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Sunderland Tax Office, HMRC Enquiry Office, Gilbridge House, Sunderland.

Hundreds of jobs taken from Sunderland city centre in Government tax office closures

HUNDREDS of Government jobs are to be shipped out of Sunderland city centre.

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H.M.S. Ocean arriving at Sunderland this morning

Sunderland’s adopted warship HMS Ocean sails in at dawn + VIDEO video

AS the sun rises on Sunderland, HMS Ocean majestically makes her way into the Wear.

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17 month old Holly Young is a beauty pageant winner.

Meet Sunderland’s nappy-wearing beauty queen + VIDEO video

SHE’S not even out of nappies, but Holly Young is a prize-winning dancer and beauty queen.

17 month old Holly Young is a beauty pageant winner.

Runaway horse smashed car window after rampage through Sunderland

A RUNAWAY horse caused mayhem as it went on the rampage before smashing into a car window.

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17 month old Holly Young is a beauty pageant winner.

Sunderland grandad found drunk in car with grandchild

A MAN found to be drunk in his car with his four-year-old grandson could face jail.

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Michael Turner

Turner eyes new campaign after longest Sunderland run

MICHAEL Turner hopes his longest run of first-team football since signing for Sunderland will see him hit the ground running next season.

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Transfer rumours: Newcastle, Chelsea, Arsenal, Man United, Man City, Everton, Liverpool, Bolton

NEWCASTLE could resurrect their interest in Switzerland midfielder Tranquillo Barnetta who has recovered from a knee injury – Daily Star

Sunderland announce kit deal with Adidas

SUNDERLAND have confirmed the club’s new strip will be manufactured by adidas, with the first glimpse of next season’s shirts coming next month.

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Gary Liddle puts pressure on Stephane Sessegnon during Ritchie Humphreys testimonial game against Sunderland. Picture by FRANK REID

Sunderland to face Hartlepool in pre-season

SUNDERLAND will face neighbours Hartlepool United in pre-season as they head to Victoria Park for the second successive year.

Simon Mignolet

Sunderland’s Mignolet to start for Belgium against England

SIMON Mignolet will start Belgium’s friendly with England next week, in a clear indication the Sunderland keeper is set to continue as number one for club and country.

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Sunderland’s adopted warship HMS Ocean sails in at dawn + VIDEO video

AS the sun rises on Sunderland, HMS Ocean majestically makes her way into the Wear.

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Smart polo shirts and stylish trainers

Lifestyle rss

Falklands tribute: Museum publicity officer Thomas Emms (left) and staff member Hector Cordez.

Sunderland Aviation Museum Commemorates 30 Year Anniversary of The Falklands War.

MEMORIES of the Falklands War will take centre stage at an aircraft museum.

Jane witth her host family's two oldest children, Lucas and Gabriela.

BRAZIL BLOG: Our Jane’s first message home

REPORTER Jane O’Neill has swapped reporting from Sunderland’s city centre to the depths of Latin America. Along with three other young professionals and a group leader, she is part of a Rotary-funded Group Study Exchange trip to Riberiao Preto in Brazil.

Shaun Fenwick, of Ebony Champagne Bar in Durham, has created a cocktail to promote St Cuthbert's Hospice Midnight Walk.

Cocktail creater blends pink drink for midnight walkers

THE perfect pink cocktail has been created to mark a girls’ night out with a twist.

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Mums and their Babies, Rachel Painting with 1 year old, Elise Jones, Lauren Emery with 7 mnth old Ayden Dobie and Marie Parnaby with 2 year old Clayton Dobie at the Empire Cinema's new Parent and Baby screenings.

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MUMS and dads are in for a treat as Sunderland raises the curtain on a more child-friendly cinema.

Sunderland Face of 2012 winners Ravi Gill and Sophie Wharton receiving their prizes from Harry Collinson.

Sunderland Echo model competition winners pick up their prizes

OUR Echo Face 2012 of winners had a twinkle in their eyes when they picked up their sparkling prizes from Collinson Jewellers.

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CELEBRITY FATHER: Royal Rovers pictured after winning the Shipowners' Cup and League Cup in the 1901-2 season. Raich carter's father, R. Carter, is pictured sitting cross legged second from left on the front row.

Wearside Echoes: Diving into football history

SUNDERLAND footballer Ralph Punshon Scott may have made his name as a diver – but that was just as part of his day job, rather than on the field.

OLD SCENE: Bethel Congregational Church in Villiers Street.

Wearside Echoes: Sunderland’s burial grounds unearthed

DIGGING into your family tree may mean unearthing Wearside’s past – as local historian Norman Kirtlan has discovered. “Tracing the burial records of Anglican ancestors is relatively easy in Sunderland but, for those with non-conformist great-grandparents, the trail can often go cold,” he said.

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ALL SMILES: The infants of Standard I at Shiney Row Council School in 1920.

Wearside Echoes: Chalking up school memories

A TREASURE trove of classroom memories has been saved from the skip.

ALL SMILES: The infants of Standard I at Shiney Row Council School in 1920.

Mail bosses finally deliver postbox move

ROYAL Mail bosses have finally delivered on residents’ demands to move a postbox to outside a post office.

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MYSTERY TREASURE: Do you know where this Doxford treasure is now?

Wearside Echoes: Help wanted

TODAY we feature a page of pleas. Can you help?

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