Sunderland City Council is inviting residents to give feedback on proposals for a new two-way segregated cycle lane along the A183 Whitburn Road.
If it goes ahead, the project will use existing space to separate pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles, while maintaining the two-way flow of traffic along the seafront.
The council...
Sunderland’s Summer Streets music festival will return this year, but the event will have a new home.
Summer Streets – which this year will be part of the Tall Ships Race – will move from its traditional site of Thompson Park, Southwick, to Seaburn Recreation Park.
The festival, which will take...
A significant milestone in the history of one of the United Kingdom's most ancient rugby clubs will be honoured through the release of a commemorative booklet.
Sunderland Football Club, presently recognized as Sunderland Rugby Football Club, has been in existence since the 1873/4 season and continues its operations at Ashbrooke...
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Sunderland family have led a drive to donate toys to a north-east children’s
hospital.
Two-year-old
Sam Patterson – whose mum, Dianne, works at Sunderland City Council – was diagnosed
with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia earlier this year.
Sam
was admitted to Ward 14 of the Great North Children’s Hospital in Newcastle.
Here he underwent surgery followed by...
In last week’s Budget, the Chancellor extended the business rates holiday until June and also promised to reduce the fee by two-thirds for the remainder of the tax year.
And now Karen Eve, Centre Director at the Bridges, Sunderland, hopes this will incentivise local and independent businesses to move into...
A Virtual competition has been held over the last 2 months on the Miss England app and website to find more representatives from the North East to participate in the final of Miss England in June.
The top 6 contestants from a public vote on the Miss England App were...
Spark, a Sunderland-based community radio station, has picked up six accolades at the National Community Radio Awards.
Spark – which has been on the air since 2009 and broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week – is mainly run by volunteers. The station uses cutting-edge facilities at the...
An investment programme valued at around £1.3 billion could see 20,000 skilled jobs arrive in Sunderland over the next decade.
Many of these jobs will be created in the car industry though other areas of the local economy will benefit from the investment too.
A large boost to Sunderland’s economy will...
SUNDERLAND shoppers can now find new ways to support local, independent traders, thanks to the city signing up to a trailblazing scheme.
ShopAppy.com was launched to help the high street engage with customers in a new way that would make it more convenient for them to shop and has now...
The University of Sunderland has been nominated for two awards thanks to the support it offers estranged students.
Estranged students are young people studying without the support or approval of their family network. Such students can face a range of challenges and they have a drop-out rate which is three...
