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An investigation has been launched into X over concerns its AI tool Grok is being used to create sexualised images.

The professor behind new legislation outlawing deepfake images on Grok

An overturned lorry blocking the A19

Govt ministers to discuss improvements to two roundabouts on the A19

Idris Elba stands in front of an installation of over 200 bundles of clothing representing the lives lost to Knife crime in the UK as he calls on the Government to take immediate action to prevent serious youth violence at Parliament Square on January 08, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Don't Stop Your Future)

Watch as Idris Elba calls for immediate ban on zombie knives

A Sunderland street in the spotlight. See how many scenes you remember.

11 pictures of Ferryboat Lane from over the years

Kim McGuinness wants the North East's railway stations to be 'devolved'. Sunderland Echo images.

Call to ‘devolve’ railway stations

Government ‘preparing for Thames Water collapse - contingency plans’

The government has rejected calls for women to get menopause leave

Menopause leave trial rejected by government

Bridget Phillipson MP

Don't pick fights with students on free speech, Sunderland MP warns Government

Major new rule change could allow 1.5m workers to take on extra jobs

Some parts of the country have seen petrol stations closing due to panic-buying.

Panic-buying causing fuel shortages, not supply chain issues, AA head says

Sunderland city councillors have agreed to write to the Government following recent Universal Credit changes.

Universal Credit change to 'push many struggling families further into poverty'

E-scooters will remain in Sunderland at least until spring

Sunderland e-scooter trial extension approved

Sunderland City Council leader Councillor Graeme Miller.

Sunderland council leader warns area faces 'great deal of uncertainty'

Labour calls for “full investigation” into whether Hancock and other ministers used private email (Photo by STEVE REIGATE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Labour calls for “full investigation” into whether Hancock and other ministers u...

Holidays to Europe and the United States are not likely to resume until August at the earliest, experts have warned (Photo: Shutterstock)

Holidays to Europe and the United States unlikely to return until August, expert...

Ministers urged to reconsider graduated licences for new drivers Matt Allan

Cinemas are trialling ‘vaccine passport’ technology - but will the scheme go ahe...

Meeting others outdoors still poses Covid risks - could it be banned?

Paul and Lorna Thompson arrived in Benidorm with their daughter Lucy on Saturday.

Family's shock as Spain added to quarantine list

Sunderland City Council

Anger over 'unfair' deal for Sunderland as £35million financial black hole revea...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson presented several press briefings before testing positive for coronavirus (Getty Images)

You can ask a question at the government's daily coronavirus press briefing - he...

An Emergency Department Nurse during a demonstration of the Coronavirus pod and COVID-19 virus testing procedures set-up beside the Emergency Department of Antrim Area Hospital, Co Antrim in Northern Ireland. Picture by Michael Cooper/PA Wire

Coronavirus 'social distancing' policies expected to be introduced in UK - older...

This is why the Home Office is deporting people to Jamaica

Inexperienced drivers could face restrictions under proposed rules (Photo: Shutterstock)

Young drivers could face night driving ban under government plans – here's how i...

The letter concerning the future of housing has been sent to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, James Brokenshire. Photo by PA.

Housing bosses call on Government to 'show more ambition' to ensure homes and se...

Nissan confirmed the X-Trail would not be built in Sunderland yesterday

Nissan slammed for causing Sunderland workforce 'great deal of anxiety' over X-T...

Sharon Hodgson

'This is a great loss of future investment in Sunderland' - MP reacts to confirm...
Sunderland MP Sharon Hodgson says she will be seeking answers from Government Ministers 'as a matter of urgency' as Nissan announce it has cancelled production of its X-Trail model at the firm's Wearside plant.
Poppy Kennedy

Lewis Knapp

Family of hit-and-run victim Lewis Knapp call for tougher sentences

NHS funding concerns.

Bridget Phillipson MP: Improvements must be made in patient care

BRIDGET PHILLIPSON: We need our fair share of investment

Unions are a key liberty in our democracy

BRIDGET PHILLIPSON: Trade unions are a key liberty in our democracy

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