The Stadium of Light ahead of a Wear-Tyne Derby. From back-bedroom banter to global Netflix exposure – and standing up for the truth regardless of the consequences – the Wise Men Say podcast has documented over a decade of Sunderland AFC’s highs and lows. Joe Burton reports… Long before football podcasting became a slick, […]
Window displays of trending BookTok paperbacks and tables lined with the latest must reads; a scene that greets booksellers every morning, but is the industry’s obsession with online overconsumption culture outdated? With #BookTok and #Bookstagram bragging a combined 216 million posts, the industry has had to adapt to a social media reading culture that priorities […]
Andy Burnham has launched a campaign urging passengers to “share the carriage, not the noise” as part of efforts to tackle antisocial behaviour on buses, trains and metros across the UK. Antisocial behaviour includes; playing music out loud, known as loudcasting, vaping, littering and consuming alcohol onboard. This campaign aims to allow a more respectful […]
Friends of Chirton Dene Park, a volunteer group dedicated to the maintenance of the park, have received a £19,000 grant from North Tyneside council. The funding for the group has come from Northern Powergrid’s Social Impact Programme that has been awarded to the council. The grant aims to improve the local area and build the […]
Nordi Mukiele spoke to Sky Sports after Sunderland’s lacklustre 2-0 away defeat against Bournemouth. Mukiele, Sunderland defender, said: “I have to be honest with you, we are not good, we are not good enough. We struggle everywhere, we do not score enough and we concede so much”. The disappointing start to the season comes off […]
With Sunderland now sat bottom of the Premier League table after seven games pressure has begun to mount on Sunderland manager Regis Le Bris. In a week where Sunderland narrowly avoided a humiliating defeat to second division Portuguese side Torreense, the Black Cats also suffered a disappointing defeat to struggling Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium. […]
Independent cafés across the North East are facing increasing pressure as the costs to run their businesses continue to rise. Food, energy, rent, and wage bills have meant that independent hospitality businesses are having to find new ways to manage their finances, whilst also keeping prices affordable for customers. For many small businesses, rising costs […]
A North East sporting academy is swapping County Durham for the global stage, to represent England in a world cup football competition – twice over. Park View AFC’s academy men’s and women’s sides are playing in the World Schools Football World Cup in China, which started this week, run by the International School Sport Federation […]
