- Good Afternoon, welcome to this Northern Echo live breaking news blog.
- A police cordon is in place outside two neighbouring pubs, The Wheatsheaf and The Terminus, in Sunderland on the corner of Roker Avenue and North Bridge Street, with police vehicles in attendance.
- It’s Patrick Gouldsbrough signing on to keep you up to date with this breaking story as it develops.
- If you have any more information about the incident and it’s safe to do so, please get in touch with me by emailing patrick.gouldsbrough@newsquest.co.uk
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