2021 news archive

Two days of cyclo-cross action with more than 650 riders.

Work to replant a community orchard in Southwick is underway less than two weeks after it was destroyed by vandals on Bonfire Night.

Sunderland residents are encouraged to shout out their road safety heroes for Road Safety Week 2021 (15 -21 November).

Thousands of visitors enjoyed the spectacular return of the Festival of Light and Sunderland Illuminations, which has now closed for another year.

Sunderland City Council has endorsed a set of recommendations that aim to reduce the harmful effects of tobacco.

The Mayor of Sunderland is calling on everyone who is eligible to come forward for their Covid booster jab after having his own this week.

Sunderland residents are being encouraged to open up about their finances as part of Talk Money Week, a campaign coordinated by the Money and Pensions Service.

A section of Panns Bank quayside is being rebuilt and strengthened with more than 340 tonnes of steel piling.

A cycle scheme has launched in Sunderland to make it easier to travel around the city by bike.

Sunderland's new dual carriageway, linking the Northern Spire bridge to the city centre, has officially opened.