A Sunderland heroine who was held in a prisoner of war camp is remembered as the 80th anniversary of her passing approaches.

7,000 hours of work to clean this Bridge Street venue That same month in 1952, another of Sunderland’s churches captured our interest. St Marys Church got a facelift which took ten weeks and saw ...

The footballing world is in mourning today with Serie A matches being postponed to pay respects to the late Pontiff. Pope Francis's love of football was not hi ...

A university professor and a priest have remembered "warm" and "charismatic" Pope Francis's passion for football. The pontiff ...

Heard the one about the Sunderland church which moved by itself? It happened at Herrington Street Methodist Mission which made Echo headlines in April 1952 - because it had shifted eight inches.

The Church of England's Bishop of Jarrow ... Fr Lyden-Smith presented Francis with a Sunderland AFC shirt at a general audience in Rome in October 2013. It was days before a derby game between ...

North Tyneside– St Bernadette’s Catholic Primary, Wallsend– Langley First School– Ivy Road Primary School South Tyneside– St ...

A special programme of events will take place in Enniskillen from Thursday, May 8, to Saturday, May 10, organised by the ...

Parents will no longer be “hamstrung by rigid school hours”, the Prime Minister has said as 750 schools open new free ...