Granit Xhaka, Kristjaan Speakman, Regis Le Bris and characters in and around Sunderland prepare for the club's top-flight ...

One notable landmark is Blaise Castle, an 18th-century folly built in 1766, perched on wooded hills and admired by Romantic poets like Wordsworth. In the elegant Clifton area, Sion Hill and Wellington ...