Pallion

Family's warning as crypto scam cost man £3,000

Scammers built up a relationship over the phone with the South Tyneside man, his family say.

Pallion Action Group's van is destroyed in a blaze that also damages nearby homes.

Jean Hull says she goes to sleep at 17:00 to avoid heating her home because of costly energy bills.

A Pallion shop owner says Northumbria Police has "done nothing" but the force says it is investigating.

An existing mast in the Pallion area will be made bigger, and 5G technology added.

Plans have been submitted to Sunderland City Council for a 20m (66ft) mast.