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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 […]

WHY WE’RE NO LONGER TAKING COALS TO NEWCASTLE

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 […]

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