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Tony Blair gives cash for Sedgefield Labour Party bash

JournalLive — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

TONY Blair has shown his rise to riches has not changed him after handing his old constituency party in the North East nearly £6,000.

Government told to get 'act together' over wind farms

JournalLive — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 08:29:00 GMT

MINISTERS have been urged to “get their act together” over wind farms in the hope of giving the North East certainty after coalition tensions erupted.

Labour change is needed, says Blair successor Phil Wilson

JournalLive — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 23:00:00 GMT

LABOUR has to change again if it is to win in 2015, the man who took over Tony Blair’s Commons seat has warned.

Government orders research into regional rate for air passenger duty

JournalLive — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 23:00:00 GMT

AIRPORT chiefs have welcomed news that the Government has commissioned research into varying air passenger duty on a regional basis.

Newton Aycliffe Jobcentre considers buying bikes for unemployed

JournalLive — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:22:00 GMT

A JOB centre in the North East is considering helping the unemployed get on a bike and look for work by purchasing bicycles for those on the dole.

Shamed MP Eric Joyce fined after bar brawl

JournalLive — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

LABOUR MP Eric Joyce has admitted assaulting four people – including a North East MP – when he went berserk in a House of Commons bar.

Hopes raised that new high-speed rail link will benefit North East economy

JournalLive — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:27:00 GMT

HOPES were yesterday raised that the North East can reap huge benefits from a new high-speed rail link.

Brain drain fears force partial rethink over public sector pay deals

JournalLive — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

FEARS of a brain drain from the North have forced the Government to exclude doctors, dentists and police from any prospect of localised pay deals.

Government promises cash boost for cutting-edge technology

JournalLive — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:30:00 GMT

THE North East will share in a £140m pot of funding to boost hi-tech manufacturing, the Government announced yesterday.

Government urged to save County Durham from too many wind turbines

JournalLive — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMT

MINISTERS must act to stop the North East becoming the “land of wind turbines”, a North MP has warned.