Voters will go to the polls on Thursday, July 4, to choose their MPs - and, ultimately, who will form the next Government. Sunderland has long been one of the first areas to declare an election ...

Watch live as vote counters in the North East race to declare the first result of the UK general election on Thursday ... usual 90-minute time frame. The city council has declared that their ...

Sunderland City Council is asked to approve work to St Mary's and Sunniside multi-storey car parks. A planning inspector upholds concerns that residents would complain about noise from the venue.

There has been an overwhelming response to a call for a city's residents to choose the name of a new footbridge, a council says. Due to open in the summer, the structure will link Sunderland's ...