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Shaun Walker and Fiona Coyle.

Shaun’s all shook up

AN ill-fitting jumpsuit has left one Elvis impersonator all shook up.

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Dalton Park's Nike store manager, Darren Fucile taking part in a training session with colleagues, Ravi Bundhun, Owen Scorer and Daniel Hunter ahead of their effort's to cycle 950 miles for the Sick Children's Trust.

Dad’s bid to help charity

A DAD pedalled with passion for a charity which rallied round when his baby boy fell ill.

Pupils at Seaham School of Technology making healthy food with Navy officers, PO Skally Smith and AB Dan Relph as part of their career development.

Dishing up a dream of life in the forces

LESSONS were given a military overhaul during a special school visit.

Schoolboy arsonist sentenced

A SCHOOLBOY who set a care home on fire has been sentenced for arson.

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Thief hid iPods in cat litter bags

A SNEAKY supermarket worker stole iPods by hiding them in packets of cat litter.

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Ellis Short

Sunderland freeze season card prices

SUNDERLAND have frozen season card prices for next season.

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£20 travel pass and incentives for Sunderland fans

SUNDERLAND are also introducing a new ‘Wear On Our Way’ travel pass next season.

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Jack Colback

Sunderland new boys a big boost – Colback

JACK COLBACK believes the arrival of deadline day signings Wayne Bridge and Sotirios Kyrgiakos ensures injuries won’t derail Sunderland’s resurgence.

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Martin O'Neill

Sunderland boss O’Neill sees mood change

MARTIN O’Neill says his players are now going into games expecting to win rather than fearing they will lose.

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Fraizer Campbell

Sunderland boss wary of asking too much from Campbell

CAN comeback kid Fraizer Campbell play three games in six days?

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Video

VIDEO: Sunderland Minster’s vintage fair video

VISITORS to Sunderland Minster enjoyed a fine vintage.

Lifestyle rss

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.

hoping to be THE BIGGEST LOSERs: Amy Mac, 23, at her starting weight of 19st and her uncle Kevin, who first weighed in at 32st 21b.

Kevin survives another week in bid to be ITV’s Biggest Loser

BATTLING Kevin McLernon has survived another week after millions of TV viewers tuned in to see his battle with the bulge.

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ROCK AND ROLL: Teenagers have fun in the 1950s at Sunderland's Seaburn Centre.

Wearside Echoes: It’s show time!

WEARSIDERS with memories of teen life in the 1950s have taken centre stage in helping to create a new play.

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Young bookworms, from left; Aidan Evans 9, Eema Khatum 9, Viktoria Szerson 9, Leon Hussain 8, Jack Muse 8, and Thomas Bainbridge 9, enjoying the new local history book by Sunderland author Keith Gregson at Richard Avenue Primary School, Sunderland.

Wearside Echoes: Stepping back in history

THE pupils of Richard Avenue Primary School have a new class favourite – The Children’s History of Sunderland.

WEDDING SCENE: This wedding picture is not as it seems. The mother of the bride, seen on the left, had actually been dead for six months before the ceremony - but her photo was added to the picture to allow her to 'enjoy' the wedding.

Wearside Echoes: A Viking in the family

AUTHOR, historian, poet, musician and teacher – Keith Gregson is a man with many strings to his bow.

TREASURE TROVE: A worker at  Sunderland's Bristol Aero Engines - now Rolls Royce.

Wearside Echoes: Flying back in time

A TREASURE trove of old factory photos are winging their way into the archives of Sunderland Antiquarian Society.

Sunderland DS Devils from the SAFC Foundation coaching sessions having a kick about on the pitch, just one of the groups supported by the Foundation.

£900,000 lifeline for Wearside kids

HUNDREDS of children are set to benefit from a £890,000 cash injection to support vulnerable families.

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