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Calls to turn empty Eldon Square shops into warm places for people who can’t afford heating bills

Empty shops in Eldon Square should be turned into ‘warm rooms’ this winter to help people who cannot afford to heat their own homes...

Fears that voter ID laws will prevent thousands of people in Newcastle from voting at next elections

New voter ID laws risk disenfranchising thousands of people in Newcastle, councillors have warned. Voters will be required to show an approved form of photographic...

Cost of living crisis hits councils

North East councils have warned of “unprecedented and unavoidable” cash shortfalls set to total tens of millions of pounds as the cost of living...

Councillor suspended for 12 months for Islamophobia

The former deputy leader of Newcastle City Council has been found guilty of Islamophobia and banned from the Labour Party for a year. An investigation...

Patten slams Johnson on Newcastle visit

The former chairman of the Conservative Party has branded Boris Johnson a “moral vacuum” on the eve of the local elections. Chris Patten, who was...

NEWCASTLE: Starmer backs Labour record on Islamophobia

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has defended his record on tackling Islamophobia, after a senior Newcastle councillor was suspended from the party for alleging...

SUNDERLAND: Starmer ‘takes nothing for granted’

Sir Keir Starmer says he will take nothing for granted ahead of crucial local elections in Sunderland next month. The city is being talked up...

Starmer leads Nick Forbes tributes

Sir Keir Starmer has paid tribute to Newcastle’s outgoing council leader, after Nick Forbes revealed that he will stand down in May. After 11 years...

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