This summer will see some of the biggest names from eighties and early nineties chart music rocking Sunderland’s Herrington Country Park.
The ‘Let’s Rock’ outdoor music festival will be returning to Sunderland for the second time following the success of last year’s sell-out event.
This year’s headliners will be Status Quo,...
Do you know that an astonishing 36% of people in England don’t read regularly? This is despite the all the evidence suggesting that reading can provide enjoyment, education, relaxation and better mental health.
Sunderland Libraries recently played their part in bringing the benefits of reading to more people by taking...
In our age of the internet, texting and social media, we might be forgiven for thinking that the noble art of handwriting will soon die out.
But a Sunderland tech expert who has worked in Silicon Valley claims that putting pen to paper should remain an important aspect of our...
This year will see not one but two new food and drink festivals bringing mouth-watering treats to Wearside.
The Sunderland Food and Drink Festival will take over the city centre between Friday 21st and Sunday 23rd June, with Keel Square, High Street West, Market Square and Blandfood Street all dedicated...
With Easter coming up, thousands of people will be flocking to Herrington Country Park for some traditional family fun.
Sunderland’s annual Penshaw Bowl event will feature two children’s egg rolling contests in the park’s amphitheatre.
The Penshaw Bowl will this year be held on Thursday 18th April, with the free-to-enter...
The RAF has now confirmed which of its aircrafts and display teams will be taking part in this year’s Sunderland Airshow.
Visitors to the airshow will enjoy displays from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, as well as from Typhoon aircrafts, Tutors (which are aircraft used in training) and the...
Visitors to this year’s Sunderland International Airshow will have the chance to enjoy the best views of all the event’s action, music and entertainment in fully catered comfort.
Tickets are now on sale for the very popular Take Off Enclosure, which was first launched at last year’s airshow.
The enclosure offers...
Yesterday
(21st March) it was confirmed that plans for a new dual-carriageway
link into Sunderland City Centre will receive a £40.5-million boost.
The
money, from central government, will be spent on the third phase of the
Sunderland Strategic Transport Corridor (SSTC). Parts of the scheme which have
already been completed include the Northern Spire (SSTC2)...
Sunderland’s
Stella Maris Seafarers’ Centre is a charity based at the Port of Sunderland
that provides welfare services to ships’ crews from around the world.
For
over a decade now, the centre been a comfort to seafarers who are far from
their homes and families and may be in need of a bit of...
Pupils
from Valley Road Academy have helped Sunderland Library Services launch an
incredible global reading challenge.
The
children took part in a storytelling session at the City Library on World Book
Day (March 7th) to help kick off the 200 Million Minutes Reading
Challenge. This challenge aims to get kids around the world to read...
