Lib Dem councillors are celebrating victory after the city council finally agreed to prevent Bishopwearmouth cemetery being used as a through route between Chester and Hylton Roads.
A plan to improve the provision of lifesaving Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) across Sunderland has been given the backing of city councillors in a bid to save more lives.
Commenting on the publication of the Government's Integrated Rail Plan which confirms that the Government won't fund work to re-open the former Leamside railway line, Washington Liberal Democrats spokesperson Steve Donkin said:
The city of Sunderland is one of the worst hit areas in the country by the growing shortage of GPs, new analysis by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
Lib Dem campaigner for Fulwell & Seaburn Malcolm Bond has hit out at the Conservatives for blocking a new law that would mean water companies have to stop raw sewage being discharged into rivers and seas.
Responding to completion of the Saudi-backed takeover of Newcastle United, Lib Dem Sunderland City Councillor and SAFC fan Stephen O'Brien said:
