Chris Binding

Four new covered padel courts are coming to a Sunderland leisure centre as the fast-growing sport continues to surge in popularity.

An ‘adult social care and mental health emergency’ has been declared in Sunderland amid stark warnings over suicide, self-harm and mounting pressure on care services.

A specialist care home for children and young people with autism could be opened in Sunderland.

A bid to transform a Sunderland office building into apartments has been rejected after planners raised concerns over the scheme’s design, location and lack of parking.

Plans have been submitted for major maintenance works to improve the thermal performance of two high-rise buildings on Wearside.

Plans have been unveiled for a new blood donation centre in Sunderland city centre that would help save lives across the region.

Plans for a new e-vehicle storage and charging facility serving one of Sunderland’s high-rise residential estates have been approved.

Plans to convert a former care facility into an 11-bedroom house in multiple occupation (HMO) will now be decided by a Government-appointed planning inspector after developers challenged Sunderland City Council’s refusal of the scheme.

Plans have been submitted to bring Sunderland’s disused Debenhams store back into use as a go karting centre and leisure hub.

Plans for a new Starbucks drive-thru have been given the go-ahead after previous plans for the site were rejected three years ago.