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Pits, poverty and grit
1+ week, 3+ day ago (286+ words) ID 200978 | Cut Credit Card © Dana Rothstein | Dreamstime.com I wouldn’t ordinarily rely on AI to provide the content for an article about poverty, but I recently decided to set it a task. I asked a popular commercial AI tool to…...
Vintage in the Tower: giving the past a sustainable future
1+ week, 2+ day ago (622+ words) The business is now celebrating its 14th year, having originally started as a pop-up with two other vintage dealers. Gayle has been running the shop on her own for the past four years. While the shop is filled with beautiful and…...
A week to remember wildlife: What’s my legacy?
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (375+ words) Rainbow Moorland by Ben Hall As ‘Remember A Charity Week’ takes place from 7 to 13 September. people across the region are being urged by Northumberland Wildlife Trust to ask themselves one important question: “What’s my legacy?” At a time when many…...
600 officers on the ground in Cleveland
1+ week, 2+ day ago (460+ words) Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner Matt Storey. Picture/credit: Office of the Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner A police and crime commissioner (PCC) has slammed a £2mn sum handed to Cleveland Police from the government. Labour’s Matt Storey said it was…...
Hadrian House – plans approved
1+ week, 2+ day ago (597+ words) Plans to rebuild Hadrian House in Newcastle city centre as a 21-storey student accommodation block, Corstorphine & Wright Architects via Newcastle City Council A £60 million student housing tower that would be among Newcastle’s tallest buildings has been approved. Councillors have signed…...
If we’re serious about child poverty, let’s start with breakfast
2+ week, 1+ day ago (756+ words) ID 404696 © Davidcrehner | Dreamstime.com As children across the North East prepare to return to school for the new academic year, families are once again getting ready for the daily routine of school uniforms, packed lunches, homework, clubs and, for many,…...
New snooker club in Newcastle
2+ week, 3+ day ago (252+ words) Newcastle City Council has now granted planning permission for the former Newcastle Labour Club, next to Haymarket Metro station in the city centre, to be turned into a pool and snooker hall. A council report said that the redevelopment would…...
Mayors given powers to green light developments
3+ week, 22+ hour ago (350+ words) Tees Valley Mayor, Ben Houchen, and North East Mayor, Kim McGuinness, OGL The move has been backed by mayors from different parties and will bring mayors across the country in line with powers the Mayor of London already has. The…...
Another Reform councillor resigns from the party
3+ week, 22+ hour ago (427+ words) Cllr Catchpole, screenshot from Facebook It was reported on 20 August that Ian Catchpole, who represents Sedgefield on Durham County Council had accused the Reform leaders of County Durham Council of treating the issue of mental health with what was described…...