COUNTY Show bosses have started work on a new bridge to cope with thousands of expected visitors. The Northumberland County Show this year opens for the first time at Bywell, near Stocksfield.
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THE Transport Secretary has been told the region cannot afford an A19 U-turn. Patrick McLoughlin heard at a Tynemouth meeting it would be damaging to the regional economy if he went back on a promise to fund much-needed improvements to the A19 / A 1058 Coast Road Silverlink roundabout.
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SHOPPING centre bosses say a council plan to impose a new “building tax” at one of the highest rates in the country will damage the North East’s fragile economy.Read
THE mother of two British soldiers has spoken of her outrage after learning she has to pay £100 in “bedroom tax” to keep their rooms while they serve their country.Read
SIR John Major has warned Nissan’s future in the North East could be put at risk if Conservative Eurosceptics take Britain out of the European Union.Read
THE peer leading a review of the North East economy has said the Government must devolve power, money and responsibility if the region’s economy is to be saved.Read
THE politician brought in to assess the North East’s economic future will today unveil the evidence of educational failure and missed chances which have held the region back.Read
LORD Adonis must tell the North East its “begging bowl” days are over when he unveils his economic review, a senior Conservative businessman has said.Read
NORTHUMBRIA’s police commissioner will push through an above-inflation tax rise after her chief constable said she could not hire 50 new constables without it.Read
