North East

All 0-rated food hygiene businesses

Teesside is packed full of restaurants, takeaways and food shops. However, not all have the level of hygiene and cleanliness you’d hope for. In Middlesbrough,...

School to become academy as £2.9m deficit written off

A secondary school is due to join a multi-academy trust as part of plans to clear a £2.9 million deficit in its finances. Several years...

Women ‘woefully underrepresented’ in Freedom of Newcastle

Two Newcastle MPs have demanded action to recognise more “woefully underrepresented” women with the city’s highest honour. Catherine McKinnell and Chi Onwurah have united in...

Parking charge increases

The cost of car parking in more than 170 locations around Newcastle is set to jump next month. City bosses have confirmed plans to increase...

Sikh temple plans approved

Plans for a new Sikh temple in a Sunderland suburb have been given the green light by city councillors. Sunderland City Council’s Planning and Highways...

Taxi drivers’ anger at exclusion from CAZ help

Taxi drivers in South Tyneside have complained that they “can’t afford” to journey into Newcastle after being excluded from financial help from the new...

Councillors decry vape packaging which could encourage underage use

Councillors have voiced their horror and outrage at supposedly child-friendly vape packaging discovered by Gateshead trading standards officials. Councillors from across the North East gathered...

New school for pupils with autism

A new free school will be built in Darlington to ensure children with special educational needs and disabilities can get the help that they...

Kemp’s praise for NUFC fans

Newcastle’s council leader has paid tribute to the “incredible and inspiring” NUFC fans who took over London last weekend. Nick Kemp hailed the travelling Toon...

Stevie Wonder freedom of the city confirmed

Stevie Wonder has been hailed as “an inspiration” as city leaders agreed to award the music legend the Freedom of Newcastle. Councillors voted on Wednesday...

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