Sunderland has much to offer musically and Music City status could be huge.

Sunderland bids for Music City status

Seaham Food Festival - here's what's on the menu

First neighbours move into school converted into specialist apartments

23 Sunderland city centre beer gardens

Fortnight of celebrations for Sunderland heritage festival

Sunderland's Dame Irene Hays makes debut on Sunday Times Rich List

A suspect is brought out after a raid at an address in Teal Farm

Eight arrests and drugs and weapons seized after raids in Wearside

Opinion

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Bruce Springsteen. Picture by James Manning/PA Wire

Transport advice issued for Bruce Springsteen's SoL gig

Armed Forces and Emergency Services unite for Stadium of Light event

The Markerstudy volunteers cleaning and checking the donated items.

Volunteers show their support for Love Amelia charity

Sunderland AFC

Siriki Dembele playing for Birmingham City. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)

21 realistic transfers SAFC fans want club to make
We asked fans on social media to name a realistic signing they would like Sunderland to make during this summer’s transfer window.
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How SAFC's returning loanees have fared plus what could happen next

Tom Watson playing for Sunderland U21s against West Ham U21s. Photo: Chris Fryatt.

Predicted SAFC U21s team to face Reading

Championship news: Striker deal extended after SAFC links

Corry Evans playing for Sunderland. Picture by FRANK REID

Six first-team players set to leave SAFC this summer - and 11 who could go

O'Nien addresses SAFC's striker issue and makes honest admission

Gary Neville explains upcoming Stadium of Light trip

Taylor reacts to contract decision ahead of U21s play-off semi-final

Sunderland midfielder Corry Evans

Phil Smith: The transfer mistake that Sunderland cannot make again

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Sunderland youngster Chris Rigg

Why Chris Rigg's future isn't yet resolved despite retained list hint

Jobe Bellingham and Jack Clarke playing for Sunderland. Picture by FRANK REID

The 29 SAFC players under contract for the 2024/25 season

SAFC confirm four pre-season opponents - with more fixtures planned

Sunderland loanee Callum Styles

Callum Styles' Sunderland transfer situation and next steps explained

Crime

Daniel Smith.

Man knocked out girlfriend's tooth in fit of fury

Lee Richardson.

Man slashed partner with stanley knife

Northumbria Police file picture

'Disorder' breaks out during funeral procession in Easington Lane

Stephen Jack Thomas Wray.

Lamb thief injured two women and assaulted police officers

Taylor Bentham.

Teenager set his dog on victim, then stabbed him 'at least five times'

Daniel Graham (left) and Adam Carruthers arrive at court

Two men appear in court charged with cutting down Sycamore Gap tree

What's On

Wallace the Lion in 1913 with children from Sunderland Council Blind School

The story of Wallace the lion, Sunderland's favourite big cat

Stephen Mangan was the host of ITV's new reality gameshow, The Fortune Hotel (Picture: ITV)

The Fortune Hotel review: A pale imitation of other gameshow hits

Sunderland city centre art benches donated to city schools

Terry Deary will be at the History Fair.

Vikings and Romans to slug it out at Sunderland history fair

Retro

When Sunderland's street bustled with all of this in the 1960s.

15 pictures of shoppers in a packed town centre of the 1960s
It’s busy in Blandford Street and crowded in Crowtree Road
Chris Cordner

The day when table tennis shared the SAFC sporting headlines with football.

Serving up an SAFC memory from 50 years ago today

When Sunderland had its views heard on Radio 1.

Sunderland kids on air: When Radio 1 broadcast the views of Wearside

Memories of Mods at Bar Pure. Tell us if you were there.

Sunderland's Mods on camera in a line-up of photos from 2004

On the bill at the pictures in Sunderland in 1954.

Nine memories from a night out at the cinema in Sunderland in 1954

Homes & Gardens

Vitesy introduces the only natural and sustainable air purifier in the market today, Natede Smart.

The only natural and sustainable air purifier in the market today
According to the WHO, the air inside homes and offices can be up to 5 times more polluted than the air outside as contaminants come from cleaning products, carpeting, paint, furniture, smoke, dust, cooking and more.
Stephanie Bateman

A computer generated image of the Bishops Walk development

Chance to get a sneak peek at Miller Homes' new Durham development

Garden

Expert Reveals: Tips For Looking After Your Garden In Summer

If you want to encourage bees and butterflies to your flower beds then think about some wildlife friendly summer bedding such as tobacco plants and petunias

Jobs to do in your garden during marvellous May

Chester Gate

Inside the Chester Gate development as it nears completion

Puzzles

Quick CrosswordTo test and hone your word skills

SudokuThe ultimate logic-based numbers game

WordwheelPit yourself against the clock with our simple anagram game

Lifestyle

Just some of the Wearsiders who struck lucky in competitions 35 years ago.

When Sunderland was a town of winners in 1989

A lunchtime filled with fun for these pupils in 2008.

How you spent your lunchtimes at Plains Farm Primary School in 2008

A gallery showing the changing face of the street from the early 1960s.

Nine pictures spanning 50 of Dame Dorothy Street

Sunderland in the early 1970s had lots of options for a night out.

How Sunderland nights out looked in 1971, from Tiffany's to La Strada

People

Grace House is to receive almost £20,000.

Grace House to receive £20,000 donation
‘It will make such a huge difference to the lives of disabled young people that we support’
Tony Gillan

Staff from Beamish Museum receive the Visitor Welcome Award at the Museums and Heritage Awards 2024.

Beamish wins national award celebrating 'greatest visitor experience'

The former asylum looked creepy in its ruined state before being demolished.

15 creepy photos of the abandoned Sunderland Cherry Knowle Asylum

Is the apostrophe used correctly here? Of course it is. Emerson's Pet Centre in Fawcett Street is too excellent for such shoddiness.

Apostrophes vital in helping Sunderland look down on other places

Will Palmer / Sunderland City Runs

Great grandfather, 78, completes Sunderland 10k in memory of wife

Best In Sunderland

Sunday lunch at Whitechurch in Durham - here's what we thought

Prices, what's on and a look inside as Omniplex opens in Sunderland

Staycation in style at Northumberland's Beadnell Towers

Davey's Mexicano heading to STACK Seaburn

Business

Empires Stores on Galashiels Road in Grindon is one of the participating shops.

Sunderland stores' £11 grocery bundle for a penny offer

Team photos from Bristol Street Motors over the years but we want to know if you recognise anyone.

11 retro photos of Bristol Street Motors staff in Sunderland

Marks and Spencer has given its Dalton Park outlet a hi-tech upgrade

Marks & Spencer unveils hi-tech upgrade to Dalton Park store

New Taylor Wimpey development in Usworth coming soon

Taylor Wimpey starts work on site at latest development in Usworth

The number of people in the North East classed as economically inactive has risen again.

Number of North East people locked out of jobs market rises again

Culture House taking its place in Sunderland's skyline

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