All news on the topic: Sunderland

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Teen e-bike rider jailed after drug-fuelled crash kills grandmother on zebra crossing
The family of the devoted grandmother killed by an e-biker under the influence condemned him for leaving her dead ’in the gutter’ as he was sentenced today.
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Farage faces Commons investigation over secret £5m crypto billionaire gift
Nigel Farage is facing a formal investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog over a £5m gift from the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne.
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Questions grow over Reform UK discipline as dozens of controversial councillors remain in party
At least four newly-elected Reform UK councillors seem to have been suspended, expelled, or have resigned their seats entirely since the local elections in England.
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Local elections turn into referendum on Starmer as Labour braces for crushing losses
FED up with your local councillor failing to fix the potholes? Thinking about voting them out tomorrow?
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UK universities clamp down on Pakistani applicants amid rising visa fraud and abuse
In a move that has sparked outrage among aspiring students, several British universities have halted or restricted admissions from Pakistan and Bangladesh, citing rising visa misuse and mounting pressure from the UK Home Office to curb fraudulent applications.
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Body of a man found in Sunderland’s Roker Park: police do not believe circumstances of death are suspicious
A body has been found in Roker Park, Sunderland, with police taping off a massive area as they investigate.
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Fatal crash in UK: Two young men charged after women killed in care home
Two men have been charged after a BMW that was being followed by police crashed into their care home in Sunderland, killing two elderly women.
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Sunderland: Stolen BMW rams care home — 8 hospitalised, two young men behind bars
Two men, both 21 years old, were arrested following a crash involving a blue BMW that was stolen from Fenham, Newcastle, and collided with the side of a care home in Sunderland.
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Man sentenced to three years in prison after his XL bully dog escaped and killed a neighbor
Christopher Bell, 45, left his door open when he came out of his house to run after Ian Langley, 54, who had thrown a stone at his home.
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First person to admit UK riot charge jailed for over four years after unrest in Sunderland
Kieran Usher, 32, was part of a group of 20 people who threw missiles at police during unrest in Sunderland in August.
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Sunderland rioters hurl rocks at Filipino NHS nurses heading to work for emergency coverage
The Filipino NHS workers were targeted by rioters in Sunderland, leaving them "terrified" as they headed to work in taxis to provide emergency cover amid violence breaking out
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At least 57 arrests in connection to ’completely unacceptable’ riots
Some 57 people - including children - have been arrested in connection with the riots which have blighted cities and towns today and yesterday.
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Sunderland riot fire destroys vital service used by struggling families
The burned-out Citizens Advice Bureau was the only place in Sunderland able to give free help under the government’s Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service
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Inside the UK riots: Right-wing groups fueled by misinformation
Reporters investigating the dissemination of information that sparked the riots on Tuesday have tracked them to a number of far-right groups active on social media
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Sunderland police station set on fire as rioters hurl beer barrels at police
Sunderland Central Police Station on Waterloo Place in the city centre was set on fire by protestors on Friday evening as thugs took to the streets over Monday’s attacks in Southport