Wearside's Liberal Democrats have attacked Conservative boasts about police funding as "smoke and mirrors" that dress up a potential Council Tax rise as if it were extra funding from the Government.
An eyesore subway under one of the main dual carriageways into Sunderland has been vandalised and set on fire just week after upgrade works, sparking fury from the local community who want it replaced with a pedestrian crossing.
Local councillor Heather Fagan is delighted that funding has been secured for a new street cleaning operative for the community across Doxford, Tunstall, Moorside and Hall Farm.
Commenting on news that Debenhams are set to close all their stores Sunderland city councillor for Millfield and the City Centre - and Liberal Democrat group leader - Niall Hodson said:
Local Lib Dem councillors are calling for a rethink on a new bus route in Sunderland which takes residents in Hastings Hill to the nearby ALDI supermarket - but doesn't bring them back again.
A green-fingered councillor in Sunderland is urging the Council to massively increase the number of allotments in the city in a bid to boost mental health.
