The date was May 4 1964. The Leamside Line, stretching 21 miles from Pelaw in Gateshead to Ferryhill in County Durham, officially closed to passenger trains. Another victim of the Beeching Cuts. Almost three decades later, in the early 1990s, the line was also closed to freight trains. The man who oversaw the concluding years …
Bookmakers don’t often make mistakes. There may be six runners attempting to be first past the post in the race to be North East mayor, but they make it a two-horse race. Labour candidate Kim McGuinness is favourite at 1-2 while independent Jamie Driscoll is a 13-8 shot. That means if you put £1 on …
Nothing demonstrates the importance of transport to our region’s economy more than the bus strike which affected the North East at the end of last year. With limited options for alternatives, many people simply could not get to work, school or college. Rachel Anderson understands the need for better transport infrastructure more than most. As …
Council tax bills are arriving through letterboxes across the region while services that we used to take for granted are under growing threat. Most of us are being asked to pay an extra 5% to our local authority, the maximum permitted by central government, but there is less money to spend on libraries, road repairs, …
Urgent investment is needed to halt the declining number of duty solicitors and avoid miscarriages of justice, the Law Society of England and Wales has warned. Nick Emmerson, President of the Law Society, said: “Duty solicitor schemes are in crisis because governments continue to undervalue their work.” Since 2017, more than 1,400 duty solicitors have …
There is a lot said about the Leamside Line, especially after it was caught up in the Government’s Network North announcement in October last year. Yesterday (March 5) it was announced that the North East has been awarded funding which will be used to develop a new business case for the south end of the …
Innovation, great value and sustainability are behind the growth of Lumo, the country’s newest and greenest train operator. The Newcastle-based company this week shared data detailing its economic contribution and emissions saved by its all-electric service which operates between Edinburgh and London with stops at Morpeth, Newcastle and Stevenage — a service that could be …
Councils up and down the country are grappling with how they continue to look after some of our most vulnerable people. Their efforts are being hamstrung by an overly centralised funding model and a reliance on two out of date property taxes — business rates and council tax. Today The QT begins a series that …
North East councils are wrestling with the problem of how to balance their books and are being forced to make agonising decisions on who they will have to let down next. These tough calls are being forced on them, and other councils up and down the country, by a system which sees the Government control …
What is The QT? Who are the people behind it? Why is it even called The QT? Former BBC Inside Out presenter Chris Jackson is once again behind the microphone and asking us the questions. Around the table are me, Brian Aitken, founder and editor of The QT, features editor Sam Wonfor and associate editor …
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