5+ hour, 13+ min ago  (399+ words) Teenage motorsport sensation Jack Thompson is preparing for the new season - which starts this week - after securing backing from a charity which helps young people with life-limiting conditions. Durham-based Jack, 16, is aiming to follow in the footsteps of Lewis Hamilton…...

4+ hour, 28+ min ago  (337+ words) Sunderland City Council's planning and highways committee this week decided to defer plans for Mowbray Villas, in Ashbrooke, Sunderland. The property was previously home to Sweeney Miller Law before the firm's recent expansion and relocation to larger premises. Plans submitted…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (251+ words) Chef and restaurant owner Aniello Russo, known as Nello, says he's proud of the team after Angelo's Trattoria in East Rainton scooped the title at this year's UK Italian Awards. It comes as the trattoria celebrates its 10th anniversary, after transforming…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago  (263+ words) Walk of Witness to disco takeover: 12 things to do in Sunderland over Easter'Sunderland Echo Walk of Witness to disco takeover: 12 things to do in Sunderland over Easter From the annual Walk of Witness on Tunstall Hill to a steaming weekend,…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (498+ words) In recent years, Sunderland City Council's licensing and regulatory committee has reviewed figures linked to city-wide "hackney carriage and private hire licensing matters. The first annual report monitored performance and activity over 2022, setting out information on applications for new licences,…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (18+ words) A late leveller denied SAFC Women a first league win over NUFC in the Wear-Tyne derby'Sunderland Echo...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (463+ words) The project began in December 2024 and had input from a wide range of local representatives, including nine committee members and 37 members from the Hetton Local and Natural History Society, and 40 attendees at monthly society meetings, as well as pupils and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (436+ words) The words of New York City primary school pupil Liam Kwon whose video went viral after he was seen jumping for joy in his Sunderland AFC shirt after winning the title of the Big Apple's Spelling Bee competition. The video…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (257+ words) Pupils from St Oswald's CE Primary School in Durham City have now seen the two road signs they have designed installed outside of their school. The signs, which have been installed under the Highways" 20mph speed limit sign, shows people and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (225+ words) Eddie Howe wants Newcastle United to ignore their dismal record in Tyne-Wear derbies as his side prepare to face arch rivals Sunderland on Sunday afternoon. Newcastle's last derby win on their home patch came in October 2010 when a Kevin Nolan…...