A city's glass working heritage is to be secured through the creation of a new £5m centre dedicated to the art, the ...

A new glass centre is set to be created in Sunderland after Sunderland Culture was awarded a £5m grant by the Government.

Sunderland Culture has announced that it has been awarded a £5m grant from the DCMS Cultural Development Fund, towards establishing Glassworks: Sunderland.

Plans to demolish a former university teaching block have been approved for a second time. The University of Sunderland ...

It’s been part of the fabric of Wearside for 1300 years - and the tradition of glassmaking is set to continue with the announcement of the new Glassworks: Sunderland site.

The building and land is owned by the University of Sunderland, which proposes closing the centre The National Glass Centre, which opened to much fanfare in 1998, is marked for closure in 2026.

The National Glass Centre will close at the end of July 2026, Sunderland University has announced. The glass-making and cultural venue, which faced a multimillion-pound repair bill, has been ...

A sculpture honouring the "forgotten" women shipyard workers of Wearside has been unveiled. The 6ft (1.8m) tall corten steel ...

will open at the National Glass Centre (NGC), in Sunderland, on December 14. The exhibitions are free to attend. Menagerie will showcase the work of 26 artists in the main gallery until May 31.