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The legal issues when a couple split-up if home is jointly owned.

LEGAL EAGLE: Ownership of a property when couples split up

Childline's Walk for Children fundraiser takes place on December 22 and people are encouraged to sign up.

CHILDLINE: Sign up to the Walk for Children fundraiser to show your support

Outlander star Sam Heughan played hunky motorcycle cop Danny in the new Channel 4 drama The Couple Next Door (Picture courtesy Channel 4)

The Couple Next Door is an unappetising stew of mystery-thriller cliches

Don't worry. This jumper is flammable.

The true meaning of Christmas: biscuits

The MP says despite all the Tory promises, people are still worse off. Photo by Getty Images

BRIDGET PHILLIPSON MP: The Tories are a party out of ideas and out of time

Hey, I've got one of these at home. Richard Ord contemplates a blank artwork at Tate Modern.

Modern art is rubbish... but good for getting your steps in

Baked apples with dried fruits and spices – a healthy option at Christmas.

SHAPING UP: Unwrap your potential – 21 days to be fit for Christmas

There is a three-year time period when a person can claim for medical negligence.

LEGAL EAGLE: Three-year time period when a person can claim for medical negligen...

A scene from Childline's Christmas television advert, which has been based on real calls to the service's counsellors.

CHILDLINE: Christmas can be a lonely and frightening time for many children and ...

Paterson Joseph and Daisy Haggard star in the new BBC comedy-thriller Boat Story (Picture: BBC/Two Brothers/Matt Squire)

Boat Story review: A frenetic, violent coke-com

The Government, of whichever political stripes, could make this happen (not literally).

Sunder-wood needs Government, sorry, our cash

JULIE ELLIOTT: Nothing the Government announced will fix the damage they have ca...

Reading a good book is one way of relaxing and easing stress.

SHAPING UP: Building resilience: Stress management over Christmas

It may be best to seek legal advice if you have received a warning letter.

LEGAL EAGLE: Non-Molestation Order threat – what you can do in response

Cristale, Dilan Markanday and Asha Gold share their life lessons with Mayowa Quadri, left, in the VERSUS and Childline ‘The Team Talk’ video.

CHILDLINE: R&B artist, footballer and rapper and actor share their experiences i...

Bill Bailey visited a whaling museum in Western Australia during his Australian Adventure, which started on Channel 4 this week (Picture: Perpetual Entertainment/Marmalade Sky/Channel 4)

Bill Bailey's Australian Adventure review: Weird, but not-so wonderful
Anyone who’s been to Australia will tell you that it's a bit of a weird place – whimsical, possibly. Eccentric, definitely – which makes Bill Bailey the perfect guide to the place.

The currently unused multiplex in Sunniside.

If Sunderland's cinema does reopen, please use it

Washington Village War Memorial

SHARON HODGSON: Remembrance is a time to reflect on how we respect our veterans

Anti-Bullying Week is co-ordinated by the Anti-Bullying Alliance to remind us that preventing and responding to bullying is vital.

CHILDLINE: More than 8,000 counselling sessions on bullying in one year

Legal advice on Lasting Powers of Attorney.

LEGAL EAGLE: Lasting Powers of Attorney – everything you need to know

Go easy on the coffee and cake if you want to stay trim for Christmas.

SHAPING UP: How to stay on the right fitness track as Christmas looms

Claire, husband Sean and 19-year-old daughter Joy-Anna featured in the new Channel 5 reality show Wife on Strike (Picture: Channel 5)

Wife on Strike review: Enough to turn anyone into a feminist

Give a rest missus, there's ages to go yet.

Christmas TV adverts aren't getting any better, or less premature

Separated at birth. The two logos in question.

Wear Beer's Mercedes-Benz saga was fun while it lasted

Brushing up on life-changing habits.

RICHARD: Brush with self-help influencers took my breath away

The weather can be a major factor in making that effort to get out and exercise.

SHAPING UP: No matter what the conditions or how you feel – just 10 minutes

A poster for the 'Stigma is More Harmful than HIV' campaign.

LEGAL EAGLE: Stigma is more harmful than HIV
I recalled recently our Firm acting for a client who is HIV positive. He was receiving effective treatment and had an undetectable viral load which meant there was zero chance of him transmitting HIV to anyone else.

‘Sextortion’ sees children and young people tricked into sharing sexual images by abusers who extort money or further imagery.

