News
Guest broke woman’s leg at family barbecue in Sunderland
A WOMAN was left unable to walk after violence flared at a family barbecue.
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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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.
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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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.
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.
Sport
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 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’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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Mulhern wants to make a point with third title win
THREE is the magic number for Sunderland Women manager Mick Mulhern tomorrow.
Tiote: Newcastle United haven’t been good enough
CHEIK Tiote says Newcastle United’s players must “look themselves in the mirror” after the last ball has been kicked this season.
Parkin swoops to seal victory
HOUGHTON Cycling Club promoted the second in their series of circuit races at Hetton Lyons Country Park last Sunday.
Video
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
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.
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
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.
- Bus crashes into Sunderland JobCentre
- Boss Di Canio wants six new men for Sunderland
- 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
- Survival assured, Sunderland boss can plan future
- Boss Di Canio wants six new men for Sunderland
- Would swapping to an all-red strip improve Sunderland’s game?
- Di Canio: Sunderland players will get a shorter summer break if they don’t perform well at Tottenham
- Sunderland boy moves schools in row over haircut
- 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)
- ‘You can’t live a lie and spend your life feeling sad’ – transgender modelling competition finalist tells all
- Chris Young’s big-match verdict: Major surgery is the answer
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Weather for Sunderland
Saturday 18 May 2013
Today
Heavy showers
Temperature: 7 C to 11 C
Wind Speed: 15 mph
Wind direction: North
Tomorrow
Sunny spells
Temperature: 8 C to 16 C
Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind direction: North east

