To celebrate 30 years of The National Lottery and the £30m raised for Good Causes every week by its players, National Lottery Open Week is back — and it’s bigger than ever.

Sunderland City Council’s planning department this month (March, 2025), approved a planning application for the fire and ...

A driverless shuttle bus said to be a "prototype of tomorrow's technology" is on display at a transport museum. The Auto Shuttle, which is an electric and autonomous vehicle, can be found at the ...

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A new café is to open this weekend at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, which will be ran by Sea Change Community Interest Company (CIC). It will be the company's second café following on ...

Aldridge Transport Museum, which used to be situated at Aston Manor in Birmingham but moved in 2011 has received £87,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and £79.500 from Arts Council ...

A new art exhibition from a local artist displaying portraits and poetry has opened in the North East. Coal Face, a new, free art exhibition is based at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.

The 42-year-old Great Plains Transportation Museum has hired its first-ever employee, and that could mean big changes for the ...

An elected mayor has announced transport schemes totalling more than £200m for her region. North East Mayor Kim McGuinness confirmed £208m would be spent by 2027 on projects including the ...

A carer who feels stuck in his own home because of "horrendous traffic" has criticised plans to introduce a bus lane opposite. James Ross said Chester Road in Sunderland was often backed up ...