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The Elizabeth Donnison Foundation has donated £4,507 to a Hendon primary school, which will use the money to buy violins, science equipment and reading books. The charity was established by Elizabeth Donnison in 1929 to give girls equal access to religious education. It has recently been revived with a broader purpose: to support “all educational […]
St Benedict’s Hospice in Ryhope is holding its annual Christmas Fair this Sunday, November 1, from 11am to 2pm. Based in Sunderland, the hospice has provided specialist palliative and end-of-life care to patients and their families since 1984. The hospice works closely with the local community and hosts events throughout the year, including the Christmas […]
The Tyne Bridge is to completely close for 10 days at the end of October to all vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists to prepare for the next phase of refurbishment. Warnings have been issued about major traffic disruptions around the Newcastle and Gateshead area as the Tyne Bridge will be closed from October 23, at 11pm […]
Popular light show ‘Newcastle Northern Lights’ will be returning to the North East for another year. The Newcastle Northern Lights will take place between November 20 and December 31 at Leazes Park, Newcastle upon Tyne. Since first establishing in November 2023, to celebrate Leazes Park’s 150th Anniversary, the event has become a major attraction. Since […]
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, […]
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 […]
Areas in West Denton, Newcastle, have yet again been covered in graffiti detailing outlandish statements about celebrities. A North East graffiti group, called the ‘Mellow Birds’, have claimed responsibility. The Instagram group ‘@themellowbirds,’ has spoken to Spark Sunderland, taking full responsibility for the graffiti and elaborating on the purpose and meaning behind it. View […]
Organisers of next summer’s first-ever Gateshead International Film Festival (GIFF) say North East creators and regional productions can submit their work free of charge. The inaugural GIFF is spearheaded by North Eastern filmmakers Steve Wraith and Neil Jackson, who are co-directors of the event alongside Portuguese writer and director Catarina De Cèzanne (pictured below). […]
Football is without doubt the sport which reigns supreme in the North East of England. So why is American football – certainly the lesser-known ‘football’ in the region – attracting international students here, to both play and study? Freddie Cowey reports. For Canada-born Sunderland University (SU) students Mohamed Ghanem and Kevin Hanna, the chance […]
Council officials are investigating a former guest house in Whitley Bay which has been operating illegally as a house of multiple occupancy (HMO) for more than two years. The eight-bedroom property in South Parade, Whitley Bay, was converted from guest house to HMO at the start of 2024, but the owners didn’t apply for […]
