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Jamie Driscoll Labour's First North of Tyne Mayor
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Jamie is now heading up and developing the North of Tyne Combined Authority, the regional body that allocates spending and will deliver on manifesto promises.
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Talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not
Talent was in the North East last week, along with Hollywood fever. The latest Indiana Jones film is being shot at stunning Bamburgh Castle. It struck me that Raiders of the Lost Ark was released in 1981. I was 11. How time flies. I expect Harrison Ford is thinking that, though anyone who saw him […]
A rich and vibrant regional economy in our sights
The words “Annual General Meeting” generally have the same effect as prescription sleeping pills. Appointments to committees, scrutiny reports, and dozens of pages of accounts. But they are a keystone of democracy and accountability. It shows the public, amongst other things, what we’ve spent. The corporate budget is our running costs: staff wages, office accommodation, […]
What transport system do we want? How do we pay for it?
When we talk about transport there are two questions. First, what transport system do we want? And second, how are we going to pay for it? It’s the second one that causes all the problems. Transport is a fundamental part of everything we do. It’s a mistake to let the market dictate its direction. It […]
Welcome to the real North
There are some fascinating photos online by Finnish photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen. They cover the North East and focus on Byker, where she lived, showing the gritty, grubby reality of our region in the early 1970s. Not that long ago, this is how people pictured the North East. Pit villages. Fishing. Heavy industry. Not quite the […]
Coming out of a hell of a year
From B&Bs in Berwick to micro pubs in Newcastle, small businesses across our region are opening up. They’ve had a hell of a year. No trading for six months has taken its toll on hospitality and cultural businesses. The self-employed have been hit hardest, with only a fraction of the support of other companies. Over […]
