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BBC News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Women's Rugby World Cup trophy in Sunderland ahead of opener
Excitement is mounting ahead of the first game of the Women's Rugby World will play host to the opening match of the tournament on 22 August, with England's Red Roses taking on the USA at the Stadium of the build-up to the event, the trophy will be displayed at Sunderland's Keel Square on 6 June from 12:00 BST to 16:00."Having the opening match here is a brilliant opportunity to showcase our city on the international stage," said Michael Mordey, leader of Sunderland City Council. The authority said the 2025 tournament had already sold more than twice the number of tickets compared to the last event in New Zealand four years competition's managing director Sarah Massey said: "[It] promises to be a landmark tournament for the sport and the trophy tour provides a brilliant opportunity to ignite excitement across England." Sunderland is the last city to publicly display the trophy, which has already been on display at the other seven host cities. Follow BBC Sunderland on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Voting opens to name Sunderland's new footbridge
Voting has opened to decide a name for Sunderland's latest multimillion-pound landmark. More than 1,000 possible contenders were submitted by the public for the new Wear footbridge. The favourites have since been whittled down to a final three for people to choose from - Keel Crossing, Wear Crossing and Beacon Bridge. Michael Mordey, leader of Sunderland City Council, said a panel of representatives from local community groups had been "overwhelmed" by the response. "We received over 1,000 in total, which shows just how much the campaign captured everyone's hearts and imaginations," he said. "We've had entire families, school classes and community groups coming together to think of ideas, so hopefully this next stage will spark even more excitement." The panel included Rob Lawson, chair of Sunderland Business Partnership. He said he hoped the shortlist would "capture hearts and imaginations for generations to come". Due to open this summer, the bridge is a central figure in the development of Riverside Sunderland, described as one of the UK's most ambitious urban regeneration projects. Measuring 10m-wide and spanning 260m, at a height of 30m above the river, it is one of several high-profile developments under construction. About £31m has been spent on the bridge, commissioned by the Labour-led council, which will link Keel Square with Sheepfolds and the Stadium of Light. In recent months, parts of the bridge have made their way across the North Sea after being manufactured in Ghent, Belgium. The footbridge naming vote is the first feature to go live on Your Sunderland, the new online platform launched by the council. The vote closes on 6 June. Mordey added: "By providing an open forum where residents can have a say on ongoing city developments and projects, we're ensuring everyone has a chance to shape the decisions directly impacting their lives and communities." Follow BBC Sunderland on X, Facebook and Instagram Final section of city's bridge lifted into place Construction of city footbridge hits 'milestone' Your Sunderland Sunderland City Council
BBC News
6 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
New Sunderland footbridge name shortlist revealed
Voting has opened to decide a name for Sunderland's latest multimillion-pound than 1,000 possible contenders were submitted by the public for the new Wear favourites have since been whittled down to a final three for people to choose from - Keel Crossing, Wear Crossing and Beacon Mordey, leader of Sunderland City Council, said a panel of representatives from local community groups had been "overwhelmed" by the response. "We received over 1,000 in total, which shows just how much the campaign captured everyone's hearts and imaginations," he said."We've had entire families, school classes and community groups coming together to think of ideas, so hopefully this next stage will spark even more excitement."The panel included Rob Lawson, chair of Sunderland Business said he hoped the shortlist would "capture hearts and imaginations for generations to come". Due to open this summer, the bridge is a central figure in the development of Riverside Sunderland, described as one of the UK's most ambitious urban regeneration 10m-wide and spanning 260m, at a height of 30m above the river, it is one of several high-profile developments under £31m has been spent on the bridge, commissioned by the Labour-led council, which will link Keel Square with Sheepfolds and the Stadium of Light. In recent months, parts of the bridge have made their way across the North Sea after being manufactured in Ghent, footbridge naming vote is the first feature to go live on Your Sunderland, the new online platform launched by the council. The vote closes on 6 added: "By providing an open forum where residents can have a say on ongoing city developments and projects, we're ensuring everyone has a chance to shape the decisions directly impacting their lives and communities." Follow BBC Sunderland on X, Facebook and Instagram
BBC News
28-02-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Sunderland tyres into jet fuel factory to create 100 jobs
A new factory turning old tyres into jet fuel will create more than 100 jobs, its owners have £100m facility in Sunderland would produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for the International Airlines Group (IAG) which owns British which will operate the plant in the city's port, said about 10 million tyres would be processed each work has now begun with the company planning to open the first phase of the site by the end of 2026 and be fully operational a year later. Norwegian-firm Wastefront said it would also be the UK's first "fully circular tyre-to-fuel plant" as it is able to refine used tyres into oil, and then SAF, on announced its investment in the facility in January, with ground-breaking construction work beginning on Friday. "The Sunderland facility is just the beginning, we aim to expand rapidly to meet the growing demand for sustainable fuels," Vianney Valès, chief executive of Wastefront, said the new site would create more than 100 jobs and would not just "prevent millions of tyres from being discarded in landfill" butalso provide a "scalable, cost-effective pathway for SAF production".Michael Mordey, leader of Sunderland City Council, said the beginning of construction work marked the start of the port's "growing deserved reputation".He said: "We're proud that this has captured the attention of Wastefront." On 1 January, the UK government introduced a mandate requiring all flights departing from UK airport use SAF for at least 2% of their fuel, increasing to 10% in 2030 and 22% in 2034. IAG, which also operates airlines including Aer Lingus and Iberia, said the "much-needed" Wearside factory would help the company meet the demand. Follow BBC Sunderland on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram. Send your story ideas here.
BBC News
05-02-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Northern 'committed' to filling Sunderland station's shops
Transport bosses say they remain committed to securing tenants at a railway station dubbed "an empty, dirty glass box". Sunderland's redeveloped facility opened in December 2023 with a new front entrance costing £27m, but several shop units have not been is understood the local authority has offered informal support to Northern, which is responsible for running the site, in an effort to let the retail rail firm said it had local and national agents acting on its behalf "to generate interest". The southern concourse, at Market Square, has faced several toilets have been put out of action several times due to vandalism, while the station's lifts have been issue of empty shops was raised during councillors' questions at the most recent meeting of Sunderland City Council, with Conservative Dominic McDonough describing the station as an "empty, dirty glass box".Council leader Michael Mordey, of Labour, has previously stressed the station is "not the responsibility of the council" as it is owned by Network Rail and operated by Northern. A spokesperson for Northern said: "We remain committed to securing tenants for the retail units at Sunderland Station and have both local and national agents acting on our behalf to generate interest."Unfortunately, despite the offer of flexible letting terms we have been unable to get a short or long-term deal over the line."We will continue to work with Sunderland City Council and our letting agents to attract suitable retailers to the station."Typical lease terms are between three and six years, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, although longer or shorter terms are possible.
