There were two threads that came together as Chris Rigg, not 16 until next June, was handed a remarkable call-up to the Sunderland bench.
Commuters on South Tyneside and Wearside are being urged to make “alternative plans” including working from home where possible as a national rail strike begins – the first of three days of industrial action.
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