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12 days to polling day

Time to get those unreturned postal votes into the boxes for Monday's collection...

Please help the People's Theatre from your chair

The People's Theatre on the Coast Road in Newcastle is undertaking a major redevelopment project.

13 days to polling day

House of Lords warned of job losses, less investment in North East

The NE is a manufacturing region and an exporting region. Many thousands of jobs (around 150,000) in the North East (and millions across the UK) depend on exporting to our European partners. Leaving…

Job losses already, poorest families would be hit hardest by LEAVE EU

Think tank says Brexit would hit poorer families hardest: A report from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research said that low-income households would be disproportionately affected by…

Tories' Bus Services Bill - potential risks for council tax and business rate payers, says Newcastle Lib Dem peer

Putting passengers first is of course the primary purpose of bus services and public transport generally, and we should always remember that, Lord Shipley told the House of Lords during a Second…

14 days to polling day

Time to get your postal vote into the postbox!

Tory MP Sarah Wollaston has quit the campaign to leave the EU and will vote for Remain instead

Dr Wollaston, who is chairman of the health select committee, said Vote Leave's claim that Brexit would free up £350m for the NHS "simply isn't true"

£59 billion out of UK banking system over LEAVE worries

The Bank of England monthly register of banking statistics shows that £59 billion was taken out just in March.... coincidentally when the referendum became real and the date was announced. That's…

Public outcry forces voter registration extension

In response to public outcry and petitions like ours, government ministers have confirmed that the voter registration deadline will be extended to midnight tomorrow (Thursday) night.