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Aura Stephenson investigates how the community is reacting and coming together with the closure of the National Glass Centre looming The National Glass Centre is a community space that holds beautiful art and glass work, a cafe with river views and glass blowing demonstrations to be emersed in Sunderland’s heritage. Everything is very bright and modern with areas filled with guests taking part in workshops or having coffee and cake. Currently, there […]
Lynden Gooch first visited Wearside at the age of 10 years-old, 17 years later he departed widely known as an ‘adopted Mackem’, representing Sunderland 247 times, scoring the winning goal in Sunderland’s first Wembley win since 1973 and restored the club back into the second tier. Spark Sunderland has had the opportunity to speak to Gooch and talk through his […]
Following Josh Kelly’s IBF light-middleweight world title win in January and rumours surrounding a world title fight at the Stadium of Light there’s been several questions posed regarding what kind of doors this is going to open for fighters in the North East. Josh Kelly started his boxing career at Hetton ABC in 2007. […]
North Shields – the 800-year-old town finally on the up after years of decline North Shields is a town on the up, its regeneration is well underway, and the future is bright for the town. The fishing port town suffered more than most when the region’s key industries – shipbuilding and mining – came crashing […]
After a tough season that ended in relegation, Aaron Wall gets behind the scenes access to the Newcastle Vikings as they rebuild and look for a return to the top. Last Season the Newcastle Vikings American Football team ended the season with a record of 1-9, finishing bottom of the Premiership North and subsequently facing […]
When Katrina ‘Wild Cat’ Fisher first walked into a martial arts gym as a baby-faced assassin, it was not with the intentions of winning world titles. It was out of curiosity, a moment of second doubt before stepping into her Taekwondo class, that day would unknowing set Fisher on her path to becoming one […]
Willie Russell’s world renowned musical Blood Brothers visits the Sunderland Empire this week, running from 17th March to 21st March. Since its debut at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1983 it has been a fan favourite, running in London’s West End for over 24 years and touring the country numerous times. It includes iconic heartfelt songs […]
The hit musical Waitress is coming to Sunderland Empire from 4 – 9 May, 2026, to celebrate its 10th year of production since it first opened on Broadway on April 24, 2016. Producers Barry & Fran Weissler and David Ian have recently announced their brand-new cast. Mark Wilshire will reprise his role as Earl from […]
The annual student sporting contest between Sunderland and York universities was held in six different venues across York yesterday. In a fixture that had previously eluded them, the collective efforts of Sunderland’s student sportspeople secured a 37-34 overall win. The day started off with cricket, followed by Men’s 5th’s XI Football and American Football, before […]
Over the weekend, Newcastle’s Live Theatre hosted the London Women’s Clinic (LWC) Familymakers Show. Established in 1985, the LWC offers fertility treatments to women and couples across England and Wales. As one of the UK’s leading fertility centres for the LGBTQIA+ community, LWC’s Familymakers show was a culmination of fertility science: from IUI and donor sperm […]
