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  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 […]

  Transport Secretary Grant Shapps: 17 July, 2021   Uniting two of the great cities in the north-east, Sunderland and Newcastle, has not always been easy. Any Mackem or Geordie will tell you it’s a longstanding, passionate and fierce rivalry. And historically, fuelled by fuel. In fact, it was this country’s long-favoured fuel – coal […]