An
extra £460,000 is set to be invested in making Sunderland a cleaner and greener
city.
Sunderland
City Council plan to use this cash to put more environmental officers on the
ground, bring in specialist cleaning equipment, and do more to enforce litter
laws and tackle problems with waste storage.
A
key feature of the new approach...
Fit
and healthy family half-term fun is heading to Sunderland.
On
21st February an indoor sports festival will take place in the
Beacon of Light – the building next to Sunderland Aquatic Centre and opposite
the Stadium of Light.
From
12.00 pm to 3.00 pm, the Beacon of Light will host the BIG Indoor Sports
Festival –...
Some
of the brightest young hopes for the future of international tennis will be
competing in Sunderland this weekend.
The Tennis Winter Cup will kick off today (8th February) at Silksworth Community Pool, Tennis and Wellness Centre and will continue until Sunday afternoon (10th February).
The
Tennis Winter Cup – sponsored by the sports...
A
lottery-funded project has been working with Sunderland schools and young
people to create a stunning wildflower meadow on a neglected brownfield site.
The
project – Lost Landscapes and Learning – has revitalised Galley’s Gill, a site
close to Sunderland City Centre.
As
well as improving the site’s biodiversity and nurturing rare species of
flowers, the project...
Did you know that at least 78 blue plaques can be found in Sunderland?
Blue
plaques are permanent notices that commemorate influential people, landmark
events or important buildings associated with a particular area.
A new online map can now be accessed on Sunderland City Council’s website giving details of the blue plaques dotted...
Two
events will be taking place in Sunderland to mark Holocaust Memorial Day (27th
January).
On
Friday 25th January at 10.00 a.m., the mayor of Sunderland – Cllr Linda
Scanlan – will open a two-day exhibition dedicated to the life and legacy of
Anne Frank.
Anne
– a young Jewish girl – wrote a famous diary...
Sunderland’s
historic Hylton Castle is preparing to open its doors later this year – all thanks
to a lot of hard work behind the scenes, much of it by local volunteers.
In
2016, a £4.2-million project began to transform Hylton Castle – a fortress
dating back to the 14th century – into a heritage...
Owners
of long-term empty properties may face enormous increases in council tax.
Sunderland
City Council is considering asking owners of homes left empty for two years or
longer to pay more. The council’s cabinet will discuss this proposal when it
meets on 16th January.
If
approved, the empty home premiums would be:
100% for properties left empty...
Many
of us make New Year resolutions to get fitter and more active, to eat more
healthily and lose weight.
But
though we might start out with good intentions, a tough session at the gym or a
visit to the health food store can be enough to send us scuttling back to our
couch and...
A
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...
