13 of the best independent coffee shops in Sunderland

Christmas arrives at the Beacon of Light with festive fair to support local traders

Shop local in Sunderland this Christmas: Mackies Corner

Local art business turns landmarks into candles as part of Sunderland range at Winter Gardens shop

Shoppers in Sunderland city centre on the day face masks become mandatory in shops

We asked city centre shoppers what they thought about the reintroduction of mandatory mask-wearing in shops

Sunderland in 1983: the shops of the town centre

Revisit Sunderland's lost shops with Shots!TV

Wearside book shops we've loved

Lost shops of Sunderland's old town centre

Sunderland sweet shops: a pick and mix of memories

Sunderland health boss warns people to avoid busy shops and beer gardens when lockdown is eased

Inside the new coffee shop at Sunderland's Port Independent

Countdown to Christmas for Sunderland shoppers

Omicron: We asked shoppers - do you plan to go ahead with your Christmas partying plans?

Christmas shopping night at Mackie's Corner in Sunderland

We asked shoppers in Sunderland if the rise of the Omicron variant is affecting their Christmas plans

Sunderland business The Little Shop

MP Bridget Phillipson urges shoppers to back Small Business Saturday

Sunderland businesses speak out over station Christmas closures

Parents of Connor Brown support Sunderland College knife crime campaign

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

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

Thief arrested, charged and jailed within 48 hours of stealing from Sunderland's Bobby's Bar