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Newcastle City council projecting a £5.1 million overspend for current financial year

Leading councillors are confident Newcastle City Council will deliver a balanced budget this year, despite a projected multi-million pound overspend being identified. The latest figures...
Community

Tyne and Wear Metro’s new trains won’t enter service until ‘early 2024’ as bosses announce delay

The Tyne and Wear Metro’s new trains will not enter regular service until next year. Passengers desperate to see the Metro’s ageing fleet finally replaced...
Community

Councillors back calls to seek council staff volunteers to tackle school crossing patrol recruitment ‘struggles’

Council staff in Sunderland could be asked to take up lollipop crossing patrol uniforms during the school run to help ease the local authority’s...
Community

Mental health specialists to help police call centres in Northumbria reduce mental health related call outs

Northumbria Police contact centres will soon be equipped with specialists to help reduce force callouts to mental health-related incidents. Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, Kim...
Bradford & Keighley

Lack of proper disabled access at over half of stations in the North described as “very, very worrying”

The fact that over half of the rail stations in the north are not fully accessible for wheelchair users has been described as “very,...
Competitions

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust receives brilliant feedback from patients

More than 500 patients have had their say on hospital care across the Tees Valley and North Yorkshire. South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust...
News

Jesmond road closures ‘may’ cause delays to ambulances in emergencies, campaigners told

Ambulance bosses say there “may be a delay” to emergency responses due to controversial road closures in Newcastle. The North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) is...
Community

Coast Road flooding: Call for action to stop rainwater pooling at problem underpasses after sunday’s deluge

A councillor has called for action to deal with serious flooding problems on one of Tyneside’s busiest roads. Huge pools of rain water collecting in...
Community

New team announced to tackle environmental anti-social behaviour in Gateshead

Cases of anti-social behaviour in Gateshead have shot up compared to last year. Reports of anti-social behaviour increased by nine per cent in April –...
News

£7,000 of public money spent on legal advice amid allegations of corruption at Teesworks industrial complex

Public money totalling £7,000 was spent by Ben Houchen’s Tees Valley Combined Authority on legal advice from a top libel lawyer after allegations of...
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