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Tom Hutchinson tried to grab the wheel of the bus to prevent the crash on High Street West, Sunderland,  on Thursday.

Retired firefighter’s heroics in Sunderland bus pub smash

A RETIRED firefighter kept his cool after the bus he was on crashed into an empty bar.

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Adam Lloyd-Harris

Love-rat con man misses court for the 20th time

VICTIM Janine Munroe today branded love-rat Adam Lloyd-Harris a “narcissistic manipulator” after he avoided sentence at his 20th court appearance.

Frankie Mould

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.

Family and friends of Kay McGurrell who died of cance aged 34, who are taking part in sundays race for Life at Herrington Country Park. Pictured l-r are  Margaret McGurrell, Abigail Harrison Kays daughter, Karen McGurrell Kays sister, Sarah Jones, Sarah Burlinson, Lorraine Fucile and Janey Harrison Kays daughter (front)

Daughters of cancer gene mum will run in her memory at Sunderland’s Race for Life

SISTERS who lost their beloved mum to a rare cancer gene will be running in her memory at tomorrow’s Race for Life.

Family and friends of Kay McGurrell who died of cance aged 34, who are taking part in sundays race for Life at Herrington Country Park. Pictured l-r are  Margaret McGurrell, Abigail Harrison Kays daughter, Karen McGurrell Kays sister, Sarah Jones, Sarah Burlinson, Lorraine Fucile and Janey Harrison Kays daughter (front)

Pub doorman dodges jail after fracturing customer’s skull

A DOORMAN who threw a man out of a pub onto the pavement has been given a suspended sentence.

Shadow work and pensions secretary Liam Byrne has been meeting local disability groups at Sunderland Civic Centre. Pictured after the meeting are MP's Anne McGuire, Julie Elliott and Liam Byrne with Coun Dave Allan.

Labour Shadow Minister says disabled people’s rights are being ‘trashed’ in Sunderland video

DISABLED rights activists met with senior Labour figures to discuss their concerns as the party begins to shape its 2015 general election manifesto.

Sport rss

Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio.

Di Canio: Sunderland will be fitter, stronger, better!

SUNDERLAND boss Paolo Di Canio has pledged to improve his players before next season.

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Sunderland's Jack Colback (right) in action against Arsenal's Oliver Giroud.

Sunderland will put up a fight at Spurs – Colback

JACK COLBACK insists Sunderland have not put in the hard yards on the training ground this week to meekly surrender at White Hart Lane tomorrow.

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Sunderland manager Paulo Di Canio.

Sunderland’s Di Canio: No more laps like that!

PAOLO Di Canio says that next time his players are walking around the Stadium of Light saluting the fans, he wants it to be a lap of honour not a walk of shame.

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Steph Bannon.

Mulhern wants to make a point with third title win

THREE is the magic number for Sunderland Women manager Mick Mulhern tomorrow.

Parkin swoops to seal victory

HOUGHTON Cycling Club promoted the second in their series of circuit races at Hetton Lyons Country Park last Sunday.

Smith rocks!

WEARSIDER Gary Smith pulled off a brilliant performance at the Co-operative Funeral Care Tours event at Blackpool.

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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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Lifestyle rss

Fleeting blooms: A close-up of my double flowering cherry

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.

name game: Right, Purple Prince and below, the wrongly-named Princess Irene.

Right royal mix-up

“A ROSE by any other name would smell as sweet,” Shakespeare said. Is it the same with tulips?

name game: Right, Purple Prince and below, the wrongly-named Princess Irene.

Book winners

CONGRATULATIONs to the six winners of the new Indoor Plant & Flower Expert book competition.

name game: Right, Purple Prince and below, the wrongly-named Princess Irene.

Chelsea’s anniversary celebration

NEXT week, the 100th Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show opens in London and it’s my first visit.

Janet Prince as Margeret Rutherford

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.

Sunderland museums and arts centres lose out as donations head to London

CULTURAL attractions in Sunderland are feeling the pinch as donations continue to be directed towards London.

Community rss

ALL SMILES: Red House Junior School Football Team of 1965.

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.

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SLIDESHOW: Photographs from our readers video

Your Views from w/c May 13

PORTRAIT PICTURE: Winston Cole pictured during the war.

Sunderland’s wartime hero of the air video

Nostalgia writer Sarah Stoner today pays tribute to a fearless Wearside war hero

WAITING SCENE: The site of the Empire Theatre before it was built. The Dun Cow pub can just be seen on the right.

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.

BYGONE DAYS: Wearmouth Bridge - where Meggie Darling sold her home-made toffees.

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.

WWII Lumberjills.  Ethel Oliver is right, backrow.

Remembering Sunderland’s Lumber Jills

VOLUNTEERS are being sought to go back to nature.

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