A Sunderland café which was forced to close ... telecoms and even card payment solutions. Cafe manager and chef James Usher said the assistance they had received had been invaluable.

calling it "one of Sunderland's success stories" was set up following fears that it might close back then and it attracted more than 5,000 signatures, with comments calling the cafe "such an asset ...

Steven Lynn runs the Betsy Jenny Wellbeing Cafe on Bridge Street in Sunderland A father who set up a café following the death of his 25-year-old son says he needs more volunteers to keep it going.

"It's starting to face a crisis." The cafe operates within St Peter's Church in Sunderland Although the two are separate, the charity running the cafe said it aimed to support the church by ...