In a statement, the council described the application as an "important milestone" in efforts to bring the building back into use and explained £2.4m funding had been awarded by the North East Combined ...

Plans to transform a former place of worship to make way for a hairdressing business have been submitted. Sunderland City ...

Plans for a digital advertising screen, recently blocked by council planning officers, are set to be decided by a ...

An initiative is set to boost digital inclusion across Sunderland. Seven new Digital Health Hubs have opened across the city, ...

A by-election is scheduled to take place in the Hetton ward of Sunderland City Council following the death of a “stalwart” Labour councillor.

Plans for student accommodation above a restaurant site in Sunderland city centre have been refused by council development ...

A six-month plan to improve the shopping experience in a North East city has been announced. Sunderland City Council is ...

A Victorian bandstand will return to its usual spot in a park next spring after being repaired elsewhere, a council has ...

Homebuyers are being invited to see what homes will look like on a new development in Ryhope, near Sunderland.

Plans for a new bookshop, café and flexible event space in Sunderland, spearheaded by television architect George Clarke, are currently under review by council planning chiefs, with locals being ...

Sunderland councillors claimed hundreds of thousands of pounds more in allowances than their Newcastle counterparts, it has been revealed. In some cases, the allowance pocketed by Wearside local ...