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Yankuba Minteh scores the only goal of the game in bizarre fashion as Brighton beat Sunderland 1-0 at the Stadium of Light, for their third win in four games in the Premier League.

Strange Minteh goal enough to give Brighton win over Sunderland

Sunderland manager Regis Le Bris hopes his side will "learn alot" from the "relentless" nature of the Premier League, as the Black Cats suffer their third consecutive home defeat, losing 1-0 to Brighton.

Sunderland showed great mentality despite Brighton defeat - Le Bris

Sunderland's director of football Florent Ghisolfi joins the Football Focus team at the Stadium of Light to talk about the club's objectives in the short and long term.

Sunderland need to stay hungry - director of football Ghisolfi

Sunderland

National Highways, which carried out the repairs, says the work brought "unique challenges".

Border-spanning viaduct restoration complete

A fell top assessor says it was "pretty lively" as snowy conditions hit the peaks.

Highest wind speed of season recorded at Helvellyn

The winner will use half of the illegally-felled tree's timber, with voting open until 28 March.

Public invited to pick Sycamore Gap tree artwork

Eight of the region's 14 authorities are imposing maximum 4.99% tax rises from April.

How much is council tax rising in your area?

The war in Iran is leading to volatile prices for the heating oil on which many Cumbrians rely.

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