Five things you may have missed out on if you had not bought the Echo last week ...

1 Mum’s call for info in wake of baby’s fight with illness:

Expectant parents Sarah Fletcher and husband Richard are to be given potentially lifesaving information after their campaign to highlight an illness which put her son’s life at risk.

2 Strangers who raped mum jailed for 22 years:

Newcastle Crown Court heard how Saheed Rasoolli, 30, and Araz Abdulla, 23, each took a turn to attack their victim in the bedroom of a flat at Roker Avenue, in Sunderland.

3 Review: Get hooked by high-flying Peter Pan panto:

Peter Pan is putting the pan in panto this year with a soaring spectacular at Sunderland Empire. The festive offering whisks audiences from a rainy Sunderland to a tropical Neverland.

4 Serial rapist is jailed for more than 30 years:

Omar Sharif, who incapacitated his vulnerable victims – all in their late teens – has been jailed for more than three decades and branded a public danger following a crown court trial.

5 Your chance to win various goodies for Christmas:

All week we offered one lucky reader the chance to win a Christmas food and drink hamper worth £250 from Sunderland city centre traders. The token collect competition was a real winner.