The honours lists have been running since 1860, and can recognise anyone for services to charity, film, sport, government and education to name just a few.
In the North East, individuals have been selected for their work which includes diplomacy, chari…
Flowers have been left at a Northumberland roadside following a crash which tragically took the lives of two Blyth[1] teenagers just before Christmas[2].
Connor Lapworth, 18, and Corey Mavin, 15, sadly died after the three-vehicle collision which took …
A fine performance on the road amid extreme weather conditions saw Morpeth Town earn a point at Workington at the end of an entertaining 2-2 draw in the Pitching In NPL Premier Division.
Morpeth Town held hosts Workington to a draw in a game played i…
M&A activity in the UK’s logistics and supply chain management industry has risen to a two-year high, amid growing interest from venture capital investors and international buyers. Elsewhere in the sector, insolvency rates among British haulage busines…
Wansbeck Labour MP Ian Lavery said the news of potential delays was “the latest kick in the teeth for passengers who have been waiting far too long to see services reintroduced”.Labour Sleekburn councillor Alex Wallace said it was a “disaster” for peop…
Northumberland County Council[1] has confirmed its landmark project to bring passenger rail back to South East Northumberland[2] remains on track to open next summer.
It comes as the project hit the latest in a serious of major milestones with the inst…
Wilko[1] entered administration in August leaving all 400 stores and 12,500 employees at risk.
Among those that closed was Sunderland’s store on Fawcett Road[2], which occupied a sizeable chunk of the row of shops on the street.
Inside Wilko Sunderla…
The government has promised, for the umpteenth time in four decades, to dual the A1 between Morpeth and Ellingham – this time from part of the £36bn savings from scrapping high-speed rail (HS2) between Birmingham and Manchester.
It has also said it wil…
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to “reinvest every single penny, £36 billion, in hundreds of new transport projects in the North and the Midlands across the country” after cutting HS2 north of Birmingham.
During his Tory conference speech in Man…
Rishi Sunak was tonight told his decision to scrap the HS2 link to Manchester was “yet another betrayal of the North”.
In his party conference speech in Manchester, he sounded the death knell for levelling up, confirming that HS2 would only go to Birmi…
HS2’s demise has led to the birth of another set of promised transportation transformations, dubbed “Network North” by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during his Conservative Party Conference speech[1] on Wednesday.
Sunak pledged to spend “every penny” from…
NEW RULE: The Prime Minister pledged to spend the £36billion on hundreds of new transport projects in the North and the Midlands (Image: Getty)
In a significant policy shift, Rishi Sunak today confirmed that the Birmingham-Manchester leg of HS2 would b…
A former council leader remains sceptical about a Blyth Relief Road project becoming reality despite the Prime Minister name-checking the route in a speech.
The Prime Minister announced £460m to guarantee the delivery of 21 road schemes and the launch …
The Prime Minister has announced the Government will support a series of transport schemes after scrapping HS2 north of Birmingham.
Rishi Sunak pledged to “reinvest every single penny[1], £36 billion, in new transport projects including a number in Yor…