But what was making the news in Sunderland in the first month of the 2000s?
If you need a reminder, here are 13 of them and they cover everything from a national Internet project which centred on Wearside to Blind Date making the local news.
Take a look and see how many of these scenes you remember.
And maybe you are in the picture.
Take a look and see how many of these scenes you remember.
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