The Whiteleas councillor says he wants to tackle debt across the borough.
Roads are shut and events called off due to the weather in the north-east of England and Cumbria.
A petition opposing the up to 205-home scheme has amassed more than 1,400 signatures.
A man has already been charged with murder over the death of Grzegorz Bialy at the house in West Lothian last year.
You share your photos of north-east England and Cumbria as the sun shines.
The man was struck by a white a Vauxhall van on Main Street in East Whitburn.
Our Weather Watchers have been out snapping the first signs of spring.
South Tyneside Council is the only one in north-east England which pays for first-class train tickets.
Concerned friends of Steven Bulmer's victim noticed multiple injuries, a court hears.
