Love, Amelia is a children’s charity based in Hendon, Sunderland that offers support to families across the North East who ...

Here at Spark, we care about your listening experience. So sit back and listen to back-to-back music from our hand-picked playlists ...

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, ...

Rollie presents a bumper episode all about testosterone, speaking to Professor Scott Wilkes, GP & Head of the University of Sunderland Medical Schoo ...

Age UK Sunderland has launched a new initiative – ‘Day Tours’ – for older people, to help reduce social isolation. For over 70 years, the local independent charity has supported older people in ...

In light of the somewhat fresh news that the Tyne and Wear Metro will extend it’s services into Washington with the introduction of three new stations, we have investigated which current metro ...

Rollie rides solo this week but never fear he brings with him his invisible backpack to unpack. He also weighs in on famous men saying and doing inappropriate things as well as a one off return of ...

CineClub began over 25 years ago in Priestman Building, which is now home to our Art, Design and Performance courses. Back then, lecturers would choose a film for everyone to watch, before leading a ...

From black metal savagery to mythology inspired riff worship, the North East’s metal scene’s diversity makes it an area to watch in 2025, as Will Pollock discovers.

Rollie finds himself bereft without his rotten soldier, as Hamish is back visiting his family in Scotland. Rollie unsaddles the invisible backpack and then poses questions that come out of having ...

Data gathered shows that the North East is well below the national average for total memberships to sports teams, clubs and gyms. Across the UK, the national average is 32.01% of people are involved ...

It was all Bobby Park knew, the beautiful game. But at just 24 – in the days of cigarettes before games being classed as the pre-match warm-up – the Sunderland midfielder was forced to walk away from ...