Councillors

The people of Newcastle will hit the polls next week (Image: Adobe Stock)

2 high-ranking Labour councillors in Newcastle announce resignation

Newcastle could hold Eurovision

'We're not in it for the money': Councillors set for 3% pay rise

'Significant change': Updated plans to turn office block into 27 flats

Update on £10bn North East data centre at old Blyth Power Station

Update on major shakeup of special educational needs provision

Alistair Chisholm (second from left) with new Green Party colleagues Khaled Musharraf, Sarah Peters, and Nick Hartley. Photo: Green Party.

Newcastle Labour councillor defects to Greens and attacks government

Newcastle City Council refuses to share £79,000 bullying probe report

I don't think fines are enough, it’s an absolute disgrace... jail them

Islamophobic graffiti in York Road, Birtley

'Our history is hope, not hate' - Councillors condemn racist graffiti

Stevie Speight outside Dunston Leisure Centre in Gateshead.

Will councillors approve heat pump installation at leisure centre?

Major update on new A1 service station amid traffic and sewage worries

Councillors vote through set of 'obscene' pay rises for themselves

Council bosses could have acted sooner to deal with bullying concerns

Bullying inquiry into ex council leader which cost £74k has concluded

Custodian and former council leader to receive Freedom of Newcastle

Councillors vote to axe controversial £2.1b. incinerator project

Stress, depression, and anxiety remain leading causes of sick days

New plans for 57 Newcastle apartments lodged after council rejection

28,000 people sign petition against new Newcastle United stadium

Fears of 'death knell for democracy' over shock council review

Council tax levels have been set for the year ahead

North East councillors taken to court over unpaid council tax

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

National Covid-19 Day of Reflection

National Covid-19 Day of Reflection

Gateshead Council to establish first 'Women and Girls' committee

City Council's new political map confirmed ahead of big elections

General views of St James' Park from nearby Leazes Park.

Newcastle parks transfer on hold as council set for full debate

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

Concerns continue as bridge becomes latest structure needing work

Annie Valentine is sick of people putting rubbish in the recycling bins.

'It grinds me down...it's not low-level crime when you live with it'

Newcastle City Council announces new leader in historic decision

Council poised to name first female leader as sole candidate emerges

A general view of St James' Park during the 2023 Super League Magic Weekend

Council confirms talks to bring Magic Weekend back to St James' Park

Concerned parents and citizens at the Cullercoats Crescent Club

Parents pledge to save Monkseaton High with future cast in doubt

Cllr Nick Kemp

Timeline to find new leader of Newcastle City Council confirmed

Newcastle City Council leader Nick Kemp to take leave of absence

End to Tyne Pedestrian Tunnel renovations knocked back again

Gary Hough, 62, looks up to the skies outside his home surrounded in seagull

'Horrified' residents invaded by 'apocalyptic' swarm of seagulls

Druridge Bay

Councils urge summer-time revellers to keep the region’s beaches clean

Coun Karen Bruce claimed that a Pop Tart was to blame for a dramatic toaster fire that nearly torched her kitchen.

I put a Pop Tart in toaster - my kitchen almost went up in flames

St Mary's Lighthouse

Councillors "delighted" by North Tyneside lighthouse renovation plans

Philip Waller, 65, returned from a shopping trip last week to find that a broadband firm had erected the pole outside his house in Barnsley, South Yorks. Lee McLean/SWNS

Watch: Broadband pole was put outside my home but I had it taken down

1000s of households to get direct payment worth £125 - how to apply

Michael Perkins is fighting for right to park on his own drive in Warndon, Worcester

Watch: Council ban owner of 'eyesore' motorhome from parking on drive
Video shows the ‘dilapidated’ motorhome which a ‘fuming’ dad is fighting to keep on his driveway, after council bosses said it was "damaging the area".

New boost for £500m vision to turn former Newcastle hospital site into 'world-class' development

New boost for £500m vision to develop former Newcastle hospital site

Gateshead Civic Centre. Photo: Google Maps.

Gateshead Council's chief executive announces she is stepping down

Mary Glindon MP has announced that she will be standing for a different seat at the next general election. Photo: Local Democracy Reporting Service.

MP reveals she will stand in a new seat after Nick Brown's resignation

Date set for fresh Tyne Tunnel price hike for motorists

The Lough Ran, Park VIew, Whitley Bay.

Whitley Bay bar gets extended booze license despite objections

A passenger using the new Metro smartphone ticket app.

Metro users hit with ticket price hike to 'keep network operational'

A map showing the ten largest towns in Northumberland and the capital expenditure in each of them since 2017. Photos: NCJ Media/Visit Northumberland.

'Not even a paddling pool' - lack of Northumberland spending slammed

Cllr Glynis Campbell Sinclair was spotted cleaning her windows while on camera during a meeting of Highland Council's Inverness Area Committee Picture: Highland Council / SWNS

Councillor cleans her home's windows during live-streamed meeting

Newcastle Civic Centre. Photo: NCJ Media. Free to reuse for all LDR partners.

Asylum seekers moved out of Newcastle hotel as Government shift policy

North East councillors have hit out over the number of attacks against firefighters in the region. Photo: Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service.

Councillors hit out at 'tragic' number of attacks on firefighters

A CGI of how the roof terrace could look at STACK Whitley Bay. Photo: Other 3rd Party.

Plans to create roof terrace at STACK Whitley Bay approved

Important deadlines to be aware of to vote in May elections

Polling station

Everything you need to know about registering to vote in May elections

Angel of the North celebrates its 25th birthday

Watch: Angel of the North celebrates its 25th birthday

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