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As more than 500 crime fiction fans descended on the Playhouse, Whitley Bay for Bay Tales 2025, Spark‘s Eleanor Tait spoke to award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland book series, Ann Cleeves, about the writer she’s supporting at this year’s festival.
Schools across Gateshead went into lockdown following a threatening email this morning. A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: “Just before 9am today (Thursday, March 6), we received a report of malicious communications directed towards a number of primary and secondary schools across Gateshead.” The emails are understood to have been sent overnight. Cardinal Hume Catholic School […]
Sunderland City Council has been awarded up to twenty million pounds in funding to regenerate Washington, through the governments Plan for Neighbourhoods scheme. The scheme aims to give councils money to invest in the most deprived areas of the country, with many of the targeted areas being in the north. Housing, Communities and Local Government […]
Sunderland Restaurant Week is set to return this month (March 2025), with many eateries across the city preparing for a much-needed hospitality boost. The popular event will take place between March 15-23, and have £10, £15 and £20 offers for diners to visit old favourites or try new cuisines. Almost 50 venues – including venues […]
Nissan and Honda have failed to reach an agreement over a multi-billion dollar merger, leaving many workers worried about their future. In December Nissan and Honda announced their plans to merge the two companies after conducting talks since last March. But since then plans have stalled and now it has been announced that the deal […]
North East darts had a very successful 2024 with Chris Dobey firing his way to 10th in the world and back into the Premier League. Alongside Dobey, making a name for North East darts is Callan Rydz who had a really successful World Championship. ‘The Riot’ narrowly lost out to three-time World champ Michael Van […]
A Sunderland man has been fitted with a pioneering brain implant that has helped him tackle his severe tremors due to Parkinson’s disease. (Credit- Kevin Hill)- Approved A small computer that Kevin Hill has described as the size of a “Jaffa Cake” was inserted into his chest wall a year ago – one of the first […]
A Sunderland city centre bar has been closed for the past two weeks due to a burst mains water pipe which caused “horrific” flooding. General manager Lee Smith said he was unsure when Streetbar would reopen because of the damage which has affected the business “massively.” He said: “It is really bad. It was a […]
A serving paratrooper living in Sunderland is running over 500 miles with the aim of raising £10,000 for two charities. The chosen charities are Support our Paras and the Sunderland Community Soup Kitchen. Targeting three different events, Shaun Mcglynn has already completed the ‘Last Soldier Standing’ competition, a 24-hour endurance race, and a 42-mile ultramarathon […]
Sunderland City Council have issued a statement about the drastic increase in homelessness in the area over the last few years. After being contacted by Spark Sunderland, a Sunderland City Council spokesperson revealed that: “Requests for temporary accommodation in Sunderland have doubled in the last two years.” According to the council, they deal with six […]
