The British Coal Corporation has announced that they are to reopen Wearmouth Colliery.
In recent years there has been an upturn in the demand for coal. In the wake of an upcoming crisis, experts are advising that the UK needs to become more self-...
The Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle is currently hosting an exhibition of work by 19th century painter of apocalyptic scenes and divine retribution John Martin.
The region's football teams must have felt these had been brought to life as they suffe...
Arsenal blew their chance to put real pressure on Manchester Utd at the top of the Premier League when they failed to beat Sunderland at the Emirates.
On a day when Gunners' manager Arsene Wenger said he was obsessing about beating Sunderland, his...
Steve Bruce has often wondered if the comments made by his family, friends and colleagues, regarding the possibility that he is, somehow related to American, Late Night Talk Show host, Jay Leno, may indeed be true.
There is definitely a marked res...
Chelsea made an early foray into demonstrating the Club's Christmas spirit by walking in a winter blunderland at Stamford Bridge as they cruised to a resounding 3-0 defeat to unfancied Sunderland.
The Mackems could hardly believe their luck from t...
There were 22 players on the pitch.
And not one of them made an impact.
In a game which has always brought plenty of excitement, Blackburn and Sunderland were about as effective as the Germans during trench warfare in World War One: effectively...
In a shocking controversy thought to be caused by a lower league team, the roof of the Manchester United dressing room at the Stadium of Light collapsed completely.
The room above, known as the "Local" for local supporters, was currently hosting a...
Liverpool, in an increasingly desperate attempt to revive their flagging season, have signed the beachball whose skilfull deflection was their downfall yesterday.
The beachball, who was on loan from the Spanish side Real Costa del Sol, will partne...
Liverpool crisis continues as Rafa's boys minus Stevie G and Torres crash to defeat at Sunderland. Goal scored by Darren Bent, but bizarrely deflected from a balloon/beach ball launched onto the field of play by a Liverpool fan.
Ironically.
Liv...
Following Her Majesty the Queen's disapproval of a recipient of her coveted MBE award - Steven Gerrard - ending up in police cells, and then in court on charges of assault, the head of state of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland took further rev...
There was good news for Sunderland fans today after their recent run of poor form has left them teetering just above the Premier League relegation places.
Black Cats manager Ricky Sbragia told reporters that the club was close to signing their fir...
Premier League newboys, Hull City, are in crisis this morning after it emerged that football pundit, Mark Lawrenson, had tipped them to win today in his weekly predictions.
Lawrenson, once of Liverpool, now of ill-fitting, unfashionable knitwear a...
Manchester United take on Sunderland tomorrow in the game of the weekend with the Black Cats' boss Roy Keane 'champing at the bit' to put one over on his old team-mates and their manager...
Sunderland fans, honouring the 'magnificent' appointment of Joe Kinnear as the manager of their fierce rivals Newcastle United, have come up with a brilliant new joke to poke at their near-neighbours - "Joe Kinnear - Joke In Ear!"
It's not really...
After selling Jonathan Greening and Mark Wilson to Steve McClaren's Middlesbrough, Johnny Evans, Phil Bardsley, Liam Miller and Kieran Richardson to Roy Keane's Sunderland, and loaning young defender Danny Simpson to former Manchester United midfield...
Former Sunderland and Man City midfielder Mick Horswill has been arrested and remanded in custody tonight in Sunderland for 'just being too fucking ugly'...
RSPB spokesman Peter Hummingbird has expressed great concern at the threat to the continued wellbeing of the Magpie following a Black Cat population explosion in the North East of England.
A Bill has been presented to the House of Commons that will have the effect of abolishing the City of Sunderland on the north east coast of England.