under 16s [...]
Its not everyday a new band crop up and take the nation by storm now is it ?Well, If you like the band ”New Order” then you may want to take a look at Amershift. Here are a few questions they answered to give you the oppetrunity to get to know them a little more…. INTRODUCING AMBERSHIFT Describe your sound [...]
All of Wearside has been overtaken with Pink fever, following the news that the singer is to give an outstanding at the Stadium of Light later on this summer. If you are around Sunderland city centre this weekend you can get glimpse of what’s to come, and thats thanks to a Pink lookalike. Zoe Alexander, will be in Sunderland between 11am and 4pm [...]
North East Paralympian, Stephen Miller finished his Sport Relief challenge this morning with over fifteen minutes to spare. He challenged himself to throw a club continuously for a mile in under an hour. Stephen achieved his goal at Gateshead Stadium in front of a cheering crowd of supporters and camera crews from the BBC and [...]
Sunderland’s annual Chinese New Year celebrations will take place Monday February 15, with one of North East’s biggest parties. The University of Sunderland’s popular long-running New Year event takes place on Monday, February 15, at the Quayside Exchange in Sunderland. The evening, which will celebrate the Year of the Tiger, includes traditional Chinese dancers, lion dancers [...]