Plans to renovate and conserve a “cherished” heritage building on the outskirts of Sunderland have been given the green light by council development bosses. Sunderland City Council’s planning ...

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Parents have criticised the way a school has allocated prom tickets, saying it is "cruel" and puts extra pressure on children. Some pupils at Kepier Academy, in Houghton-le-Spring, near Sunderland, ...

Pupils at a Sunderland school were forced to "line up in the rain" while teachers made sure they wore the right shade of grey school uniform trousers, it has been reported. Children at Kepier School, ...

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