Sunderland

Armando Broja of Burnley looks dejected during the Championship match against Wolverhampton Wanderers

Is the double drop from the Premier League becoming more common?

Back-to-back relegations to the third tier of English football are becoming more common and this season Burnley could make it a hat-trick after Luton Town and Leicester.

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'I'm blown away by some of those performances'

Sunderland fan Eleanor McCabe reacts to her side's 3-2 win over Brentford in the EFL Cup.

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A drone view which shows the scale of The Ashcourt Springwell Quarry, which is on the left and is made up of two large grey industrial-style metal buildings, and has large mounds of dirt. To the right of the quarry is a medium-sized housing estate featuring a mix of detached and semi-detached homes. There is also a large area of undeveloped land to the bottom right of the picture.

Villagers 'hacked off' over repeated developments

People in Springwell Village near Sunderland say they have to deal with excessive dust and noise.

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Fleetwood players run away in celebration

Fleetwood to face Everton or Newcastle in last eight

League Two Fleetwood Town will face Everton or Newcastle United at Highbury in the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup.

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Freddie Hardy, a man in his late 60s with a full head of white hair and long sideburns. He wears glasses and a bright red sweater.

Budget help welcomed but with pleas for much more

Residents and businesses in north-east England and Cumbria react to John Healey's first Budget.

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The entrance of the National Glass Centre in Sunderland. A large grey sign is suspended between two high cement pillars. A sloped path leads to the glass doors of the building. The fenced off roof of the building is visible in the distance.

Glass Centre listing bid turned down

Campaigners in Sunderland say they will seek a review of the decision not to protect the building.

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A sign on the building for the Charity Commission for England and Wales

'Serious concerns' prompt disability charity probe

Disability charity Adapt North East is being investigated by the Charity Commission.

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A tall multi-storey building made of mostly of panels and glass is surrounded by a walkway, green plants and a young tree at Sunderland College's former campus in Washington.

Special needs school plans move to £2.65m site

Sunderland council wants to move a SEND school to a college campus it has bought in Washington.

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A Pop card being used on the Tyne and Wear Metro on a mobile phone. The phone has a contactless symbol and a virtual Pop card in white, purple and green. It is being held against a ticket scanner

Card glitch 'another deterrent' to using Metro

Google Pay users face problems topping up Pop cards for use on the Tyne and Wear Metro.

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