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Former Sunderland players tell how club can turn things around at podcast recording

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Fly-tipping in Pennywell

Fly-tippers face having vehicles crushed as Sunderland City Council approves new powers to seize vehicles used for illegal dumping

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Plans for the pop-up attractions have been approved.

'Time to stop standing still' - readers react as plans for Seaburn seafront get green light

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Sunderland City Council snow-clearing underway in Burdon Lane during the Beast from the East

Council reveals £844,000 cost of dealing with Beast from the East in Sunderland

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Alcohol-related admissions on rise in Sunderland

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McCormack brothers make mum proud with Commonwealth Games medal glory

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Supply problems for Sunderland homes and traffic disruption after water main bursts

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CCTV released following attempted theft from B&Q

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Liam Solomon

Can you help find missing Liam?

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Sharon Hodgson MP: Twenty years on, Lucy’s legacy lives on through my work as an MP

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Crime More Crime >>

Motorists warned to secure vehicles after spate of thefts

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Northumbria Police has issued this image as part of an appeal following on from an attempted theft at B&Q in Washington.

CCTV released following attempted theft from B&Q

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Liam Solomon

Can you help find missing Liam?

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Fly-tipping in Pennywell

Fly-tippers face having vehicles crushed as Sunderland City Council approves new powers to seize vehicles used for illegal dumping

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Transport More Transport >>

Roadworks round-up: Where you may face delays in the Sunderland area on Friday

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Northern staff are to strike next month.

More strike misery for Sunderland and Hartlepool rail travellers

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Upcoming roadworks across the Sunderland area include the following:

Roadworks latest: Where to expect delays on Thursday, April 26, across Sunderland

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Education More Education >>

Nigerian university agreement could bring £2million annual boost to Wearside

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Keiron Naylor and Linda McDonnell at East Durham College.

College students brush up skills for painting competition

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Dr Paul Innerd

Sunderland sleep expert on why we should wake up to the snoring problem

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The charter mark was launched at an event held at the university's London campus.

University launches charter mark to boost employers' pledge to become HIV friendly

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Business More Business >>

'Time to stop standing still' - readers react as plans for Seaburn seafront get green light

Sunderland
Your roadworks round-up for a Friday.

Roadworks round-up: Where you may face delays in the Sunderland area on Friday

Transport
Northern staff are to strike next month.

More strike misery for Sunderland and Hartlepool rail travellers

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Upcoming roadworks across the Sunderland area include the following:

Roadworks latest: Where to expect delays on Thursday, April 26, across Sunderland

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Politics More Politics >>

'Time to stop standing still' - readers react as plans for Seaburn seafront get green light

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Clockwise from top left: Gwennyth Gibson, Billy Scott Howells, Iain William Kay, and Andrew Michael Wood

Meet the candidates for the Millfield ward in the Sunderland City Council elections

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Clockwise from top left: Craig John Hardy, Elise Anne Thompson, Grant Shearer and George Thomas Smith

Meet the candidates for the Pallion ward in the Sunderland City Council elections

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Clockwise from top left: Colette Hume, Adam Lou Stewart, and Peter Boyack

Meet the candidates for Whitburn and Marsden standing in the South Tyneside Council elections

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Health More Health >>

Alcohol-related admissions on rise in Sunderland

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South Tyneside Hospital

Hospitals look for NHS 70th anniversary boost

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Ruth and Ross Elder present a cheque for 5,000 to the fetal medicine Team at the Newcastle Hospitals.

Mother's praise for medics after baby saved by 'genius' in-womb operation

Health
Dr Paul Innerd

Sunderland sleep expert on why we should wake up to the snoring problem

Health
The charter mark was launched at an event held at the university's London campus.

University launches charter mark to boost employers' pledge to become HIV friendly

Sunderland

Environment More Environment >>

Council reveals £844,000 cost of dealing with Beast from the East in Sunderland

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Fly-tipping in Pennywell

Fly-tippers face having vehicles crushed as Sunderland City Council approves new powers to seize vehicles used for illegal dumping

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Sunderland council bosses back £3.1m emergency repair works on storm-damaged coastline

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Shipping container cinema and market plans for Seaburn seafront approved

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Retailers celebrate the removal of blue barriers which segregated Byron Place Shopping Centre and independent retailers on Church Street, Seaham.

Barriers to business success are removed in Seaham

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Your Say More Your Say >>

Volunteers and sponsors help out in renovations at SAFC Fans Museum.

Why not get involved with the Fans’ Museum in Sunderland?

Your Say
Obesity is a national crisis, says Dr George Rae.

Obesity is a national health crisis which won’t go away

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Business Secretary Greg Clark. Pic: PA.

Greg Clark should resign if GKN sale is allowed to go ahead

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The Southern Area fields, in Washington, hosted a charity match for Bradley Lowery back in 2017.

Sunderland Echo Letter of the week: Threatened sports fields are 'necessary community asset'

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Opinion More Opinion >>

Bridget Phillipson MP: Why we should recognise the positive impact of Windrush generation

Opinion
Exam, and parenting, stress and pain.

Richard Ord: Parenting in an age without thumbscrews

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Katie Bulmer-Cooke interviews Rosie Ramsey,

Katie Cast: Childhood, Instagram and quick-fire questions as Katie Bulmer-Cooke interviews Rosie Ramsey

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Legal Eagle: Claiming compensation for brutality by the authorities

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Commonwealth Games medallist David Bolt.

Katie Bulmer-Cooke: You only get one body – take care of it

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Offbeat More Offbeat >>

The sheep were born earlier this month.

Meet Teeny, Tot and Tiny - the rare sheep triplets born in Durham

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The Duchess of Cambridge. Picture: PA.

Duchess of Cambridge delivers baby boy

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A mushroom cloud

Sunderland, Tyneside and Teesside named on list of Russia's nuclear targets in UK

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How many of these haunted buildings have you been to?

10 of the most haunted buildings in the North East of England

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