00:00This is your morning update for Monday, the 4th of August, 2025, brought to you by the Sunderland Echo.
00:10We're skating from South Shields Pier to Roker Pier for bereaved families.
00:15Fundraisers are pulling on their skates for a great cause.
00:20More than 90 doctors take on new roles in Sunderland and South Tyneside.
00:26Newly graduated doctors are setting out on their first days of working in medicine after taking up roles here in the North East.
00:35Sunderland Company hit with record fine after failing to repair church.
00:40A Sunderland Company that owns a listed church in a conservation area has been hit with a council's highest ever financial penalty of almost £125,000 for continued failure to carry out repairs.
00:5589 superb photos of Sunderland and Real Betis fans at Stadium of Light.
01:03Sunderland played Real Betis on Saturday afternoon and our cameras were in attendance to capture the action.
01:09I've had a sneak peek of the Stadium of Light's revamp.
01:15This is what you can expect.
01:18Sunderland have invested heavily behind the scenes at the club this summer.
01:23Limited space is left at popular National Glass Centre summer workshops.
01:29Places have been filling up fast at summer workshops being held at National Glass Centre.
01:34MG Cyberster is a gorgeous electric roadster with scissor doors, affiliated content.
01:42MG returns to its roadster roots with a striking electric convertible that's stylish, fast and surprisingly refined.
01:50Gareth Butterfield tests the new Cyberster.
01:53News of us opening Rio Steakhouse in Sunderland has gone down amazingly well.
02:01The news of our opening has gone down amazingly well, says the co-owner of Rio Steakhouse as work continues on their Sunderland site.
