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Marking World Mental Health day
At Full Council last night, Cllr Greg Stone moved a motion on mental health. Here's the full text.
At Full Council last night, Cllr Greg Stone moved a motion on mental health. Here's the full text.
During debate on a motion about dog fouling and nuisance dogs, the Labour Party was very dismissive about the genuine concerns of people in Parklands Ward on this subject. Here's what Councillor…
CHAOS GREETS NEW TRAFFIC LIGHTS ON GREAT NORTH ROAD The new traffic lights on Great North Road/Regent Centre Metro/ASDA/M and S roundabout went "live" this morning. The result from all reports…
October 2014 - ANGER OVER FENCING PLANS: There's a planning application in from the Red House Farm Football Club for them to install a perimeter fence around all of the football pitches on the…
Cameron's 'EU budget' mess: the UK political tectonic plates are on the move.
GOSFORTH POST OFFICE - LATEST The Post Office is going ahead with the closure of the St Nicholas post office in the heart of Gosforth and moving it to a convenience store in Salters Road.…
EU leaders last night agreed a 2030 climate package deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% below 1990 levels, while significantly watering down the EU energy efficiency target (now…
Cash strapped Newcastle City Council, which this week unveiled another round of cuts to their budget, has been accused of an "appalling waste of money" and of "flouting the wishes of the people" by…
According to data just released by the independent Office for National Statistics, GDP increased by 0.7% in Q3 2014 compared with growth of 0.9% in Q2 2014. Change in GDP (gross domestic product) is…
In the early hours of Thursday 2nd October 2014, long term Liberal activist Susan Annemarie Taylor (née Annemarie Susanne Goldschmidt) quietly passed away at the grand old age of 95 in Newcastle.