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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech on the plans for net-zero commitments in the briefing room at 10 Downing Street, London. Picture date: Wednesday September 20, 2023.

Less than one in 200 Newcastle homes have a heat pump – amid warnings of slow up...

File photo dated 27/11/19 of school children during a class at a primary school, as teaching assistants are taking second jobs or leaving education to work in better-paid roles amid cost-of-living pressures, a report by The National Foundation for Educational Research suggests.

Newcastle children continued to get worse at reading, writing and maths followin...

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings handed to three Newcastle establishments

A general view of a domestic radiator room thermostat. Families across Great Britain will find out on Friday how tough energy bills will be this winter but they may have to wait to discover what the Government will do to help Picture date: Thursday August 25, 2022.

More elderly people in Newcastle received help to pay their heating bills last w...

General view of estate agents signs outside a block of flats in Basingstoke, Hampshire.

Newcastle house prices increased slightly in July

The hands of an elderly woman in Poole, Dorset.

Almost 10,000 safeguarding concerns about vulnerable adult in Newcastle

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings handed to three Newcastle establishments

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings handed to six Newcastle establishments

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Road closures: almost a dozen for Newcastle drivers over the next fortnight

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings given to 17 Newcastle establishments

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Newcastle takeaway handed new food hygiene rating

A selection of one pound coins, two pound coins and bank notes

Newcastle wages outstrip inflation as UK real-terms pay steadies

PICTURE POSED BY A MODEL File photo dated 02/02/20 of a teenage girl with her head in her hands showing signs of mental health issues. More than 20% of referrals to children and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) were rejected in 2022, figures obtained by the Scottish Liberal Democrats show. Issue date: Sunday August 13, 2023.

Young women in Newcastle six times as likely to be hospitalised for self-harm as...

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Newcastle road closures: six for motorists to avoid over the next fortnight

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings handed to 13 Newcastle establishments

File photo dated 12/09/18 of a teacher and students in a classroom, as the Government's plan for all state schools to deliver at least a 32.5 hour week has been pushed back by a year.

Back to school: Almost 150 appeals against school places in Newcastle last year

Wayhoh Reservoir in Edgworth, Lancashire. There has been almost no rain in England for the last three weeks, while many rivers in the north and West Midlands are notably or exceptionally low, new figures show. Less than one millimetre has fallen in the South East and North East since May 31, with the rest of England seeing no rain at all. Picture date: Thursday June 8, 2023.

More than 1,500 sewage overflows in Newcastle last year

Alex Sladen holding his new passport in front of members of the PCS union on the picket line outside the Passport Office in east London, as more than 1,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union working in passport offices in England, Scotland and Wales begin a five week strike as part of the civil service dispute. Picture date: Monday April 3, 2023.

More than twofold increase in the number of multiple passport holders in Newcast...

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings given to three Newcastle establishments

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings handed to two Newcastle restaurants

File photo dated 14/11/17 of a person laying loft insulation. Barclays has extended its scheme to pay up to £2,000 to mortgage holders to help make their homes green as new research shows more than half of homeowners do not feel confident making their properties more energy efficient. Issue date: Thursday July 6, 2023.

Energy efficiency measures in low-income Newcastle households more than doubled ...

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Road closures: five for Newcastle drivers over the next fortnight

Undated file photo of an electric car being charged, as the UK Government appears less likely to meet its net zero targets since it became more transparent on its plans, its climate advisers have said.

Nearly 8,000 low-emission vehicles now registered in Newcastle

Nearly 30,400 low-emission vehicles now registered in Tyne and Wear

Nearly 8,000 low-emission vehicles now registered in Newcastle

Undated file photo of an electric car being charged, as the UK Government appears less likely to meet its net zero targets since it became more transparent on its plans, its climate advisers have said.

Nearly 30,400 low-emission vehicles now registered in Tyne and Wear

Undated file photo of an electric car being charged, as the UK Government appears less likely to meet its net zero targets since it became more transparent on its plans, its climate advisers have said.

Nearly 8,000 low-emission vehicles now registered in Newcastle

File photo dated 19/08/2014 of a view of houses in north London. Annual mortgage repayments are set to rise by £2,900 for the average household remortgaging next year, according to a think-tank. As the UK's "mortgage crunch" deepens, total annual mortgage repayments could rise by £15.8 billion by 2026, the Resolution Foundation said. Stickier-than-expected inflation has raised expectations that the Bank of England's base rate-rising cycle, which started in December 2021, will continue for longer. Issue date: Saturday June 17, 2023.

Thousands of overcrowded homes in Newcastle

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Good news as food hygiene ratings handed to three Newcastle establishments

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove arrives at Downing Street in London. Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden will chair a Cobra meeting on the evacuation of British nationals from Sudan. Picture date: Tuesday April 25, 2023.

Multiple square metres of forest, open land and water in Newcastle developed upo...

An elderly person at a charity tea party in London.

Carers in Newcastle forced to wait forced to wait three point three three times ...

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings handed to two Newcastle restaurants

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Road closures: three for Newcastle drivers over the next fortnight

Road closures: three for Newcastle drivers over the next fortnight

File photo dated 02/03/2012 of a math exam in progress at Pittville High School, Cheltenham. Teenagers across the country are waking up to their GCSE results in a year when the proportion of top grades awarded is expected to fall. Issue date: Thursday August 24, 2023.

Tumbling number of high performing GCSE students in Tyne and Wear

File photo dated 11/01/2018 of signage for the Home Office in Westminster, London. Afghan scholars studying in the UK under a Foreign Office scheme say they are living in fear of being forced back into Taliban clutches. Issue date: Monday August 14, 2023.

Newcastle gives refuge to dozens of Afghans

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings handed to six Newcastle establishments

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings handed to two Newcastle establishments

Food hygiene ratings given to 19 Newcastle establishments

A woman reading a leaflet from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) containing information about The Census 2021, sent to households in England and Wales. Picture date: Monday March 22, 2021.

Census 2021: a fifth of households in Newcastle are in highest social class

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Road closures: three for Newcastle drivers over the next fortnight

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Good news as food hygiene ratings awarded to 18 Newcastle establishments

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