CHILDLINE: Huge increase in ‘sextortion’ reports over first six months of 2023

Masterchef: The Professionals review: Voiceover makes you forget Gregg

Born in Tyne Dock in 1892, Simpson-Kirkpatrick served as a stretcher bearer with the 3rd Australian Field Ambulance brigade during the First World War. Using donkeys to carry wounded troops, he is commemorated here by a statue.

The role animals have played in our wars

RICHARD ORD: Why newspaper columnists need to be top of the crops!

The Five-Second Rule is all about recognising those moments when you know you should do something, like getting off the sofa after work.

SHAPING UP: Supercharge your motivation - master the ‘Five-Second-Rule' when you...

The former Medomsley detention centre.

LEGAL EAGLE: Prisons and Probation Ombudsman to carry out independent investigat...

A Letter from Santa is just one of the great ways to support the NSPCC and Childline.

CHILDLINE: A Letter from Santa is just one way to support NSPCC and Childline

Catherine Tyldesley plays Kate and Shayne Ward is Jack in Channel 5's new drama The Good Ship Murder (Picture: Channel 5)

The Good Ship Murder review: Shayne Ward and Catherine Tyldesley are all at sea

It’s not ‘spooky fun’. It’s a waste of time and, in this case, two barstools.

Perhaps it's time to admit that Halloween is all a bit rubbish, really

Bridget Phillipson at a breakfast club, which Labour will introduce for every primary school child in England. Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

BRIDGET PHILLIPSON MP: We will show Labour is the Party of rising standards in e...

Specific criteria needs to be met if considering higher education while subject to a Special Guardianship Order.

LEGAL EAGLE: Allowances entitlement for higher education when subject to a Speci...

It really could happen you know.

Let's all get behind Sunderland-wood

The NSPCC Helpline has received more than 8,800 contacts from adults worried about child sexual abuse – a 6% increase on the previous year.

CHILDLINE: Child sexual abuse is not a thing of the past and Childline will alwa...

The Simpsons cartoon - man facing arms charges has been compared to a character from the popular series

RICHARD ORD: It's neck and neck in the race for the Exasperation League title

People can be detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 .

LEGAL EAGLE: The Mental Health Act 1983 – an explanation on what it means to be ...

A brisk walk around the park can have a big impact on your physical and mental health. Photo by Adobe Stock #216115889

SHAPING UP: Ten ways to invest in your health and wellbeing

A mother and her young son relaxing by doing yoga together.

CHILDLINE: More than half of our counselling sessions last year focused on menta...

The cast of the hit BBC sitcom Ghosts, which returned for its fifth and final series this month (Picture: BBC/Monumental Pictures/Guido Mandozzi)

Ghosts review: Why this BBC sitcom is the home comfort we all need

Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech to the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool with his hands covered in glitter after a protester ran onto the stage. Picture date: Tuesday October 10, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Labour. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

KATE OSBORNE: How Labour will heal the country after 13 years of Tory chaos

'Sorry miss, but are you old enough to be smoking that cigarette?'

RICHARD ORD: I've seen the future... it's hover boots and fag ratting!

A moving monument to love - or something. Sunderland Echo image.

Not all graffiti is art, far from it - in despair at the mess made of Sunderland

Cold water bathing has gained popularity in recent years. Beyond its physical benefits it is soothing for the mind. Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images

SHAPING UP: Marking Mental Health Day by embracing benefits of exercise

Spider spike.

In defence of Sunderland's spiders

The signing of a divorce contract.

LEGAL EAGLE: If consent is not agreed a court agreement would be needed for chil...

There is a fresh recruitment drive to sign up new volunteers from across the North East.

CHILDLINE: Volunteers from across the North East needed to support the Schools S...

Channel 4's Partygate told the story of the lockdown parties inside No.10 Downing Street during the Covid-19 pandemic. From left, Grace Greenwood (played by Georgie Henley), Alice Lyons (Alice Orr-Ewing), Rory Baskerville (Tom Durant-Pritchard), Annabel D'Acre (Ophelia Lovibond), Josh Fitzmaurice (Hugh Skinner) (Picture: Rob Parfitt/Channel 4)

Channel 4's Partygate should leave you raging

Caring for animals who need a home. Picture submitted by Anna Malia.

The great work of animal sanctuaries

What a way to go...

RICHARD ORD: Death by shark or Tory conference? You decide...