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Adrian Pearson

Adrian Pearson

2,200 jobs to be created as Newcastle City Centre development is agreed

AROUND 2,200 jobs are to be created as RBS and Aviva plough cash into land behind Newcastle's Central Station.Read

Newcastle Council calls time on homes protest

FAMILIES fighting plans for thousands of new homes have been told their chance to have their voice heard is over.Read

North East charities face a bleak future as funds tumble

THREE years of coalition Government have seen charities in the North pushed to the wall and services closed down in record numbers, campaigners today warn.Read

Friends of Lee Halpin create mural in memory of film-maker

A YOUNG documentary maker who died sleeping rough has had a mural made in his memory.Read

Trade union chief Kevin Rowan leaving for the capital

LEADING trade unionist Kevin Rowan is to say goodbye to the North East.Read

Labour leader Ed Miliband urges political respect on South Shields visit

ED Miliband has rejected the Prime Minister’s claim that “we are all Thatcherites now”, but said Durham miners celebrating Lady Thatcher’s death need to move on from the last 10 days.Read

Concern in North East as jobless figure stays over 10%

RISING job losses have seen the North East turn into the UK’s only region hit by more than 10% unemployment.Read

Plea for action over rise in North East's unemployed youths

PRESSURE is mounting on the Government to act after new figures showed youth unemployment in the North East had topped 50,000.Read

TUC chief says she can't criticise North East communities for celebrating Thatcher's funeral

THE head of the TUC has said she cannot criticise North East mining communities for planning to celebrate Margaret Thatcher's funeral.Read

Lord Adonis: We can’t rely on Whitehall, region must work together

LORD Adonis has called on the Government to ensure his North East economic review is not left floundering without support.Read

MP Dave Anderson firm in defence of Thatcher’s critics

PEOPLE in the North East celebrating the death of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher should not be condemned, Blaydon MP Dave Anderson has said.Read

Lord Adonis: Offshore wind delays costing North East jobs

GOVERNMENT inaction on offshore wind is costing the North East jobs, Lord Adonis has warned. The peer has hit out at a lack of movement from Government over delays on the crucial sector.Read

Lord Adonis questions North's support for tourism

LORD Adonis has raised questions over the region’s true support for its £2.2bn tourism industry.Read

Lord Adonis ready to set out his grand design for North East

THE man tasked with turning round the region’s economy will today set out his no-holds-barred review of the North East’s failings and the route to future success.Read

'Selfish challenge' is a real threat to jobs, warns mayor

THE embattled mayor of North Tyneside has warned the Shepherds risk delaying jobs with their “selfish” legal challenge.Read

Paul and Kathy Tinnion resign over Euro MP selection

A LONG-STANDING Labour party member and his wife have resigned in protest at their daughter’s treatment in a Euro MP selection battle.Read

Margaret Thatcher: In death, as in life, the Iron Lady divides us all

THE North East was last night a region divided over Margaret Thatcher’s legacy.Read

Critics cannot forget damage done by Margaret Thatcher

MINERS from across the North East raised a glass last night to celebrate the death of Margaret Thatcher.Read

Newcastle Council buys shopping for the desperate families

HARD-UP families are having their Asda shopping paid and delivered by Newcastle Council as a new way of dishing out crisis handouts.Read

50 set to take a punt on South Shields Labour seat

MORE than 50 Labour party members have applied to take over from David Miliband in South Shields.Read

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Adrian Pearson is The Journal's Regional Affairs Correspondent. He specialises in North East governance and has been at The Journal since 2007.

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