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Empty shops on St Thomas Street. Sunderland city centre. Sunderland second place in the list of town and city centres with empty shops.

Sunderland in top ten for empty shops

ONE in four shops in Sunderland city centre now stands empty.

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Bobby White, front centre, with his six year old son Daniel and fellow campaigners who want to see Sunderland's Crowtree Leisure Centre reviatlised.

Bring back Crowtree

THOUSANDS of people are throwing their weight behind a campaign to return Crowtree Leisure Centre to its glory days.

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Henry and Ceri Hall with their daughter Seraphina, 7, and five year old twins Euan and Ethan, right, on the drive of their Newton Hall, Durham, home. A thief stole their family car from the drive, nearly running over Henry. The car contained a tailor made wheelchair for Euan who has cerebral palsy and has difficulty walking.

Little Euan left stranded

A DISABLED schoolboy has been left stranded after a thief stole the family car with his lifeline wheelchair inside.

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One week old lambs at Down at the Farm, Stoneygate.

Baaa-vellous

THESE little lambs have a real spring in their step despite the cold snap.

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Call for council tax freeze

CITY leaders are under pressure to come up with a council tax freeze ahead of a rates announcement this week.

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Sport rss

O’Neill’s genius down to simplicity, says Sunderland star Bardsley

Phil Bardsley

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Sunderland’s Larsson eyes FA Cup role-reversal against Arsenal

SEB Larsson believes Sunderland should have the upper hand in next Saturday’s clash with Arsenal, when the roles are reversed against Arsene Wenger’s men.

Mick McCarthy

Wolves sack ex-Sunderland boss McCarthy

FORMER SUNDERLAND boss Mick McCarthy has been sacked by relegation-threatened Wolves.

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Seb Larsson

Sunderland’s Larsson rues first Stadium of Light loss under O’Neill

SEB Larsson insists FA Cup success against Arsenal will not necessarily compensate for the loss of Sunderland’s unbeaten home record under Martin O’Neill.

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Tottenham Hotspur's Louis Saha scores their third goal against Newcastle on Saturday.

Tottenham thrashing has Newcastle boss Alan Pardew banking on return of Cabaye and Tiote

NEWCASTLE manager Alan Pardew is banking on Yohan Cabaye and Cheik Tiote to galvanise his side after their 5-0 thrashing at White Hart Lane.

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NO WAY THROUGH ... Wojciech Szczesny makes a save to deny Sunderland.

Sunderland 1 Arsenal 2: Chris Young’s verdict

ROBIN van Persie has been the speed demon in the Premier League’s fast lane this season.

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Video

VIDEO: Sunderland Minster’s vintage fair video

VISITORS to Sunderland Minster enjoyed a fine vintage.

Lifestyle rss

Dancers’ new home dancers

Girls from the MK School of Dance celebrate their new presmises after the Swan Street Centre in Southwick closed down.

SUBMITTED IMAGE Wavendon Calendar 2012 Wavendon 2012 Calendar March

Like some sauce with your pint?

A SAUCY calendar has been pulling in the punters at a Wearside local.

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Clubbers wait to get into Klute, in Durham.

Durham clubbers win fight to keep Klute ‘dingy and cheesy’

CLUBBERS loved Klute when it had that “rundown” feel.

Coun Kath Rolph

Disabled workers will be ‘on the scrap heap’

SCORES of disabled workers are set to end up “on the scrap heap” if proposals go ahead to shut down Remploy sites in Wearside, councillors heard.

BEST FOOT FORWARD: Washington Dance Academy teacher Susan Pluse (centre) instructs Metro Radio presenters Kelly Hinch with her partner Lee Dudman (left couple), and presenter Stuart Elmore with his partner Beverley Cruddas-Ginks for the Strictly Come Dancing tour.

Dancing DJs get into the rhythm

RADIO DJs are being put through their paces as they prepare to dance in front of thousands of people.

Wearing the T shirts they designed and made to publicise their campaign against child labour, left to right; Chantelle Churchill, Charlotte Frost and Laura Nicholson with Jacqueline Cadger from Sunderland YMCA.

Working to end child exploitation

YOUNG people have been learning about the darker side of fashion as they tackled a project on child labour.

Community rss

Restoration plan for Sunderland park

The Park Keepers cottage in Roker Park is inline for a rennovation project.

OLDEN DAYS: River Wear

Wearside Echoes: Rural life in heart of town

SHIPBUILDING was at its peak as Sunderland shrugged off the post-war gloom and embraced the 1920s.

MONKWEARMOUTH MEMORIES: Sixth Form Football 1978

Wearside Echoes: Class Act

MEMORIES and memorabilia have flooded into Monkwearmouth School since an appeal for help from former pupils and staff was launched earlier this week.

MURDER SCENE: Suddick Street at the time of the murder. Suddick Steet ran from Cornhill Terrace (later Southwick Road), down to the railway lines. These tiny cottages were often shared by two or more families. Fifteen people were packed into number 44, the scene of the tragedy.

Wearside Echoes: Most killers are “ordinary folk”

IT is a question which has long occupied the minds of criminologists – what turns someone into a murderer?

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FIFTIES SCENE: Little Sisters of the Poor, September 1953

Wearside Echoes: At home with the Little Sisters

THE decision to close Sunderland’s Little Sisters of the Poor home hit the headlines this week. Today we take a look at the history of an organisation which has helped generations of Wearsiders.

VICTORIAN SCENE: A policeman on duty in Sunderland during Victorian times

Wearside Echoes: Crime Scene

TEMPERS flared as Wearside temperatures soared in the summer of 1878.

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