2021 news archive

A trial scheme will see a street temporarily closed around St Bede's Primary School, Washington, to address road safety concerns and improve air quality.

First payments of the £150 Council Tax Energy Rebate have begun.

Looking for something to keep the kids entertained during the Easter holidays?

More and more people are signing up for this year's Active Sunderland BIG 3K Run - many to help raise money for charity.

Living with Covid: let's all stay safe.

Budding Southwick gardeners are being invited to adopt a planter to grow their own fruit and vegetables.

Sunderland City Council is preparing proposals for a new multi-storey car park in Sunderland city centre.

More Sunderland residents have been handed fines as the city council clamps down on littering and fly-tipping.

Thanks to high vaccination coverage in the North East, which is protecting tens of thousands of people from severe illness, hospitalisation or even death, we are in a very different place to when the pandemic began.

New additions to the pond at Elemore Park have been given a helping hand thanks to a ramp to allow them to get in and out of the water.