News
Sunderland and Durham spent £230,00 hosting the Olympic Torch
OlYMPIC Torch celebrations in Sunderland and Durham cost taxpayers £231,416, it has been revealed.
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Sunderland hit by flooding after month’s worth of rain falls in 24 hours video
MOTORISTS faced a soggy start to the weekend as heavy downpours led to road closures across Wearside.
Floods threaten homes and leave roads hazardous
FIRE crews across Wearside had a busy day thanks to Saturday’s downpour.
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Postmaster caught with more than 500 pirate DVDs in his shop
A POST office manager was caught with more than 500 pirate DVDs in his shop.
Guest broke woman’s leg at family barbecue in Sunderland
A WOMAN was left unable to walk after violence flared at a family barbecue.
Sunderland boy recovering from flesh-eating bug allowed home for one night video
CUTE-AS-A-BUTTON Frankie Mould is preparing to leave hospital after a flesh-eating bug threatened his life.
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Sport
Football Echo View: Surprising season all round
WHAT a surprising season this has been. GRAEME ANDERSON looks back on the 2012-13 campaign.
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Di Canio: Sunderland were doomed under O’Neill
PAOLO DI CANIO has taken a swipe at predecessor Martin O’Neill by claiming Sunderland would have been relegated without a change in the dug-out, writes Chris Young.
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Sunderland boss Di Canio: Bosses wary of ‘piranha’ players
DISCIPLINE has been the buzz word of the week, as Paolo Di Canio has outlined the standards he expects from Sunderland’s squad.
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Sunderland’s John O’Shea on keeping match fit, dodging relegation and Ireland’s World Cup qualifiers
SUNDERLAND’S John O’Shea will look back on an eventful season grateful to have emerged from it both in good health and with honour intact.
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Sunderland face toughest test so far
SUNDERLAND, aiming to make this their promotion season, will face their toughest home test so far tomorrow afternoon, when they take on a strong and experienced Sheffield Wednesday side at Roker Park. Indications are that these sides, relegated together two years ago, will be leading contenders for a return to the First Division.
Roker Reflections: Sunderland programme stays out of balance
WINNING back support to at least a break-even level and regaining their place in the First Division are Sunderland’s twin targets this season. Pursuit of them can be a single task and from a difficult starting point it has to be admitted that they are making good programmes.
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Sunderland hit by flooding after month’s worth of rain falls in 24 hours video
MOTORISTS faced a soggy start to the weekend as heavy downpours led to road closures across Wearside.
Lifestyle
Couch Potato on Eurovision, the Baftas and Bruce Forsyth
OUR web columnist takes a wry look at the week’s TV:
May blossom be with you!
YOU get the feeling nature’s trying to rush through spring to catch up – a bit like a late traveller jettisoning baggage to catch a train.
Right royal mix-up
“A ROSE by any other name would smell as sweet,” Shakespeare said. Is it the same with tulips?
Book winners
CONGRATULATIONs to the six winners of the new Indoor Plant & Flower Expert book competition.
Chelsea’s anniversary celebration
NEXT week, the 100th Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show opens in London and it’s my first visit.
REVIEW: Murder, Marple and Me, Customs House, South Shields
THREE national treasures, a trio of top talent, two dames and one hour of engaging entertainment.
Community
Old Sunderland school pictures video
IT’S back to the blackboard thanks to Wearside Echoes readers – who have provided another bumper bundle of class photos.
Sunderland’s wartime hero of the air video
Nostalgia writer Sarah Stoner today pays tribute to a fearless Wearside war hero
Great buildings of Sunderland’s past video
SUNDERLAND’S greatest architectural successes of the Edwardian Renaissance – from libraries to theatres and fire stations – are to be spotlighted in a special talk.
Sticky end for Sunderland toffee seller
TODAY we take a trip back in time to Victorian Sunderland to look at how a toffee seller came to a sticky end.
- Boss Di Canio wants six new men for Sunderland
- Bus crashes into Sunderland JobCentre
- Pool pervert used shoe mirror to spy on woman changing in Sunderland Aquatic Centre
- Survival assured, Sunderland boss can plan future
- ‘You can’t live a lie and spend your life feeling sad’ – transgender modelling competition finalist tells all
- DOBSON MARKS START OF HEALTH C
- Di Canio: Sunderland players will get a shorter summer break if they don’t perform well at Tottenham
- Last post is 6.30pm (but get here by 5.30pm)
- TV chef Martin Blunos takes over the kitchen at Seaham Hall
- Sunderland museums and arts centres lose out as donations head to London
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Sunday 19 May 2013
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