Autistic campaigner Ritchie Smith with the Lotus at The Bridges in Sunderland

Reindeer Dash at the Bridges, Sunderland

Black Friday at The Bridges, Sunderland

See the Bridges Shopping Centre in Sunderland as Storm Malik rocks the North East

Popping the Valentine's Day questions at Bridges Sunderland

Jaydeen Sarah's ultimate post-lockdown glam look - with The Body Shop Sunderland at the Bridges

Dad of deaf and autistic Sunderland boy claims 'system is broken' after recommended school placement

Sunderland parents Tanya and Simon Brown support Knives Impact Everyone campaign launch in North East

Foundation of Light launches campaign for Sunderland AFC fans to show their love for the club

NHS campaigners create message in the sand at beach in Sunderland

The Sunderland Echo and North East Autism Society's All To Play campaign for Thornhill Park School

The Sunderland Echo's Clean Streets campaign

Parents of Connor Brown support Sunderland College knife crime campaign

Sunderland 10k runners on the Wearmouth Bridge

The Sunderland Echo's Safe A19 campaign

Sunderland schoolboy becomes unexpected star of John Lewis Christmas campaign.

Young Sunderland mother left 'sick to the stomach' at return of malicious social media hate campaign against severely disabled son

Emergency services called to the Northern Spire bridge in Sunderland

Christmas arrives at the Bridges as families raise hundreds of pounds for charity in Reindeer Dash

Bargain hunters flocked into Sunderland's The Bridges on Black Friday, 2019

A look around Frederick Street Gallery in The Bridges

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Sunderland children go green by building an electric racing car with an important message about litter

Hawk jet arrives in Sunderland - footage courtesy of NELSAM

Meet Bess the trainee welfare dog already having a positive impact on children at Sunderland school

Scenes from the Sunderland half marathon route

Sunderland's Academy 360 Community Bistro goes down a treat with parents and children

Sunderland voters react to General Election announcement

Residents reveal their memories of the town's formative years at Washington 60 roadshows

Sunderland College students donate food parcels to refugee families as part of festival celebrating multiculturalism

Inside the new Stapylton Steakhouse in East Durham

Statue for Stokoe - when Sunderland honoured the Messiah