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MATCH REPORT Hyde United 1-3 Hebburn Town A late brace from loanee Kian Forman secured all three points for an on-form Hebburn Town, which added to Campbell Darcy’s equaliser after the Hornets conceded early to a Taylor McMahon goal. Manager Daniel Moore made one change going into the match, with Olly Martin coming into the […]
Oxford University Press has named ‘rage bait’ as its 2025 Word of the Year – but what does Sunderland think? Hannah Rooney went to find out. This year’s Oxford Word of the Year – ‘rage bait’ – describes a tactic where internet users purposefully inspire anger in others, to drive their profile on social […]
Two societies at the University of Sunderland came together yesterday (December 10) to host a fundraising event for Gaza and Sudan. Friends of Medecins Sans Frontieres Sunderland (FoMSF) and the Sunderland Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery Society (SPARSoc) organised the fundraiser, which took place yesterday afternoon at City Space, on UoS’s City Campus. The event […]
Snowed In Sunlun is back, and this time it’s bigger than ever. Snowed In is a festive-themed charity gig, run by Sunderland University’s Northern Academy of Music Education (NAME) students. This year, they are expanding the initiative and putting on two shows, one at Pop Recs, Sunderland, on December 10th and the other at Vixen […]
When is a local football club more than a local football club? When it’s a lifeline – and life support – for the children and young people who live around it. Ciaran Myers discovers one such club on Tyneside. Newcastle Benfield is a Northern League football club in the heart of Walkergate, Newcastle – […]
A Tyneside nail technician has raised over £2,000 during a 24-hour nail-a-thon for the charity Tiny Lives. Lucy Walton completed 16 sets of nails, going without sleep for the whole period, and raised money through her Just Giving Page, a raffle, and appointment fees. Spark Sunderland visited a nervous Lucy at the start of her […]
Going Back Brockens is an exhibition, currently displayed at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, that revisits colliery sites, 40 years after the Miner’s Strike. Why is it important that these stories are told years after they happened? Narbi Price, the artist of the paintings within the exhibit, said: “We gain a richer understanding of what’s come before, what is happening now – […]
Kinky Boots strides onto the Sunderland Empire stage from 2 to 6 December, and it is not a show to miss, thanks hugely to the electric performance from Tosh Wanogho-Maud as Lola. The production tells the story of Charlie Price (Dan Partridge), the struggling heir to a family shoe business whose fortunes are transformed when […]
November 27 was a day of firsts for me. Since moving to the city of Sunderland over the summer, I have already heard much about the blossoming live music scene, with The Fire Station always being on the tip of most tongues. Despite this, I had never found the chance to visit the venue. So […]
Black Friday has seen outbreaks of chaos among US citizens. Shoppers flocking to supermarkets has caused commotion. Here are the memorable chaotic moments from previous years. 1) Buffalo Stampede A 2010 YouTube video of a Buffalo target shop, at 4am no less, shows shoppers trampling each other. This led to fearful screams and expletive language […]
