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Council slammed over service delivery as residents’ complaints pile up

Opposition councillors in Newcastle have slammed the Labour leadership as complaints about services pile up. The Liberal Democrats said there were issues across a...

Middlesbrough resident voices anger over months of lane closures

An angry resident has hit out at a lengthy temporary lane closure on a busy Middlesbrough road. Tom Allan described the situation as “like...

Film worker pledge surpasses 5,000 signatures as top talent boycotts Israeli film institutions

More than 5,000 film workers worldwide have pledged to refuse collaboration with Israeli film institutions and companies described as “implicated in genocide and apartheid...

Council-owned hotel cancels planned launch of new Advance UK party

A hotel owned by Newcastle City Council has cancelled a planned conference that it is understood would have seen the launch of a new...

Group of women brave Mount Snowdon to raise funds for Gaza 

A group of women determined women took on the challenging heights of Mount Snowdon in Wales on the 14 September to raise vital funds...

Domestic violence charity calls for Mayor to prevent “funding cliff edge” as revenue cut off

A domestic violence charity which has provided safe accommodation to hundreds of migrant women in London fears for its future after funding was cut...

New This Girl Can campaign champions South Asian Muslim women in sport and physical activity

Sport England’s groundbreaking This Girl Can launches today with a powerful new campaign, We Like the Way You Move, redefining what women getting active looks like...

Popular actor Hamza Ali Abbasi to headline Almarah Foundation UK charity drive in Bradford, Manchester and London

Beloved Pakistani film and television star Hamza Ali Abbasi will join the Almarah Foundation this September as the charity brings its mission to the...

Town Moor’s ‘devoted’ custodian and ex-council leader to be given Freedom of Newcastle

A long-serving custodian of Newcastle’s Town Moor and a former council leader are to be given the city’s highest honour. Councillors have agreed to award...

Human rights campaigners urged Newcastle politicians to speak out on ‘deplorable’ Saudi execution

Human rights campaigners have issued a fresh call for leaders on Tyneside to speak out, after Saudi Arabia’s execution of a man for crimes...

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