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North East quiz: A look at 2024's quirkier stories

30 December 2024
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Uni nightclub demolition would be 'end of an era'

A former Sunderland student looks back at the times when the disused building was a thriving venue.

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Elderly woman struck and killed in hit-and-run

A woman aged in her 80s died after she was hit by the bike in Sunderland, with a man later arrested.

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