A SUNDERLAND council worker is swapping his high-vis for a set of golf clubs when he heads to Hawaii to represent his country in the World Deaf Golf Championships this week.
Aidan Douglas, whose day job is a Bridges and Structures technician at Sunderland City Council, is making his debut...
SUNDERLAND city centre will be the place to be when the AJ Bell Tour of Britain comes to the city for the first time next Tuesday afternoon, 6 September.
The UK's most prestigious cycling race is set to bring world-class sporting action to the streets of Sunderland as part of...
Three sisters from a primary and secondary school in Sunderland displayed their winning talent at two local swimming competitions recently in Tynemouth, North Tyneside.
Sisters Marley Bowe, a year 8 pupil at St Anthony’s Girls’ Catholic Academy, Macey Bowe and Molly Bowe, who are in year 5 and year 3...
A graduate has brought together his love of sport and passion for design to build his own successful business.
Illustrator and graphic designer Jamie Orrell graduated from the University of Sunderland in 2012, with a First-Class Honours degree in Sports Journalism.
He was quickly snapped up by a publishers in Bath,...
Cyclists from the North East are preparing for the second round of the Tour Series, with just one week to go until the professional cycling event is held in Mowbray Park.
Taking place on Tuesday 10 August from 5:30pm, The Tour Series is a fun, fast and free spectator event...
Beach-goers are being urged not to put their lives at risk by taking inflatables into the sea from Wearside’s beaches and riverside.
Safety organisations are particularly concerned about the use of Harbour Beach (between Roker and Old North Piers), which is not a designated bathing beach and where, unlike Roker...
City partners in Sunderland are joining the team to support the annual, national Amnesty International UK ‘Football Welcomes Refugees’ campaign.
The campaign was first launched in April 2017 to celebrate the contribution refugees and asylum seekers make, not only to football but to all aspects of community life.
Across the country,...
One University graduate has used his entrepreneurial skills to adapt and thrive despite Covid-19 breaking out just weeks after launching his business.
For many new businesses starting up in 2020, the pandemic restrictions made their ambitions seem almost impossible.
And just as Karl Pryor was launching a new venture, he found...
A North East organisation is hitting out at the imminent blanket closure of swimming pools, warning it has the potential to harm the mental health of its young members.
Sunderland City Dive Team has worked hard to keep its divers – aged between six and 18 – in the water...
A popular activity at a Sunderland shopping centre is bouncing back, as the Government eases more lockdown restrictions.
The Ping Pong Parlour at the Bridges will reopen today (17 August), at a bigger location in the former USC unit, next to Debenhams.
And those hoping to practise their swing can now book...
