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People Power saves Heaton Park!
Thank you to the almost 1400 people who signed our petition to stop the private rope course in Heaton Park. It was our strongest petition response ever!
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Tim Farron, on 3rd visit to Newcastle in 9 months, shows how region is Stronger in Europe
"EU funding plays a vital role as a catalyst for the economic growth and rebalancing that is fundamental to the long term prosperity of the North East," the Liberal Democrat leader says. He is…
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Call to review details of Great North Road cycleway extension - request to sign petition
You can sign this at signme.org.uk/1194 (but please don't do so if you have already signed the local petition circulating on Great North Road, Polwarth Drive, Polwarth Road and Norwood Avenue)
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On this day in 1957
The Treaty of Rome signed by Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany to create the European Economic Community. 28 nations are now members of the European Union, its…
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Jonathan Wallace running for police oversight role
Local Liberal Democrats have chosen Dr Jonathan Wallace to be their candidate for police and crime commissioner (PCC) for the Northumbria force. PCCs were created to oversee local police services.…
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EUROPOL counter terrorism boost after Brussels blasts
EU justice ministers on Thursday (24 March) agreed to set up a team of national counter-terrorism experts to strengthen Europol as a response to the attacks in Brussels that killed 31 and injured…
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Boris adviser admits we'd be far worse off leaving EU
Over the next 20 years London's economy could rise to £640 bn from current £350 bn IN the EU. But it could be as low as £430bn if Out. Source : Gerard Lyons article in London : the Global Powerhouse.
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British MEP guiding airline security bill through European Parliament
If another example of the failure of European intelligence services to share and act on information about potential terrorists was needed, Wednesday's identification of the bombers in the deadly…
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Eurosceptics blame Brussels deaths on EU policies not terrorists
The second major terror attack on Europe in just four months will upend the politics of everything from refugee policy to security to Brexit, says Matthew Karnitschnig in an op-ed in Politico:…
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Gateshead Labour torpedoes local devolution, rejects extra Government cash for region?
Cllr Jonathan Wallace, Leader of the Liberal Democrats Group on Gateshead Council, and candidate in Police and Crime Commissioner election, writes this eyewitness report :