Read all about it – stories which interested you most during 2021
From supporting local business to navigating the everchanging pandemic, it’s been another year of highs and lows in Sunderland.
Our teams, while working from home, have been there throughout, bringing you all the latest news.
In 2021, the Echo website received50millionpageviews– andhere’sthetop10most-read stories of the year.
1. Covid cases, deaths and hospital admissions
Since the beginning of the pandemic, we have reported the key daily figures on coronavirus. Updated daily, this article has been the most-read of the year.
2. The mystery of the 4x4 jeep stuck in the sand at Blackhall Beach
The 4x4 jeep that had been stuck in the sand at Blackhall Beach,forayearandahalfgenerated a lot of interest.
The abandoned vehicle wouldusuallybesubmergedby the sea until low tide revealed the car, which was still mostly intact.
3. LIVE updates: Health minister says Government could not afford to give NHS staff a pay rise
Aswellasindividualstories, we also run a live blog bringing you all the latest, breaking news which this year accumulated
tens of thousands of page views.
4. Abandoned puppy deemed 'too boisterous' to be family pet rescued by police and will spend his life fighting crime
This piece on lively Springador pup Rolo, who was a little too lively for a family home, proved popular when he was taken on as a new recruit with Northumbria Police dog section.
5. 23 Sunderland beer gardens for Bank Holiday drinks
InApril,wewerefinallyable togobacktobeergardensafter restrictionsonoutdoormixing were lifted.
Our guide to city beer gardens
open for pints in the sunshine over the Bank Holiday weekend proved one of our most popular stories of the year.
6. Wycombe Wanderers could be spared relegation to
League One after dramatic Derby County twist
Our sports teams certainly putinthehourstobringyouall the latest news on football and beyond.
In June, Derby County had beenfined£100,000oversome of their accounting policies – but the threat of relegation to LeagueOnehadnotcompletely evaporated.
7. 10 Sunderland restaurants, takeaways, cafes and shops which have been given 0 and 1 star food hygiene ratings this year
There’s always a huge appetite for restaurant news – good and bad. Each year we bring you the hygiene ratings from theGovernment’sfoodhygiene agency website.
8. Eight locations across the North East where Vera has been filming for the 11th series
Vera is always popular with readers.It’salwaysfunspotting some of the familiar locations on the hit ITV series
9. Party time! 23 more photos of Sunderland people on 2003 and 2004 nights out
This gallery of pictures of clubbers from 2003 and 2004 was a winner with readers.
10. 15 creepy photos show inside the abandoned Sunderland Cherry Knowle Asylum before it was knocked down to make way for houses
Creepy photos of the abandoned asylum, as featured on the urban explorer website, Whatevers Left, certainly captured people’s imaginations.