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North East councils face financial black hole amounting £200 million.

North East councils are facing a financial black hole totalling almost £200m, amid fears that a £5bn nationwide shortfall presents a major threat to...

Hundreds of jobs in West Yorkshire in danger as Wilko on brink of collapse.

Popular homeware brand, Wilko has announced that it has come on a brink of collapse, and this has triggered fears of job losses across...

NE1 Newcastle Restaurant announces return for January with record number of venues taking part

NE1's Newcastle Restaurant Week returns between 16 – 22 January 2023, and is on course to be record breaking with 116 of Newcastle's finest...

‘Absolutely right’ to push for £745m Tyne and Wear Metro extension to Washington despite economic turmoil

A transport chief insists now is the “absolutely the right time” to push on with the Tyne and Wear Metro’s £745m extension to Washington,...

Mayor refuses to rule out 5% council tax rise as increase might be needed to ‘avoid a catastrophe’

The Middlesbrough mayor has refused to rule out a 5% council tax increase. Cllr Ian Blades, the Labour member for Berwick Hills and Pallister, asked...

Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire Presents Bradford based company with Queen’s Award

Bradford based, leading baking company, Regal Food Products was honoured with the Queen's award for Enterprise for International Trade on 28 November by Lord...

Manningham Housing Association wins prestigious national award for sustainability

Manningham Housing Association has won the prestigious British Standards Institution (BSI) Users Award for Sustainability. The accolade, which recognises the use of voluntary standards to...

Mayor’s anger over rapid Government U-turn as Liz Truss’ investment zone plans dropped

A North East mayor has hit out at the Government over plans to heavily scale back one of Liz Truss’ flagship policies. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt...

My Delhi named Best Street Food Restaurant in UK for second year running

My Delhi scooped two national awards at the prestigious Asian Curry Awards in Mayfair, London held on Sunday, 20 November. With branches in Newcastle and...

Plans for new ‘investment zones’ in Teesside dropped following Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement

Much-vaunted plans for new ‘investment zones’ set for Teesside have been dropped by the Government less than two months after they were announced. Expressions of...

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