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SUNDERLAND, England, October 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- megabus.com, the market leading budget coach provider, is helping to beat the winter blues by offering thousands of free seats on its services. The low-cost operator - which is part of Stagecoach Group - is offering more than 10,000 free seats on its coach networks in England and Wales between 14 January and 28 February 2013 in a huge giveaway. Free bus travel [http://uk.megabus.com/wintersale.aspx ] seats are...

SUNDERLAND, England, June 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Invest in Africa and Sunderland AFC announced a first for the Premier League at the club's Stadium of Light this morning. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120625/538559-a ) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120625/538559-b ) Invest in Africa was unveiled as the club's principal partner and shirt sponsor for the 2012/13 season. The Invest in Africa brand will be displayed on the...

ST. LOUIS, June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Charter Center Stage 2012 Battle of the Bands (charter.com/centerstage) will heat up online this summer in its second year of showcasing talented musicians and bands of every genre, all vying for the opportunity to perform online and on stage before thousands - and be discovered beyond their hometowns. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110526/AQ10195LOGO) The band with the most fan votes will claim a spot on Center Stage at the...

ACCRA, Ghana, January 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This morning Africa's largest independent oil company, Tullow Oil plc ('Tullow'), kicked off a new business initiative aimed at attracting and facilitating further investment in the continent. Photos available here: http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/newsindex.shtml?/cgi/news/release?id=345974 Invest in Africa aims to encourage long-term investment across the continent to help build and develop local capacity, boost...

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Known throughout the West Coast for their sold out extended play (EP) recording, "Change of Pace," the alternative pop/rock band Sunderland is about to be known well beyond the Pacific Northwest. As winner of Charter's national battle of the bands contest, Charter Center Stage, Sunderland will take center stage to open for Panic! At the Disco, Fitz & The Tantrums, and Plain White T's at an outdoor concert on October 15 in Madison, WI to be...

Executive careers consultancy UK Knack Group has announced that there have been created as many as 240 jobs created in Sunderland, Coventry and Peterborough with Fusion Contact Centres' opening of its new call centres. (PRWeb UK) January 14, 2011 Executive careers consultancy UK Knack Group has announced that there have been created as many as 240 jobs created in Sunderland, Coventry and Peterborough with Fusion Contact Centres' opening of its new call centres. Experienced call centre...

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Six months after a rogue wave nearly took her life at sea, teen sailor Abby Sunderland has signed a publishing deal with Thomas Nelson Publishers to tell the story of how, at 16, she set out to become the youngest person in history to circumnavigate the globe alone. The book, entitled Unsinkable, is expected to hit stores in April. "It is an honor to be publishing Abby Sunderland's memoir. Hers is a powerful story of faith and perseverance,"...

OVER The Rainbow, the compelling and award-winning musical which tells the life story of legendary music artist Eva Cassidy, comes to the Sunderland Empire for one night only and The Journal Culture Club is giving members the chance to save pounds 2 on each ticket. Starring Faye Tozer, who rose to fame as one fifth of multi- platinum selling pop group Steps, Over The Rainbow follows the story of Eva Cassidy's tragically short life through dramatic scenes and stunning renditions of her...

A CENTRE celebrating the North East's mining history has officially opened. Thirteen years after the closure of Durham Coalfield's last working mine, Wearmouth Colliery, the North East England Mining Archive and Research Centre (Neemarc) was launched on the same site. The day-long event on Saturday featured talks and displays at Sunderland Football Club's Stadium of Light, which was built on the former colliery site. Centre chairman, Dr Stuart Howard, said: "For more than 400 years the...

AN archive celebrating the region?s rich seam of mining history has opened. The North-East England Mining Archive and Research Centre was launched on Saturday on the site of the Durham Coalfield?s last colliery, which closed 13 years ago. The day-long event featured talks and displays at Sunderland Football Club?s Stadium of Light, which was built on the site of Wearmouth Colliery, the coalfield?s last mine. The centre, helped by academics, researchers and archivists at Sunderland...