Retired dentist & Lib Dem councillor Malcolm Bond has slammed the Government’s new dental plan as figures show 240,289 children in the North East and North Cumbria had not been seen by an NHS dentist in 12 months.
Lib Dems are calling for mainline train services to stop at Seaburn Metro station for the rest of the year because locals are “constantly being failed by the Metro”.
Councillors from all parties have backed a Lib Dem plan to use HS2 cash to make extending the Tyne and Wear Metro to Hendon, Grangetown and Doxford Park a priority as well as re-opening the Leamside Line through Washington.
Lib Dems urge Council bosses to do everything possible to keep M&S in the city centre.
Residents in Thorney Close have welcomed news that Sunderland Council “will no longer proceed” with plans to convert the last pub on the estate into a hostel for homeless people with complex needs.
A Sunderland Conservative councillor has been revealed to be promoting Tory campaigns against 20 miles per hour speed limits in Wales whilst supporting them in Sunderland
