New Elemore Country Park cafe and garden centre

Sunderland's Holiday Inn officially opens

Testo's flyover on the A19 officially opens

Football legend Julio Arca officially opens The Gym Group Sunderland club

Mayor of Seaham Councillor Linda Willis officially opens Caruso's tearoom

Sunderland CCTV base the City Alarm and Emergency Centre is officially opened

The Special Lioness opens new centre in Washington.

First shoppers win golden tickets as The Bargain Clearance Centre in Washington opens its doors to customers 

Vera star Brenda Blethyn opens sensory garden at disabled horse-riding charity

Celebrity gardener Frances Tophill opens school's new £60,000 Forest School

Grange Garden Centre on its lockdown plant delivery service

A new branch of The Range opens at Durham's Dragon Lane retail park

New Ruhe cafe coming to Roker Park

Timelapse shows new Roker Park cafe being craned into position

Vera stars film in Sunderland's civic centre car park as work continues on new series

Tributes for Ross Gawthorpe at Herrington Country Park

Vandals target Herrington Country Park play area in arson attack

Love Lily at Herrington Country Park - a mouthwatering first look inside

Cars queue to enter Herrington Country Park following the easing of lockdown measures

Warning to dog owners after toxic algae is discovering in Herrington Country Park

Sunderland and East Durham in 1974

Black Samphire Trailer.

Popular Seaham micropub The Coalface back under management of owners

School lessons - choose the ones you loved and loathed

Remembering Sunderland legend Charlie Hurley after The King's sad passing

Inside Sunderland's stylish new Son of Sander salon