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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…
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72% of all burglaries in Northumbria Police force area go unsolved new figures show
A staggering 72% of burglaries went unsolved in Tyne and Wear and Northumberland in the 2022/2023 financial year - an average of 13 reported burglaries a day, new analysis has revealed.
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Sunderland Council killjoys should fly flag for Lionesses
Opposition councillors have called for Sunderland City Council to show some national pride and fly the England flag outside the authority’s City Hall offices during the Women’s World Cup.
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Joy as funding finally agreed to replace ‘worst roundabout in Sunderland’
Local councillors on Wearside have welcomed the decision by transport chiefs this week to allocate funding to upgrade to the Chester Road / Springwell Road / Holborn Road junction in Sunderland.
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No wonder no-one wants a new North East Mayor in face of Labour chaos, say Lib Dems
The public have no appetite whatsoever to pay for and be governed by a new North East Mayor - a politician that nobody asked for, say Wearside Lib Dems
