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The Southeast Asian country of Myanmar is in the middle of an ongoing Civil War, against their own military junta. In Sunderland, a community of international students from Myanmar is affected by the ongoing civil war. Most of them were afraid to come forward, because they knew that the opposition was their own military. Spark […]
“I want to be the lighthouse / Bring all of you together”: Stevie Nicks, the transcendent songstress of Fleetwood Mac legend, has released her first single in two years, raising her own flag for women’s rights in the teeth of America’s anti-abortion court ruling. The Lighthouse is Nicks’ protest against the American Supreme Court’s decision, […]
Sunderland AFC just announced the signing of Irish international forward and free agent Aaron Connolly on a one-year deal. Connolly, who last played for Hull City in the Championship, had a disastrous second half of the 2023/2024 season. He played 22 matches and scored eight goals in the first half of the season, but […]
Newcastle United are close to finalising an agreement for Georgian wonderkid Vakhtang Salia as they fight off European giants for his signature. Salia, who recently turned 17, burst on to the scene in the last 12 months, coming into the first team at FC Dinamo Tbilisi, who compete in the Evonuli Liga back in […]
Cage Warriors (CW) has announced that it will be returning to Newcastle in November, with a fight card featuring plenty of North East talent. The Irish-owned mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company says its event at the Vertu Motors Arena on November 23 will be headlined by featherweight champion Harry Hardwick, the Middlesbrough battler […]
Women from ethnic minorities are more likely to be victims of certain types of racism than men belonging to ethnic minorities in our region, says a new study which suggests that racism against women is influenced by sexism. Sunderland University (SU) researchers investigated the extent of nationality-based discrimination and the link between racism and misogyny, […]
After 16 years, The Cure are back with their new single ‘Alone’. The legendary post-punk outfit premiered the first song off of their upcoming album Songs of a Lost World exclusively on BBC Radio 6. The track opens in classic The Cure fashion, with a lengthy instrumental intro. As the first song on the album, […]
Oscar-winning British director Danny Boyle has been in the North East filming his latest film, 28 Years Later, the highly anticipated third instalment in the horror series. Recognisable locations in the film will include Northumberland, Hexham, Waskerley, Lindisfarne, Ripon, Aysgarth Falls and Fountains Abbey, and Melsonby, which have been used to bring the dystopian horror […]
THE North East’s 10,000 farmers need financial help to achieve the government’s net zero target, says their trade union. The last government set the goal of farming achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 – 10 years ahead of the legally binding net zero goal for climate change of 2050, set out in the […]
Sting, legendary ex-frontman of The Police, has announced the UK dates of his world tour – but he is not coming to his native North East. The STING 3.0 tour will hit a variety of towns and cities next summer, including Tetbury, Liverpool, Glasgow, Cannock, and Cardiff, and include headline slots at the Isle of […]
