Houghton-le-Spring

British

/ ˈhaʊtənləˈsprɪŋ /

noun

a town in N England, in Sunderland unitary authority, Tyne and Wear: coal-mining. Pop: 36 746 (2001)

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Smith is from Houghton-le-Spring, a town just outside Sunderland, and is a lifelong Black Cats fan who is enjoying seeing his side emerge as this season's surprise package.

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Kaylee Davidson-Olley, from Houghton-le-Spring, who had transplant surgery at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital in 1987, said lives were continuing to be lost.

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Staged at the Sunderland Live Arena, in Houghton-le-Spring, tickets for the trail cost £22 per child and £11 per adult, the women told the BBC.

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Officers received a report that a dog had injured a 54-year-old in Maple Terrace in Shiney Row, near Houghton-le-Spring, at 19:00 BST on Tuesday.

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"I had the place to myself and the whole experience was mesmerising," he said, after making a two-hour journey from Houghton-Le-Spring.

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