Sunderland LIVE news: Breaking news, traffic, travel and weather updates for Wednesday, October 23

Hello and welcome to the LIVE blog where we will bring you updates on local news from across Wearside.
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Sophie here looking after the live blog until 2pm.

Stick with us throughout the day until 10pm as we provide breaking updates, traffic and travel latest and our Wearside weather report.