TRIPS to the theatre, dining in a huge selection of restaurants, traditional flowers and even a therapeutic massage are just some of the options to celebrate Mother’s Day – thanks to the Sunderland Gift Card.
With the day that highlights how much mums are loved just around the corner, one...
A Washington play area has been given a £225,000 makeover, complete with a sensory garden, zip wire and inclusive play equipment, as work continues to upgrade play facilities across Sunderland.
The upgraded play area in Bonemill Lane, Fatfield, which is formally known as Harraton Park play area, now includes new...
AN added attraction to Sunderland’s busy Christmas programme is all set to deliver.
Twelve unique post boxes have now sprung up at locations around the city, from the Museum & Winter Garden to Building Block Day Care Centre at Victoria Road, Washington to Hetton’s Little Peppercorn Tearooms.
And families looking to...
Future university students are showing interest in professions deemed ‘key’ during the government lockdown
During a virtual "open day" ran by the University of Sunderland, hundreds of potential students showed an interest in health and wellbeing programmes, including Nursing, Medicine, and Paramedic Science, as well as Journalism and Education.
Doctors, nurses,...
What started as a joke almost two decades ago between Costas Dimitriadis and his three-year-old daughter Simoni that he would one day graduate alongside her - has finally come true.
Costas, from Greece, completed his third post-graduate degree in 2005, but due to work commitments abroad he was unable to...
“This programme is true partnership working”
Tackling a recruitment crisis in social work is at the heart of an apprenticeship programme offering an affordable academic route into the profession.
For the last four years, a partnership between Gateshead Council and the University of Sunderland has been offering career progression through a...
An exceptional event offering young individuals from the North and South East an insightful glimpse into a space career has proven tremendously successful, propelling their future aspirations to new heights.
Lockheed Martin, a premier global aerospace and defence organization, collaborated with students from Hill View Academy in Sunderland to construct...
Sunderland's city centre drivers are reminded of slow-moving traffic as a further six ‘abnormal loads’ – some nearly 30 metres (100ft) long – will be moving to the Port of Sunderland on Tuesday.
Six loads are scheduled to leave the Deptford site of crane manufacturer Liebherr and travel towards the...
With Halloween approaching, Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens will be hosting a series of eerie events this half-term.
Visitors will get to follow a spooky trail, enjoy a Halloween party with a science twist, and even crochet false beards and moustaches.
The spooky trail will involve searching for hidden treasures...
SPOOKY shopping will be on offer at Sunderland’s the Bridges next week – with a full programme of activities and entertainment to get everyone in the Halloween mood.
And that includes the opportunity for would-be witches and wizards to join a broomstick training school.
From Monday (October 25) visitors can pop...
