Covid vaccine roll out progresses as more than 1,100 in Sunderland and South Tyneside receive jab
Health bosses in South Tyneside and Sunderland have praised NHS staff for their help in ensuring more than 1,100 people have received the new Oxford Astra…
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service has shared these photos of one of its appliances in the wake of the attack, which happened as one of its crews from its Rainton Bridge fire station were dealing with a bin shed fire at Hetton Wellness Centre.
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One of the Isuzu F110.210(E) rigid trucksSunderland based Velocity has road repair contracts with local authorities across the country. It was looking for a solution to help tackle potholes on the most constricted parts of the UK’s road network.
The…
Northumbria Police’s Marine Unit helped support officers as the car was retrieved from the banks and lifted on to the back of a recovery truck the next morning.
Efforts were launched to try and trace the driver and work out how it came to be in the…
The defendant had been working on the Testos road project before the incident
John Pearson, 56, went to the pub after clocking off at the Testos road improvement project on the border of South Tyneside and Sunderland.
He then attempted to drive th…
A man was taken to hospital with non-serious injuries after a crash in Sunderland.
The collision, also involving a car and a motorbike, took place just before 8am on Tuesday on Sea Road, in Fulwell.
Emergency services arrived at the scene, between Anni…
Read Boris Johnson’s Coronavirus speech in full
This evening Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation from Downing Street to relay the need for new coronavirus measures.
Here is his speech in full:
Good evening, the struggle against Covid is t…
More local lockdowns announced
More parts of England have been put under new coronavirus restrictions, mirroring those which came into force today in the North East.
The new rules will be enforced from Tuesday in Merseyside, Warrington, Halton, and Lan…
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Demand for coronavirus tests is “significantly” outstripping the UK’s capacity to carry out swabs, the NHS Test and Trace chief has warned.
Baroness Dido Har…
Demand for coronavirus tests is three to four times the number available, the director of NHS test and trace has admitted.Baroness Dido Harding, who told MPs there was capacity to carry out 242,817 tests a day, said the “sizeable” rise in demand had be…
Visits to Sunderland and South Tyneside hospitals suspended
An NHS trust has suspended visits to all adult patient wards in South Tyneside and Sunderland due to increasing coronavirus cases.
Sunderland Royal Hospital (Image: newcastle chronicle)Sout…
A NORTH-East storage provider has five new delivery vehicles after investing over £2.5 million in its industry-leading fleet, in a bid to increase operational efficiency and customer service.Mobile Mini, which has its headquarters in Stockton and branc…
StreetDrone, an autonomous technology company, has secured funding from the UK government, as part of a consortium, engaged in providing an autonomous logistics capability to Nissan’s Sunderland car manufacturing plant.
The funding, which is through th…
A range of permanent and part-time positions have opened up and most are looking for immediate starters so you can get applying and working as quickly as possible.
10 new job vacancies in Sunderland this week:
NHS Ward Host – Cordant People
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A TIMBER products merchant defrauded online customers who paid deposits but never received their goods.Nick Burdon left at least 15 people across the North-East out of pocket by up to four-figure sums, taking as much from them as possible in advance pa…