The venue is offering schools and colleges across the region a way of ensuring their proms can take place and still obey government rules.
Rainton Arena, near Houghton-le-Spring, has come up with a solution which owners hope will save thousands of youngsters from disappointment.
The arena, which can normally take up...
From Monday, June 15th, shops deemed non-essential will be allowed to reopen as restrictions are lifted (for now...)
Huge queues at IKEA stores and McDonald’s: do these signal a much-needed financial boom after the devastating lockdown?
University of Sunderland business and retail expert Professor Lawrence Bellamy fears the demand may not...
Nath has always dreamt of becoming an international DJ and music producer, but wisely ensured he can fall back on his qualifications as well.
Nath is studying MSc Tourism and Events at the University of Sunderland.
“I started DJ'ing when I was 12 years old and I grow ever more enthusiastic...
Bariatric specialists at a Sunderland research centre have welcomed national calls for a more robust approach to tackling obesity
Data suggests that obese people develop more severe Covid-19 symptoms, coupled with a higher death rate. There are now calls for an increase in bariatric surgery to avoid unnecessary suffering, save...
How the Uni tooled up to train the medical staff of today: University of Sunderland’s School of Nursing grows in four years with hundreds of global students.
To share in the success of all our student nurses, graduates, academic staff and health partners, the University is joining the celebrations for...
GeekTalent, Sunderland's own recruitment software solutions pros, has launched the GoCareer app, a career management tool for those looking to reskill and secure a new job role in these 'interesting times'
And it's free for the first 3 months, which is loads of time to get established on a new...
Where The Trade Buys Launches ‘Together We Are Stronger’ Poster Campaign
Where The Trade Buys, a leading printing company with headquarters in Sunderland, has come up with a mint marketing campaign that we want to appreciate: it achieves its objectives, and supports the NHS, and it engages you, the reader,...
Sunderland graduate and dementia campaigner, Emma Boxer, has landed her dream job as a hospital pharmacist
The 23-year-old began her new role this week as a lead pharmacist at City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust outpatients’ department, at a time when health workers across the UK are under severe pressures...
Vertu Motors is opening the majority of service departments for key workers and their vehicles
Service departments at Bristol Street Motors Sunderland Vauxhall and Peterlee Hyundai and Vertu Honda Sunderland will all be open.
Anyone classed by the government as a key worker, or vehicles such as utilities, emergency services and...
A University of Sunderland, bespoke-built ambulance used to train the paramedics of tomorrow is being used to help save lives today
The ambulance was commissioned and built in Europe to help paramedic students get a flavour of life on the frontline.
The University has now loaned said ambulance, along with a...
