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Prestigious Honorary Doctorate awarded to North East business leader

An Indian-born entrepreneur who rose from a £30-a-week paper boy to the helm of a multimillion-pound UK plc has been honoured by one of...
Elections

Newcastle Labour councillor defects to Greens and attacks government ‘failure

A Newcastle Labour councillor has defected to join the Green Party. Alistair Chisholm, a Labour councillor in the Ouseburn ward since 2018, has today announced...
Health

Newcastle hospitals await findings of fresh leadership review after CQC downgrade

Hospital bosses in Newcastle are awaiting the results of a fresh review, almost two years on from a highly critical report. The Care Quality Commission...
Education

Newcastle Council says SEND school transport U-turn was ‘the right thing’ and financially sustainable

A council U-turn to protect free school transport for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) from proposed cuts was “the right thing”...
Housing

Developer sought for £330m plan to transform Newcastle’s Forth Yards into new riverside neighbourhood

The hunt is on for a developer who can deliver a vast regeneration vision hailed as a “generational opportunity” to shape the future of...
Education

Newcastle councillors warn of “growing concern” as more young people fall out of education and work

There is “growing concern” about the number of Newcastle youngsters falling out of work or education. City leaders have expressed mounting worries about the number...
Newcastle

Anger at North East council ‘sitting on’ £42m in unspent cash from developers

Council bosses “sitting on” tens of millions of pounds in unspent cash have been urged to speed up promised community upgrades across Newcastle. Newcastle City...
Education

Newcastle Council cuts to free SEND school transport set for sign-off amid worry over ‘unfair’ plans

The controversial scrapping of free school transport in Newcastle for post-16 pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) looks set to be signed...
Culture

Council leader claims right wing rhetoric is “not welcome” in Newcastle

The leader of Newcastle City Council has said events in the city last week showed that right wing rhetoric is “not welcome”. Cllr Karen...
Newcastle

Long-awaited governance inquiry of city council’s leadership set to begin “in earnest”

A major inquiry into the political leadership at the top of controversy-laden Newcastle City Council is finally set to get under way. Members agreed...
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