Chris Binding
Local Democracy Reporter at Sunderland Echo
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asianstandard.co.uk | Chris Binding
Council officers in South Tyneside have seized large quantities of imported sweets and confectionery with “inaccurate” ingredient information and “labelling issues”. Borough cllrs, at the most recent meeting of South Tyneside Council’s Licensing and Regulatory Committee, heard about the work of the local authority’s commercial food and safety team.
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sunderlandecho.com | Chris Binding
A former games lounge site in Sunderland city centre could soon reopen as a restaurant, after a national chain lodged a bid for signage. Sunderland City Council's planning department has received an advertising consent application for a building on the corner of Fawcett Street and High Street West.
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sunderlandecho.com | Chris Binding
Hundreds of new homes could be built in the Washington area under plans submitted to council development bosses. Sunderland City Council's planning department has received an application for land east of Stephenson Road, in the Usworth area of Washington. The 10.6-hectare application site is bound by houses to the south at Marwell Drive and Merevale Close, the former Leamside Line to the east and agricultural fields and the Washington Riding Centre to the north.
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sunderlandecho.com | Chris Binding
A Sunderland Conservative councillor has resigned to sit as an independent after stating his "political thoughts and values did not align with the Conservative narrative." Councillor Simon Ayre, who was first elected to Sunderland City Council in May, 2022, resigned from the Sunderland Conservatives this month (June, 2025).
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sunderlandecho.com | Chris Binding
Major plans for a new council depot on the outskirts of Sunderland are due to be resubmitted as Sunderland City Council develops a more "cost-effective" scheme. The site at Rainton Bridge Business Park has been earmarked as the new location for the council's 'Houghton Depot', which is currently based at Market Place Industrial Estate around 2km away.
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