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'Luxury' dog boarding hotel to open in city centre

Any smell from the kennels will be managed through pet air purifiers, planning chiefs say.

A glass tumbler filled with a red liquid and slices of orange, meant to resemble mulled win, stands on a wooden board with two green foliage fronds and a sparkly background

Man must avoid alcohol over Christmas or risk jail

Stephen Auton, who punched his girlfriend after getting drunk, says alcohol "ruined" his life.

Two images of the portrait of singer George Michael created using screws coloured silver, gold and black. It depicts the star as he was in the 80s, with his signature hairstyle. The picture on the right shows the bearded artist - who is wearing a black t-shirt and grey beanie drilling a screw into the left hand side of the canvas.

Wham! star's iconic photo recreated in 'screw art'

Darren Timby spent 90 hours and used about 12,000 zinc, gold-coloured and black screws to make it.

A pair of elderly hands in front of an electric heater

How councils will fill the winter fuel payment gap

Many authorities are providing funds to pensioners who do not qualify for the winter fuel payment.

Twenty people - performers at a concert - smile at the camera. They are a mix of men and women, two people are holding microphones and one a guitar. A large crowd of fans can be seen behind them.

Musicians raise £50k for child poverty charity

Sunderland's musicians join forces to raise more than £50,000 for a charity tackling child poverty.

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Wearside stories you may have missed this week

A punk Christmas hit and mushrooms growing on prison walls - just some of this week's stories.

Left to right: a man in a brown jacket and jeans wearing a baseball cap, a woman with long blonde hair wearing a dark jacket and a woman with curly blonde hair in a pink and purple striped jacked all smiling. The latter is holding a red pouch. Next to her is a serious-looking man with cropped hair and a beard wearing a dark fleece. He is holding a container labelled "emergency bleed control kit"

Stab victim's parents hope kit will save lives

The first bleed kit, which contains tourniquets and gels, has been installed in Sunderland.

Side view of Tom A Smith playing a guitar, seen from waist height. He has short hair and is wearing a purple fleece.

Musician 'absolutely devastated' by guitar theft

Tom A Smith says he was travelling to London when the band's van was targeted by thieves.

A queue of people wait at a bus stop outside Heworth Metro station.

'Strong possibility' of no metros south of the river

Nexus says it needs "to be realistic" and is currently unable to maintain trains south of the Tyne.