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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Sunderland News

Bus shelters with green roofs have started appearing across Sunderland, as the council continues with its drive to make the city a cleaner and greener place to live. Two new bus shelters outside of the University of Sunderland and the Chesters Pub on Chester Road are the first phase of...
Grave holders in Sunderland are being advised about improvements and grounds maintenance works for updating and making cemeteries safer and greener. As part of the works, including a safety survey of all memorials and grave stones, the City Council is requiring that grave holders remove any unauthorised items such as...
Be ye advised that slow-moving HGVs will be passing through the city centre next week, as six ‘abnormal loads’ of up to 114ft long are transported to the Port of Sunderland. The lorries will be passing through the city centre on Monday 22 August between 9.30am and 3pm as crane...
Two drones are now being used by The Council to definitely not spy on us, promise, and potentially deter fly-tipping. The drones (unmanned aerial vehicles - UAVs) allow the council to more easily investigate and access areas with reports of fly-tipping. The drones are also being deployed against off-road motorcyclists,...
A Sunderland couple were guests of honour at a Downing Street garden party this week (9 August). Sergio and Emma Petrucci, whose Red Sky Foundation supports cardiac-related causes across the North East, helping babies, children and adults living with heart conditions, were last year recognised with a Point of Light...
Drivers and fans attending Saturday’s Sunderland AFC game are being reminded of diversions on the busy A1290 Wessington Way. The diversions in north Sunderland are because of repairs to a burst water main and reconstruction of the damaged road. The water main, located between the Northern Spire and Queen Alexandra Bridge...
Veronica Allton, collects her BA Education Studies degree, just a day before daughter Holly Allton, 27, picks up her BA Journalism degree, during the University’s graduation ceremonies at the Stadum of Light.
A mum and daughter have proved that the family who sticks together succeeds together – and this week they will celebrate graduating together from the University of Sunderland. Veronica Allton, collects her BA Education Studies degree, just a day before daughter Holly Allton, 27, picks up her BA Journalism degree,...
Volunteers Help Fund Latest Water Safety Equipment
A DAD WHO LOST HIS SON to drowning has helped raise funds for new water safety equipment in Washington. Dave Irwin's 22-year-old son Ross tragically died in December 2016 after he fell into the River Wear at the end of a night out. A serving firefighter with Tyne and Wear Fire and...
Shining a Light on Refugee Week
LANDMARKS across Sunderland are being lit to mark the beginning and end of Refugee Week. (20-26 June) Penshaw Monument, Northern Spire Bridge, Keel Square, Fulwell Mill, Seaburn Lighthouse, Hylton Castle and the Beacon of Light will be lit orange on Monday 20 June and Sunday 26 June. Sunderland is also hosting...
Immunology Academic’s Community Rally for Vaccine Uptake
A Sunderland academic is part of a North-East engagement project which aims to increase Covid-19 vaccine uptake in underserved communities across the region. While the pandemic may not be making major headlines now, statistics show that the disease has not gone away, deaths are still occurring and there remains sections...

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