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

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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, ...

The sandwich generation, a term used to describe individuals who are simultaneously raising children and caring for elderly parents, is facing increasing challenges as this demographic continues to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Data from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) shows that the UK’s Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations (WEEE) recycling target for 2025 is 517,285 tonnes.

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 ...

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

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.

Anil, who works in M&S Mart in Sunderland city centre, said: “In the evenings a lot of homeless people and drunks come here, and kids. “They come in and they pick up and keep things and throw stuff ...