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COVID 19

The ‘heroic’ work of key workers, 5 years since Covid-19

Today marks five years since the first person in the North East tested positive for Covid-19. On the afternoon of Wednesday 4 March, 2020,...
COVID 19

Newcastle’s former director of public health warns of “worse” pandemic

The world will suffer another pandemic and it could be “a lot worse” than Covid-19, a former public health official has warned. Prof Eugene Milne,...
Housing

Rough sleeping at “crisis point”

The number of people sleeping rough in the North East has more than doubled in the last two years and now stands at a...
Business & Finance

Newcastle’s “iconic structure”, Tyne Bridge, hoped to be restored for “100th anniversary”

Restoration works on the Tyne Bridge will hit a fresh milestone next week. Engineers have been working for almost a year on the multi-million pound...
Finance

‘£700,000 loss’ means Newcastle parks go back to Council

The charity which is being stripped of control over Newcastle’s parks made a £700,000 loss last year. Urban Green Newcastle’s (UGN) latest accounts reveal that...
Finance

Gateshead tax bills rise places “burden”on struggling households

Council tax bills in Gateshead will rise by 4.99% this year. Plans to increase the charge by the maximum level allowed without a local referendum...
Newcastle

Newcastle Council leader faces pressure over NUFC’s Saudi ties amid human rights concerns

Leading human rights activists have urged Newcastle City Council to take a firmer stance against alleged "sportswashing" by Saudi Arabia during a meeting with...
Business & Finance

North East mayor and Sunderland Council react after Nissan-Honda merger talks collapse

North East leaders have expressed confidence in the future of car making in the region, despite news that merger talks between Nissan and Honda...
Finance

Council house rent rises in Newcastle to ‘Maximise investment’

Council house rent bills in Newcastle are poised to rise in April. City leaders are expected to sign off on plans to impose a 2.7%...
Finance

‘Millions’ of public money ‘written off’ in loan to Tyneside firm

Millions of pounds of public money loaned to a Tyneside firm has been written off. The North East Combined Authority (NECA) has agreed to a...
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