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The Mercury Prize is returning to Newcastle’s Utilita Arena for the second year in a row. Celebrating some of the best albums of 2026, featuring performances from Suede, RAYE, Jade and many more. Alongside this event on October 22, there is also the Mercury Fringe which is ‘putting Northern talent centre stage’ during ‘the official […]
This week, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has fleshed out his plans to reform social care at the Labour Party conference. At almost the same time, Sunderland City Council’s Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee was reviewing innovative plans to reform elderly adult social care services. Reflecting on international trends of access to treatment and care, Ryan […]
Women’s Super League (WSL) Football have agreed a new multi-year deal with Tesco, to become the official supermarket partner of both the Barclays Women’s Super League and Barclay’s Women’s Super League 2. This new partnership will encourage new fans to engage with the WSL and WSL2, as well as making healthy eating more accessible to […]
Today is the deadline by which Manchester City must appeal the Premier League’s devastating verdict of guilt over financial cheating allegations. A two-year inquiry by a PL ‘independent commission’ declared the club guilty of all 115 charges of financial ‘cheating’ against it. The charges span nine seasons between 2009 and 2018 during which the club bought […]
Longsands Beach, Tynemouth – one of five North East beaches awarded a Blue Flag in 2026. North East beaches affected by the Port of Tyne plastic nurdle spill are likely to miss out on next year’s Blue Flag Awards. Keep Britain Tidy (KBT), the organisation which administers the awards in the UK, have said […]
Following anti-migrant protests and harassment directed at RNLI volunteers in Portsmouth last month, which temporarily left Portsmouth lifeboat station out of service, Sunderland charity Friends of the Drop In (FODI) is aiming to provide a safe space for refugees. At a time when refugee charities may have concerns for their service users, volunteers and themselves, […]
Ex-Sunderland manager and Manchester United captain Roy Keane has blasted his Manchester rivals for “cheating”, after City were found guilty of well over 1oo charges of breaking Premier League financial rules. Only yesterday (Tuesday September 29), City were accused by the PL’s independent investigating commission of creating ‘sham’ contracts with their commercial partners – […]
Former Durham Cricket head coach Ryan Campbell has taken up a new role as director of cricket and high-performance coaching at the club. It follows the club’s outstanding performances in the County Championship this season, as they claimed the Division Two title with games to spare, having finished unbeaten. Campbell – who joined Durham […]
A body has been found in Ponteland after a search for a missing 66-year-old. The missing man, named by police only as Stuart, was seen leaving his home in the village between 1.45pm and 2pm on Tuesday (September 29) and reported missing shortly after. The police launched extensive inquiries to find him, and a […]
An investigation is ongoing after three teenagers were killed when a car plunged into the River Wear yesterday. Two boys and a girl were trapped in the Audi R3 after eyewitnesses said it accelerated into the river at Panns Bank, at around 1:20pm yesterday (Tuesday, September 29). A 17-year-old boy managed to escape and […]
