On the face of it, managing the Metro is a thankless task. Record delays to the service, the painful disintegration of an ageing fleet, damaging storms destroying decades of investment and technical problems plaguing the network’s incoming trains have all contributed to a miserable few years for the team tackling crisis upon crisis. It’s to …
Typically there’s not an awful lot of mystery left when it comes to Budget day. However, Jeremy Hunt had a few positive surprises for the North East. Most notably, the Chancellor announced a ‘trailblazer’ devolution deal for the North East, which the official Budget documents say ‘will provide a package of new funding potentially worth …
For youngsters growing up in the cramped and often squalid conditions of a Palestinian refugee camp, it was the experience of a lifetime. It was also a lifetime which in all probability will be spent in the crowded Shatila camp in Beirut. Groups of youngsters were given a window on a new world when they …
STEPPING DOWN: Helen Golightly has announced she is stepping down as chief executive of the North East Local Enterprise Partnership. Helen, who has been with the LEP for 12 years and in the top job for nine, said she wants to spend time with family and travelling. She said: “I am immensely proud of the …
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