In October 2025, armed police in the US handcuffed a teenage boy after an AI system mistook a packet of crisps in his hand ...

IFF estimates that under the PSR rules, Sunderland have around £20m of spending power left, which complicates some of their ...

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus is widely regarded as a Gothic masterpiece – but if anyone is up to ...

BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend is set to bring “the biggest names in music” to Sunderland in May 2026, when the festival will take ...

A Newcastle business claims its sales dropped by 80% because of disruption caused by this year’s festive market. Over the weekend, Priory Press – a coffee house and juice bar – posted on Instagram ...

A new all-vegan cafe, called Layla’s Kitchen Cafe, opened at Jesmond United Reformed Church this month. The all-vegan cafe offers a mix of vegan, and some gluten-free, drink and food options, ...

Richard O’Brien’s legendary rock ‘n’ roll musical The Rocky Horror Show will return to Sunderland Empire in January 2026, ...

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe visits Sunderland Empire this week, running from 11 to 15 November to mark the 75th ...

C.S. Lewis’s classic novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe celebrates the 75th anniversary of its publication this year.