A POWER company criticised for both raising bills and for controversial wind farm developments in the North East countryside has come under fresh fire for not paying tax.Read
A NEW coal mine near a cluster of villages which have lived with the opencast industry for seven decades has been given the unanimous backing of planners.Read
PLANS for a major new opencast coal mine close to Northumberland villages which have lived with the industry for decades look set to get the green light.Read
THE region’s beaches are suffering from a pile-up of harmful litter after a year of freak storms and tidal flooding, environmental activists are warning.Read
A MAJOR new opencast coal scheme – in an area which has lived with the impacts of the industry for decades – has won the backing of local community representatives.Read
A FLAGSHIP aluminium smelting site – which is closing with the loss of more than 500 jobs – has welcomed its first new tenant as part of plans to bring in new investment and employment.Read
A PLEDGE has been given that efforts to help cushion the impact of the closure of the Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA) smelter in Northumberland will go on well into 2014.Read
FAMILIES in a former pit village now have their own mini-flock of sheep to admire – after eye-catching artwork was installed as part of an environmental improvement project.Read
