Perhaps the saddest was the story of the Sunderland children who were evacuated overseas. Some of them were on board a ship called the City of Benares. But it was a perilous journey and the ship ...

It was only at the sixth time of asking that the North Eastern Marine Engineering-built ship finally went into the River Wear. Bartram’s was open in Sunderland from 1837 to 1978 and its work was ...

A literary and philosophical society has relaunched more than 150 years after its last meeting. Auburn Langley set up the new ...

But nowhere holds more memories of the city’s proud maritime ... because so many people from Sunderland emigrated to Australia on Sunderland-built ships and it’s always interesting to meet ...

Meet Sister Mary who opens her mission in Sunderland whenever a ship docks in the city. Discover how three generations of a Punch and Judy family are keeping alive the puppet tradition on Brighton ...

The Sunderland and South Tyneside branch of CAMRA has announced the results of its 2025 Pub and Club of the Year competition.

now stands on the riverside walkway in the city as a nod to the forgotten women who built ships on the banks of the Wear which were crucial to the war effort. It was unveiled by Sunderland MP and ...