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Disney World is a dream holiday destination for families

Mum saves £500 on Orlando attractions tickets with Black Friday deal

Continuus are strengthening their presence in the US, which is their biggest market

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Founder and CEO of Ledgebrook, Gage Caligaris, met with Dr. Nazim Cetin, CEO of Alllianz X

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Budva, Montenegro offers a similar Mediterranean escape with beautiful Adriatic coastline, historic streets and lively beach clubs.

10 holiday dupes offering fewer crowds and lower prices

The service will empower AI visibility

Ad Feature Newswire expands USA network with guaranteed coverage

Denvah Finlay who was diagnosed with Bilateral Retinoblastoma at one year old.

Courageous Denvah inspires incredible fundraising

Maureen Thompson, left, pictured with Denvah Finlay and her parents Gemma and Paul.

The little girl with cancer in both eyes and here's how to help her

Sunderland were invited to take part in the inaugural United Soccer Association League, with 12 top-flight clubs, mostly from the British Isles, representing 12 North American cities.
But the Roker men would not play as SAFC. Instead, they were known as Vancouver Royal Canadians.
Here is the Sunderland squad in 1967.

When Sunderland played in the USA under a different name

Hot Rats in 2024 after it moved to Waterloo Place. Its specialism was vinyl, CDs, t-shirts, merchandise and gig tickets.

Get grooving with a load of memories of Sunderland's record shops

The cost of diesel at Washington Service Station is retailing at almost £2/litre. The price is understood to have exceeded the £2 mark earlier this week.

Taking advantage- motorists react as diesel price hits nearly £2/litre

Sunderland’s Stadium of Light

What fans need to know as Sunderland announce US pre-season tour

The Grammy Awards take place in the USA this weekend.

How a music producer is offering a local link to the Grammy Awards

The Enhanced Games. Motto: 'Faster, Higher, Catheter!'

Shock. Horror. He don't take drugs!

Thrill-seeking athlete Lily Smith has performed a daring balance beam routine 52 stories above street level.

Athlete performs balance beam routine 52 stories above street level

I visited one of the world's most famous buildings in New York City

Four year old Ivanna Potts in her Sunderland AFC shirt.

USA surgery now the only hope for brave Ivanna, 4, left in UK limbo
“Surgery in the USA is now Ivanna’s only hope” - the heart-breaking words of the little four-year-old’s dad Jack Potts after being told his daughter’s only option in the UK is palliative care.
Neil Fatkin

Roger Miller, creamery production manager for Associated Co-operative Creameries, was happy to hand over a huge delivery to the crew of USS Shreveport.

The day Sunderland got a milk delivery order for 23,000 pints

Danny jnr and Danny snr alongside Ivanna Potts.

Boxer Danny to go 100 rounds to help Ivanna, 4, get lifesaving surgery

Sunderland AFC's first game back in the Premier League. Inset David Bruce.

If we stay up, everything looks different says SAFC business chief

Four year old Ivanna Potts in her Sunderland AFC shirt.

Help give Ivanna, 4, new chance at life and to get her childhood back

The region is set to be hit by stormy weather this weekend.

Here's whether two hurricanes will hit the region this weekend

Pittsburgh: Freelance journalist Rory Buccheri found an unexpected farm to fork oasis in this industrial US city famous for sports and pop art

I found an unexpected farm to fork oasis in the US city of Pittsburgh

Visitors in the orchard at Washington Old Hall.

Washington Old Hall celebrates 70 years of welcoming visitors

Abraham Lincoln whose final day will forever be linked to both Sunderland and Jarrow.

Why Wearside and Tyneside are linked to a high-profile assassination

Kennel hands Abby Race and Kaitlyn Linley.

Racegoers relish in National Greyhound Week celebrations at Sunderland Stadium

No Limit Records' influence far extends just the hip-hop community, as Master P looked to provide an equitable means for artists to make a living from their music.

