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...
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...
This year’s Sunderland International Airshow will be kicked off by an ensemble of Zulu performers, a ‘pit pop’ brass/folk band, and a nostalgic nineties extravaganza.
The airshow’s Friday evening launch – on 21st July – will take place at Cliffe Park in Seaburn.
The Lions of Zululand will start the show...
Sunderland’s award-winning Herrington Country Park is now hosting a free weekly timed parkrun.
Since 300 people took part in the first Herrington Park run in July, more and more people have been joining in with the weekly 5K events.
The attractive circular course – which boasts some wonderful views and passes...
Recent data has shown that just 16 cities in the UK are affordable to rent in! But Sunderland ranked 9th in the ‘most affordable cities to rent in the UK’!
To maintain an adequate standard of living, experts advise that tenants shouldn’t spend more than 30% of their gross income...
Sunderland businesses that haven’t yet signed up for the city’s gift card are urged to join – and take advantage of the thousands waiting to be spent.
The Sunderland City Gift Card was launched last year by Sunderland BID in partnership with Sunderland City Council and now around 118 businesses...
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...
An exciting series of free lectures at the University of Sunderland this summer will celebrate the River Wear and its impact on the city.
The lectures will range over topics such as the river’s 350 million years of geological history, the thousands of ancient artefacts discovered in its depths,...
THE PIONEERING Sunderland City Gift Card is proving a huge success – giving the local economy a £40,000 boost within weeks of its launching.
The card scheme, the result of a partnership between Sunderland BID and Sunderland City Council, saw more than 100 businesses sign up to accept it initially,...
Sunderland’s Washington Old Hall celebrated American Independence Day this year by welcoming some very special guests.
Representatives from Tudor Place, a historic building in the US associated with George Washington’s family, came all the way from America to mark the 4th of July at the hall.
Washington Old Hall – a...
