Sunderland LIVE: A690 traffic light failure, breaking news and traffic and travel updates to get you through the day

Welcome to the LIVE blog. Here is your live news, traffic and travel blog from the Sunderland Echo for Thursday, September 5.
Our live news, traffic and travel blog will keep you motoring across the city on September 5.Our live news, traffic and travel blog will keep you motoring across the city on September 5.
Our live news, traffic and travel blog will keep you motoring across the city on September 5.

Keep scrolling up to find out what is happening across the city today from 6am right through until 10pm this evening. If you have a story you think our readers should know about then contact our team of journalists via email at [email protected], through our Sunderland Echo Facebook page or by telephoning our newsdesk on (0191) 5166127. Thank you.

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