Newcastle Civic Centre Photo from wikimedia commons Imagine a local council policy that aims to reverse the North East’s economic malaise, that directs money and jobs to the people most in need. It’s already here, the town hall revolution is happening in Labour councils across the North East, from Newcastle to Stockton. Continue Reading
On the night of Friday 26 November, only last Friday, everything seemed normal. That was until everyone in Weardale (from Witton-le-Wear to Killhope and Cowshill) lost their access to electricity due to Storm Arwen. Electricity lines up and down dale had trees falling onto them, with some, as was suggestedContinue Reading
Alex Sobel, photo credit Richard Wilson There is growing anger across the North at the Conservatives’ broken promises on their much-hyped ‘levelling up’ agenda. The recent tearing up of commitments on high-speed rail in the North, and reform of social care to the region’s detriment has added fuel to theContinue Reading
The government should take responsibility for people having enough to eat The independent economics think tank, the Resolution Foundation, points out the cost of living both in the North- east and elsewhere in the country continues to rise. In Newcastle 41% of children are growing up in poverty. This isContinue Reading
Climate change is the largest crisis facing the planet. What the global north and much of the south do in the next decade to limit emissions will be critical to the world’s future. Newcastle City Council is doing its bit to tackle climate change. As lead experts tells us –Continue Reading
Rubble of the Dorman Long Tower, not far from Teesport PD Ports is no longer up for sale. The Financial Times is reporting this afternoon that Brookfield Asset Management Inc has taken the company, whose core business is at Teesport, off the market. The paper also reports this as aContinue Reading
In news that you couldn’t make up, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs is set to move to a new office complex in Newcastle that is owned by major Conservative party donors through an offshore company based in a tax haven. According to reports in The Guardian, the department’s planned new home inContinue Reading
The chief of the region’s Fire and Rescue Service has today, on White Ribbon Day, called for communities to come together and say “No” to violence against women. Chief Fire Officer Chris Lowther, of Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (TWFRS), has made the pledge in support of White RibbonContinue Reading
Balance board on blue background with chrome spheres and reflections. In the last few months we have kept hearing about this government’s promise of levelling up. Is this a slogan or a policy? Let’s look at what is really happening. In all honesty, I’ve never been particularly impressed by theContinue Reading
Production photo credit Keith Pattison A new film, Don’t forget the birds will be released online as part of a collection of Open Clasp’s work to mark the UN’s 16 days of activism to eliminate violence. against women and girls. It will be available 25 November – 10 December. Don’tContinue Reading
