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 [...]
Seven people have been arrested in a series of coordinated raids on cannabis farms in the north east. Officers from Northumbria Police’s Total Policing Task Force raided four addresses in South Tyneside and Gateshead as part of Operation Robot. Officers from the Cleveland Police Organised Crime Unit carried out simultaneous strikes at two addresses in Middlesbrough. Five [...]
Which words spring to mind when you hear the term “sport”? Football? Cricket? Rugby? Well, how about netball? Little television coverage and next to no media exposure means this sport nestles predominantly under the radar, whilst many people consider it as an activity solely played during games lessons. The crowd at Cityspace on Tuesday 2nd February suggested [...]
The full list of nominees for this year’s Oscars has been revealed in Los Angeles. Best actor Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) George Clooney (Up In The Air) Colin Firth (A Single Man) Morgan Freeman (Invictus) Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker) Best supporting actor Matt Damon (Invictus) Woody Harrelson (The Messenger) Christopher Plummer (The Last Station) Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones) Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) Best actress Sandra Bullock (The [...]
The University of Sunderland, Sunderland Echo and 107 Spark FM will be bringing you the latest from our newsroom on Transfer deadline day, keeping you updated with all the Transfers with our live blog.
Commonwealth Double Gold Medal Winner Chris Cook has launched SwimFit project with Sunderland City Council. The Swimfit project is funded by the ASA (Amateur Swimming Asociation) and has been developed to encourage swimmers to get the most of their time in the pool. Laminated cards that detail simple to follow exercises and activities are available [...]
The ten weeks programme is a promotion of the City Space and Sports office of Sunderland University. The programme was running really successfully at the beginning of the academic year and now is continued for the second term. Within the programme everyone has the option of trying a new sport, or get back into [...]
Sunderland will be shining brighter than ever as it launches SHINE 2010, the Urban Garden arts festival, which will transform the city centre this month. Listen to Drive from 5pm to find out more.
After the Christmas break and the exciting carol service Celebration of life, Grace House is coming back to remind us, that the touching atmosphere from the Children’s voices that we heard, is an opportunity for people remember to give hope and help to the children who suffer. Grace house hospice appeal, supporters and friends with forthcoming [...]
Wearside Mum Gillian Andersen, who’s daughter Martha contracted a Virus which caused heart problems and then later required a Heart Transplant is calling for more people to sign up to become Organ Donors. Gillian said it is vital anyone signing up informs their family as relations have refused to give up the organs. Gillian said “its the [...]
'The Mighty Mackem' Tony Jeffries is back in the region to fight Michael Bambola at the Rainton Meadows Arena on Friday 23 July and [...]
Wednesday Night Sport's Andrew Snaith and Weekend Wakeup's Jack Critchley took over the much-missed Takedown show recently and we've [...]
Every week Kyle Wilkinson speaks to some of the biggest names in dance music as he gets access to the Guest List! Armed with a [...]
