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NORTHUMBERLAND AT FOREFRONT OF FIGHT TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT

  Secretary of State Grant Shapps: 23 October 2021 Is it possible that Northumberland – the cradle of George Stephenson’s ingenious railway, Josephine Butler’s tenacious suffrage, and the prodigious talent of the Charlton brothers – can also claim to be the home of climate activism? We all know of Northumberland’s beautiful scenery, and the region’s […]

£5.2 BILLION TO BE INVESTED IN FLOOD DEFENCES OVER NEXT SIX YEARS

  Secretary of State Grant Shapps: 31 July, 2021 The Mill of the Black Monks is not only one of the oldest pubs in Barnsley, but in the country. As a former water mill dating back to 1150, which served the monks of the nearby Cluniac monastery, it has been witness to the unfolding of […]