Houghton and Hetton

An elderly couple’s home has been targeted in two terrifying night-time attacks in an apparent case of mistaken identity.

Hundreds have reacted with shock, disgust and dismay after a cygnet was stabbed in the neck with a screwdriver in a park.

An inquest into the death of a Sunderland teenager who died as a result of injuries suffered in an attack by his mother’s boyfriend when he was just a baby is unlikely to be resumed, the city’s senior coroner has said.

A former library is to be turned into offices after plans were given the green light by council officers.

A couple who had a whirlwind wedding so the groom could launch his international football career will today mark half a decade of dedication to each other.

Sunderland will secure promotion from League One at the first time of asking - but the Black Cats are going to make piggin’ hard work of it.

A pharmacist who served a Wearside community for almost 35 years has died.

A group of call centre workers have used pedal power to raise money for a charity close to their hearts.

Community groups and other organisations are being invited to get involved in a carnival parade as part of an ancient festival which dates back hundreds of years.

The sister of murder victim Michael Price say he can now be laid to rest after his 'evil' killers were given life sentences.

A man on trial for murder has told jurors he was asleep at a different house when the victim got a fatal beating.

A passenger was helped into an ambulance after they became ill while travelling on a bus.

A man on trial for murder has told jurors the deadly attack his co-accused carried out on the victim was "like something out of a horror story".

A Sunderland teenager chose to live on the streets rather than give up her beloved dog.

A councillor fears people could be killed if there are more arson attacks such as the one which ripped through farmland on Wearside and destroyed 20 acres of barley at the weekend.