A message in a bottle which was sent from Sunderland more than 40 years ago is in the spotlight – and Echo readers could hold the key to its answers.

Ongoing aftermath of Storm Arwen in Sunderland on Wednesday, December 1

Sunderland weather warnings for November 29 - December 1 2023 - and long range Christmas forecast

Sunderland v Wycombe: excitement ahead of kick-off at Stack Seaburn

Stack Seaburn goes wild as Sunderland score at Wembley

Seaburn Beach, Sunderland, on March 23

Red hot weather returns at Seaburn Beach

Sunderland vs Newcastle FA Cup preview with Sunderland Echo and Shields Gazette writers

Sunderland City Council leader Coun Graeme Miller on the Sunderland Echo Business Excellence Awards 2023.

Sunderland Echo News - Thoughtful Sunderland College teenagers to donate over 100 Easter eggs for disadvantaged children

Sunderland Echo News - Sunderland College students go global in quest to become carbon neutral

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

Sunderland Echo News - Prison officer to run Sunderland Half Marathon in full military combat gear to raise money for veterans’ charity

Sunderland Echo News - ‘Magic moment’ – Sunderland teacher describes the power of Makaton in helping non-verbal children to communicate

Sunderland Echo News - Chancellor Emeli Sande and the University of Sunderland celebrate International Women's Day

Sunderland Echo News - Fuel prices at Sunderland petrol station top £2 per litre as RAC warn this could be the first of many

Sunderland Echo News - Sunderland residents flock to Roker Beach for Good Friday fun in the sun

Sunderland Echo News - Toddlers “get messy” with Sunderland ARTventurers at the Beacon of Light

Sunderland Echo News - Sunderland children sing national anthem at traditional street party celebrating Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Sunderland Echo News - From Chicago to Sunderland – children “amazed” as Boeing 747 engine sculptures land in their school playground

Spectacular waves at Seaburn

First look inside the completed Tram Shelter in Seaburn

RAF Hercules flying past Roker and Seaburn

Surfers ride the big waves at Seaburn

Landscaping at Ocean Park, Seaburn

Sand blasts across the beach at Seaburn during Storm Dudley

New Yard Nine coffee shop at Sunderland's Beacon of Light

Marco Carola playing Sunderland DJ & producer Nath Brown's I Get Deep

Roll up for retro circus scenes from Sunderland

How former Sunderland forward Duncan Watmore has fared at Millwall

Sunderland vs Millwall preview with Lions reporter Alex Grace

'Disgrace' and a 'joke' - Watch as Washington shoppers react to MPs backing for phased ban on buying cigarettes in the UK