THE Bobby Robson Foundation was founded by the ex-England and Newcastle manager seven years ago today. The initial fund raising target was £500,000. Today it is well on its way to reaching £10m for cancer research and treatment.
IT'S Elton John’s 68th birthday. Everybody knows he changed his name from Reginald Dwight, but how many know that he also changed his middle name from Kenneth to Hercules!
THE final piece of track will be laid this morning to link the Hitachi Train factory at Newton Aycliffe with the national rail network.
Sunderland Ladies start life in the top flight of the Women’s Super League as the new season gets underway tonight at Liverpool – and it’s live on BT Sport.
DARLINGTON will be the centre of an attempt to break the world record for the number of people performing the Haka this afternoon. Around 5,000 schoolchildren will take part in the attempt at Mowden Park rugby stadium, which is to be the World Cup training base for the New Zealand All Blacks later this year.
TODAY we should all learn a little more about the works of JRR Tolkien – that’s because it’s Tolkien Reading Day, when fans are encouraged to celebrate and promote the life of the fantasy novelist by reading their favourite passages. March 25 is chosen because it is the date of the downfall of the Lord of the Rings, Sauron.
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