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Motor Neurone Disease
Motor neurone disease (MND) is a rapidly progressing neurological condition for which there is no cure. MND leaves people locked into a failing body, unable to walk, talk, swallow, use their hands…
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Modern Day Slavery
Slavery isn't something that happened long ago and far away. It happens here in Newcastle and the north east, today, as the arrests and charges in late 2016 here and in Consett and Houghton le Spring…
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Newcastle City Council snubs offer of free artificial cricket pitches
Sticky wicket for Newcastle council as offer of 6 free artificial pitches is snubbed Opposition Liberal Democrats councillors in Newcastle have called on the city council to explain why it has…
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Bring the country together to get the best Brexit deal for Britain say the Liberal Democrats
Theresa May should ask all parties to come together and negotiate the best possible Brexit deal for the whole country rather than pressing ahead with their extreme version of Brexit despite failing…
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Get used to cross party co-operation
No wonder the pollsters - or at least most of them - got it all wrong. Never before has there been so much topsy-turvy cross-dressing in British politics. With dizzying speed, the two main political…
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Nurses from EU turn their backs on NHS
Last July, 1,304 nurses from the EU joined the Nursing and Midwifery Council register, compared to 46 in April this year, a fall of 96%.
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No deals, no coalitions and no confidence and supply arrangements with weakened Tories - Tim Farron
This was the hardest of elections, marred by the tragedy of those vile terrorist attacks in Manchester and in London, Liberal Democrats Leader Tim Farron said today.
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Over 100 doctors and nurses may quit Newcastle, £1 million costs to replace them
The NHS in Newcastle could lose staff from the EU as a result of Theresa May's extreme version of Brexit, the Liberal Democrats have warned.
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Tories don't know which way is up
They don't know which way is up....just received a Tory Newcastle North leaflet. Back is printed the wrong way up....I also see they have two candidates here "Duncan Crute standing with Theresa May…
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Retail sales – signs that the economy’s in trouble say Liberal Democrats
The recent fall in retail sales are a sign the "post-Brexit honeymoon" for the UK economy is coming to an end - and prices are already rising, with latest inflation up by 2.7%, the Liberal Democrats…
