Third phase of Sunderland's Strategic Transport Corridor opens

Sunderland's Holiday Inn officially opens

Sunderland's Little Miss Teen Great Britain opens cancer charity Amber's Legacy's new home

Roller rink opens for summer in Sunderland's Keel Square

Jobe Bellingham arrives at the Stadium of Light ahead of Sunderland's open training session

Sunderland players arrive at the Stadium of Light ahead of Sunderland's open training session

Tim Hortons opens in Boldon

New women's health hub opens on International Women's Day

Southmoor pupil Alice Ward opens her GCSE results - ten straight grade-nine passes

Vera star Brenda Blethyn opens sensory garden at disabled horse-riding charity

New barber opens in Sunderland

Geek Retreat opens in Sunderland

Headteacher in tears as new school opens

Featherbed Books opens in Houghton

Celebrity gardener Frances Tophill opens school's new £60,000 Forest School

Luxmuralis opens at Durham Cathedral

Sin at the bishop's palace - new exhibition opens at Auckland Castle

Sarnies & Sundaes opens in the former Roker Pie Shop

Small batch bakery Bread& opens at North East BIC in Hylton Riverside

Cafe and garden centre at Hetton's Elemore Country Park officially opens to the public.

David Bruce opens new Sunderland AFC store

New balloon and party shop opens in Sunderland

Football legend Julio Arca officially opens The Gym Group Sunderland club

Sunderland Echo News - ‘A jewel in the Sunderland crown’ – Mayor opens 1719 and its first Spring Fair event

Mayor of Seaham Councillor Linda Willis officially opens Caruso's tearoom

First shoppers win golden tickets as The Bargain Clearance Centre in Washington opens its doors to customers 

50 years of Sunderland curry institution Moti Raj

Land Rover stranded in Herrington Country Park after heavy rain hits Sunderland - Ian Mcclelland

Elemore Country Park on the former Sunderland colliery site

Sunderland AFC Deadline Day transfer news

Sunderland residents give 'full support' to NEAS strike and slam Government's proposed 'anti-strike' bill

Sunderland 1 Swansea City 3 reaction

Selfless diabetic Sunderland schoolgirl Reenie raises nearly £5,000 for diabetes charity Type 1 Kidz

The Stadium of Light story

Inside Seaham's new The Barn at The Mill venue

Vaux - 25 years on from its last day

Scene at Grangetown tanning shop

Fun at the Farringdon prom