North East

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...

Devolution deal ‘not radical enough’

A £4.2bn devolution deal for the North East is “not radical enough”, one of the hopefuls vying to become the region’s mayor has claimed. Kim...

Councillor quits Labour after suspension

A Newcastle councillor was suspended by Labour and has now quit the party, it can be revealed. Kyle Webster, a representative in the West End...

Huddersfield one-way street unenforceable due to council blunder

A one-way system on a Huddersfield street has been legally unenforceable for several years due to a council blunder. In 2018, planning permission was granted...

Mayor slams transport board

Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen has launched a scathing attack on a regional transport body after records show he has attended no meetings in...

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