Renovation work is underway on Sunderland’s historic Minster Churchyard and the nearby Town Park.
The works are part of a project to revitalise the city’s Minster Quarter, entitled the Bishopwearmouth Townscape Heritage Scheme.
This scheme is backed by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Sunderland City Council. £700,000 will be invested...
Two graduates from the University of Sunderland have made a film about two of the city’s most famous – and sometimes infamous – nightclubs.
The documentary is about the Blue Monkey nightclub and the New Monkey that followed it.
The film, entitled Two Monkeys, is by digital film production graduates Rob...
A ‘bike dock’ on Sunderland’s riverside is to rent out bicycles to the public for as little as £1.00 per hour.
The bike dock – next to the National Glass Centre at St Peters – will be hiring the bikes out at an hourly charge of £1.00 for children and...
Sunderland has now officially been a city for 25 years. It was on St Valentine’s Day, 1992, that the announcement came that the Queen would confer city status on Sunderland.
The proclaiming of the UK’s 54th city was part of celebrations marking the 40th year of the Queen’s reign.
The competition...
Two historic Sunderland pubs are due to be renovated – thanks to the National Lottery.
The pubs – the grade-II-listed Peacock and the Dun Cow – lie in the city’s heritage-filled Minster Quarter.
The renovation of the pubs is part of the Bishopwearmouth Townscape Heritage Scheme, which is regenerating that whole...
A graduate of the University of Sunderland has won a prestigious Emmy Award – for his work with James Corden and Paul McCartney.
Emmy Awards are American prizes that recognise excellence in the television industry. And, just over a week ago, Sunderland graduate James Longman scooped an Emmy for his...
Drivers are reminded of scheduled closures to the Queen Alexandra Bridge in the coming weeks.
The bridge will be closed Southbound for 11 weeks from Monday 7 June while £420,000 worth of maintenance is carried out.
The works will see infrastructure specialists Balfour Beatty remove cables from the bridge, rail deck...
Sunderland’s plans for a first-class railway station have moved a step closer to becoming reality.
Yesterday (Tuesday 18th June) it was confirmed that plans for a new station concourse – to be built on the site of the old station – and a new station carpark will be included in...
The ward councillor for Washington West, Cllr Henry Trueman, has been officially sworn in as Mayor at a meeting of the full council, with his wife and ward councillor for Washington West Cllr Dorothy Trueman to serve alongside him as Mayoress.
They took over the ceremonial chains of office from...
From this week, forty heroic University of Sunderland nurses will be taking up jobs in hospitals across the North East
The group this week completed their three-year Adult Nursing programme at the University and immediately began working on the front-line in the fight against the Cosmopolitan Flu, COVID-19.
Gill Maw, Team...
