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Cinema due back in Sunderland early next year, Lib Dems reveal
Sunderland’s former Empire Cinema building, which the City Council owns, should be returning as a cinema in 2024, opposition Lib Dem councillors have revealed.
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Anger as Council refuse to grit major Sunderland bus route causing ‘carnage’
Locals have reacted with fury after Sunderland Council bosses refused to send gritters down a main bus route leading to and from a busy Metro station.
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Nissan electric vehicle reports a vote of confidence in “world’s best” workforce on Wearside
Nissan electric vehicle announcement announcement must be the wake-up call Sunderland Council needs to urgently roll out a decent electric vehicle charging network in all parts of the city – so…
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Councillors ‘over the moon’ as Sunderland’s new ticket office looks set to open to the public
Thankfully it looks like we will now avoid the absurd situation of a new ticket office being built as part of the refurbished southern entrance to Sunderland Station but never actually opening to the…
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New lifesaving defibrillator installed in Sunderland’s Doxford Park
Another life-saving Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) has been installed in a popular Sunderland park in a bid to save more lives.
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Delight as Pallion flood protection scheme gets go-ahead
Councillors in Sunderland have welcomed a £3.625 million investment by the Environment Agency in a scheme to protect local homes in Pallion that are at repeated risk of flooding.
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Sunderland Council have ‘signed death warrant’ for city centre after approving parking price hikes
Labour's pig-headed and short-sighted decision to raise parking charges in Sunderland city centre is nothing more than pure greed from fat cat Council bosses, say Lib Dems
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Council’s plan to hike parking charges slammed as “nail in the coffin” for Sunderland city centre
Lib Dem councillors in Sunderland have slammed Council bosses for their plans to increase parking charges and axe the popular ‘Free after 3pm’ parking scheme in the city centre.
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Sunderland Council blocks bid for emergency vote on Triathlon scandal
Council bosses in Sunderland have rejected a bid by opposition Lib Dems to hold an emergency vote of councillors on repairing the reputational damage caused to the city after people fell ill after…
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Emergency bid to Council for better water testing after Sunderland Triathlon scandal
Opposition Lib Dem councillors are calling for an emergency meeting of Sunderland Council to get to the bottom of the Triathlon sewage scandal – and to confirm whether or not the city’s beaches are…
