North East

A186 safety improvements

More than £3m will be put into new safety measures to cut the number of serious and fatal crashes on a busy main road...

Euro 2028 bid would ‘put Newcastle on the world map’

Becoming a host city for Euro 2028 would “help put Newcastle on the world map”, excited city leaders say. St James’ Park was named on...

Worry over rise in vaping

Concerns have been raised over the increasing popularity of vaping among underage children after it has swept through shops and schools in Darlington, as...

Election candidates 2023

The full list of candidates standing in Newcastle at next month’s local elections has been confirmed. Voters will go to the polls on 4 May...

Council leader ‘fairly certain’ on devolution deal

A North East council leader is “fairly certain” that a £4.2bn devolution will go ahead as planned – as another region has dropped plans...

Green leader calls for more ambitious climate action

The Green Party’s co-leader has called on North East councils to be more “ambitious” in their action to combat climate change. Carla Denyer was in...

More than a thousand covid-19 deaths at hospital trust since virus outbreak began

Covid-19 has been a factor in more than a thousand patient deaths at the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since the pandemic began...

20 new scholarships launched in AI and data science

Teesside University has launched 20 scholarships to support students from underrepresented backgrounds to study postgraduate degrees in artificial intelligence (AI) and data science. The University...

Crustacean Parliament debate

The controversy over crustacean die-offs has continued with the Shadow Environment Secretary accusing public figures of “acting like Houchen’s henchmen”. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs...

Police station plans finally approved

A £5m overhaul of an abandoned Newcastle police station has finally been approved. After years of wrangling over the future of the former station on...

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