I can now do all the things I couldn’t before” - the words of superslimmer Emma Swindles who has shed an amazing nine stone thanks to her own determination and the help of Peterlee’s Slimming World ...

A delivery driver who said he would travel 200 miles to have sex with a 12-year-old girl in a park was caught in a police ...

Graeme Murty has heaped praise on Ian Poveda after the Sunderland winger delivered two assists in the U21s’ 5-3 defeat to ...

World Cup fever is building across Sunderland as the city gets ready to welcome the Women's Rugby World Cup 2025.

File photo dated 11/06/08 of pupils sitting an exam. More generous grading, advance notice of exam topics and additional papers are among the promises by the Department for Education to make up for ...

A prolific shoplifter from Lancashire has been jailed after breaching a criminal behaviour order banning him from all B&M stores in the UK.

The North East’s spell of sunshine may be about to break as Storm Erin moves across the Atlantic towards the UK.

Two men have been warned they face jail sentences after a BMW crashed into a care home following a police chase and two ...

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Golden eagles could be re-introduced into England for the first time in more than 150 years, after a study has found there ...

With the Carabao Cup second round on the horizon, Sunderland have the perfect opportunity to test him in a senior setting. A home tie against League One Huddersfield Town offers the kind of stage ...

He had the most remarkable smile and a wicked sense of fun” - the words of University of Sunderland academic John Paul Green ...