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Newcastle hospitals show ‘improvements’ after damning CQC report as watchdog lifts restrictions

A health watchdog has lifted restrictions imposed on a North East hospitals trust that was downgraded earlier this year. The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS...

Major works to Shipley Market Square will not be completed until late 2025 due to delays

The redevelopment of a town’s market square will not be completed until the end of 2025 – news that a local MP has described...

Expected completion dates of Huddersfield Cultural Heart pushed back

Though spades are in the ground, delays have struck Huddersfield’s £262m Cultural Heart project, and a question mark still hangs over part of the...

Over £400,000 dedicated to newly created Gateshead anti-fly-tipping squad

More than £400,000 has been allocated to a crackdown on fly-tipping in Gateshead. Gateshead Council is due to spend £440,000 recruiting nine additional officers to...

Scrutiny as £100k-plus spent on Paris games engagements

A City of London councillor has queried how much money the Corporation spent on the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games after claiming he has...

Widescreen Weekend film festival returns to Pictureville Cinema

Widescreen Weekend film festival returns to the National Science and Media Museum's Pictureville Cinema for its 28th edition, offering a unique opportunity to experience...

‘Difficult decisions’ could be made about council services if property sales don’t raise enough cash

‘Difficult decisions’ about what services Slough Borough Council provides to residents could be on the way top officials have warned – as property sell-offs...

Council to spend ‘hundreds of tens of pounds’ more on software with ‘chequered history’

Computer software that council staff in Slough find difficult to use looks set to cost the hard-up authority tens of thousands of pounds more...

Objections to 5am booze licence as Harehills shop applies for later alcohol sales

A shop next to a youth centre in a community blighted by alcohol misuse has applied to sell booze until 5am. The premises at 97...

Two more plots of land added to list of Council assets going under the hammer this Autumn

Two more Bradford Council owned assets will go under auction as the authority looks to stave off financial collapse. An area of Keighley land that...

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