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It has been a long time coming but the former Vaux Brewery site is set to get its first tenant. Online shopping giant Ocada will be the first to move in and is now poised to be responsible for the creation of hundreds of jobs in the North East. The news...
Town Park
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...
terraced houses
Sunderland City Council has announced its determination to tackle the issue of long-term empty properties on Wearside. A key priority in the council’s City Plan is to transform disused properties into family homes. The council is seeking to purchase empty homes in the Millfield area, working in partnership with housing provider...
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Sunderland’s mayor is to be joined by Cinderella and Prince Charming this November when the city’s Christmas lights are switched on. Cllr David Snowdon will turn on the lights together with stars from this year’s Sunderland Empire pantomime Cinderella on Thursday 21st November. The switch-on fun, in Keel Square, will begin...
raving
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...
Empire and Dunn Cow
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...
Wearmouth rail and road Bridges
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...
bike dock
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...
BLM UK is a Marxist Organisation that is being used to divide the common people and disrupt British society in the interests of the political and financial Globalist "elites". In part one, I introduced a swath of black voices speaking out against BLM and BLM UK, henceforth Bleem and Bleemuk,...
emmy sunderland
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...

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