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 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 ...

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 ...