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North East councillors taken to court over unpaid council tax

Council tax levels have been set for the year ahead

North East councillors taken to court over unpaid council tax

The prospect of the city’s oldest green space having a football stadium built on it has left members of Save Newcastle Wildlife dismayed

Petition to save park from stadium development signed by 11,000 people

How the redesigned Malmo Quay plans would look from the Free Trade Inn.

Ouseburn tower block plans resurface as Free Trade Inn issues warning

Photo: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Region needs 7,000 more construction workers to meet housing raget

Newcastle City Council has defended seeking investment from Saudi Arabia, after accusations that its reputation is being “dragged through the mud” because of connections to the Middle East nation.

Newcastle City Council defends Saudi Arabia links following cup win

A new Tyne and Wear Metro train.

New Tyne and Wear Metro fleet update as more trains arrive

Karen Kilgour, the leader of Newcastle City Council. Photo: Newcastle City Council. Free to reuse for all LDR partners.

I think Newcastle can become the centre of a Northern revival

Net zero progress 'impossible' to judge as target draws closer

Newcastle City Council launches investigation into potential fraud

Figures presented to senior Newcastle officials this week showed a 9% cut in the overall number of violent offences committed.

Newcastle knife crime and other serious violent incidents fell in 2024

Jack and Jo's Garden Services in Ryton

Café planning row set to go to crown court after demolition order

A sign warning of the High West Street bus gate in Gateshead town centre.

Gateshead bus lane fines almost triple after flyover closure

Pat Ritchie who is stepping down as chief executive of Newcastle city council

City Council chief executive named as new boss of Homes England

Samantha Owen-Stoddart, Maria Manco, and Con Doc Anand cleaning graffiti on a wall on Grandstand Road, Newcastle, next to the Town Moor

Graffiti wall clean-up complete after high-tech lasers brought in

Government 'keen to support' Newcastle United stadium plans

Newcastle's A167 Central Motorway

Central Motorway inspections reveal decay after Flyover closure

Grainger Market restoration plans: Proposed view from the top of the Nun Street pavilion looking down the arcade towards the Nelson Street pavilion

Grainger Market upgrades to make it less 'anonymous'

Joelinton, Kieran Trippier, Bruno Guimaraes, Harvey Barnes, Mark Gillespie, Dan Burn, celebrate with the Carabao Cup Trophy as Eddie Howe, Manager of Newcastle United, Anthony Gordon look on during the Newcastle United trophy parade and celebration. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Trophy parade gives multi-million pound boost as city celebrate cup

The Forth Yards site to the west of Newcastle city centre.

Treasury sparks confusion with doubled ‘5,000 homes’ plan

A new urgent treatment centre to be built at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary

Newcastle’s RVI to build new urgent treatment centre to cut A&E strain

Crowne Plaza hotel on Forth Street

Newcastle City Council to take ownership of Crowne Plaza hotel

Newcastle Airport

Newcastle International Airport extension plans unveiled

Two people in Leazes Park, Newcastle, with St James' Park in the background, where it has been rumoured Newcastle United could build a new stadium

Claims Newcastle want new stadium in tranquil park spark outrage

The temporary support installed beneath the Gateshead Flyover after its closure in December 2024.

Gateshead Flyover will be 'gone within a year', council promises

Boost for million pound bid to clean up River Tyne and protect jobs

The Coronation Building on the Quayside in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Quayside to become home to 'world class' music recording studio

Plans for the Health Innovation Neighbourhood on Newcastle's former general hospital site. Photo: GSSArchitecture.

Plea for general hospital regeneration to benefit communities

Newcastle City Council approve city-wide cuts - What it means

The former Machine Shop at the old Stephenson locomotive works site in Newcastle

Stephenson locomotive works demolition plans risk 'irreversible harm'

Newcastle University

Newcastle University staff start month of industrial action

Hodgkin Park in Benwell, Newcastle

Newcastle's big parks decision explained as council takes back control

Restoration works on the Tyne Bridge, Newcastle. Photo: Andrew Heptinstall Photography.

Tyne Bridge road closures warning as work hits latest milestone

Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Susan Dungworth.

Police commisioner vows to help combat misogyny and sexism

General view of the morning traffic traveling into Newcastle City Centre on the Redheugh Bridge.

Government 'willing' to talk to councils over Redheugh Bridge repairs

An electric vehicle charging point next to the Angel of the North. Photo: Transport North East.

£15.8m electric vehicle boost praised but North East still behind

St Columba's Catholic Primary School repare to welcome students back into their new clasrooms after building works are completed.

Tyneside primary schools hit by RAAC crisis set for new builds by 2028

Sunbury Avenue in West Jesmond

Street that is 94% student housing to lose a remaining family home

LNER has scheduled major work on the weekend Newcastle United fans will be travelling to the Carabao Cup Final.

North East mayor issues Carabao Cup final trains plea for NUFC fans

Fears of 'massive gap' in Newcastle net zero pledge at halfway mark

The Gateshead Flyover initially closed at the start of December.

Gateshead Flyover: Businesses fear closure risks killing high street

The first of the Metro’s long-awaited new fleet entered service in December, after suffering multiple delays, but they cannot run to Sunderland yet

New Metro trains still not allowed to run to Sunderland

Middlesbrough Council's children's services department was first subject to intervention by the Government in 2020.

North East granted almost £10m to support family hubs

Wingrove house at the top of the A167 central motorway

Council orders cleanup of "eyesore" city centre building

The temporary support installed beneath the Gateshead Flyover after its closure in December 2024.

Gateshead flyover: Reinforcement work begins on structure

Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images

Clean Air Zone grant funding worth £10m still unspent after two years

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