How big an influence was hip-hop label No Limit Records?

Fabrizio Romano (YouTube)

Romano drops major update on Sunderland-born player amid late twist
Fabrizio Romano confirms Bundesliga club beat Parma to sign Sunderland-born playmaker this summer
James Copley

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says technical skills have equal merit to academic ones and Wigan and Leigh College will be at the forefront teaching and promoting them

EMMA LEWELL: I know things are tough and we have much more to do

What we know about Charlie Hunnam's newest series appearance

Pop sensation to perform at Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 opening show

Sarah Millican prepares for huge first leg of USA tour

Kennedy's, which was at the forefront of innovative thinking at its Sunderland store.

Kennedy's: Sunderland's Unique Department Store

A fighter jet fell off the side of the American aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman while she was deployed in the Red Sea.

Expensive error: $70m rolls off aircraft carrier and into the sea

The sun rises on another packed day at Virginia Beach

I know why Pharrell Williams is 'Happy' after a trip to Virginia Beach

Founder of One March Jake Holyoak and the One March team Jack Johnson, Kintija Sluka and Daniel Step

Global PR agency returns to North East BIC home

FKA Twigs has had to cancel several North American and Canadian tour dates due to the wrong visas being issued.

FKA Twigs North American tour cancelled due to visa issues

Fan-tastic World Cup welcome awaits Brits in Boston

Treder played her first PWR season in the North, and now plays for Loughborough Lightening alongside Red Roses Lilli Ives Campion, Sadia Kabeya, Emily Scarratt and Helena Rowland

Sunderland gripped by Women’s Rugby World Cup Fever: USA Star Kathryn Treder gea...

Abbi Adair in Alaska in her search for the Northern Lights

I'm a storm chaser and travelled to Alaska to see the Northern Lights

Anthony Meade - former chef who now enjoys his time as a student pilot during his retirement.

Chef's memories of Carter's 'Haway the Lads' speech

Jimmy Carter pictured shaking hands with Florrie Curtis, who was waiting to meet him in Sunderland in 1977.

Jimmy Carter's Pyrex visit: Your memories

President Jimmy Carter plants a tree at Washington Old Hall in 1977, while Britain's Prime Minister, James Callaghan, looks on.

I want to hear from people who met Jimmy Carter in Sunderland

A poll of 1,000 adults who travel for work found over half like to turn meetings abroad into a holiday

Business travellers reckon they save £2,500 on holidays every year

Staff at Visuna are celebrating a another successful 12 months

Washington firm Visuna set to post record £80m turnover after 'sensational' grow...

Newcastle United midfielder Isaac Hayden in action for Jamaica against USA

‘Only the start’ - Newcastle United ace reacts to rare appearance

Mark Adams, Hay & Kilner

Hay & Kilner advise Indigo Software shareholders on sale to Aptean Inc

Surprising Deep South: Visit the USA's best fly-drive spot

David Madden (inset) was interviewed for a new documentary about the Freckleton Air Disaster, where he watched most of his classmates get killed 80 years ago.

'I ran through a burning doorway as my classmates got killed'

President Carter met a whole host of hairstyles at the Corning factory in Pallion in 1977.

As Jimmy Carter turns 100, we look back at his time in Sunderland

Thomas Veti has researched his Wearside ancestry and uncovered the 'Sunderland Story' in a loft.

Piece of Wearside history found in a 'dusty loft'

It's all one way as far as language goes. The wrong way.

'My bad': Ugh! Tony Gillan

Miguel Almiron to MLS transfer latest as Charlotte FC 'eye' move

Music fans reveal their ultimate travel bucket list

Shania Twain invites 81 year old superfan, Ken, on stage during her set at Lytham Festival.

Watch: Shania Twain invites 81-year-old superfan on stage

The magnificent Washington Old Hall is brimming with history and splendour.

Washington Old Hall's thousand-year history

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