Councillors unhappy at roads funding for south east Northumberland
The Ashington and Blyth area received £655,000 for local roads maintenance in the annual plan. In comparison, the Tynedale ...
Northumberland Labour MP calls on Government to rethink inheritance tax changes for farmers
The Labour MP for North Northumberland has called on the Government to reconsider planned changes to inheritance tax laws for ...
Nearly 200 Unexploded WWII Bombs Found Beneath Children's Playground In England
Children in the English town of Wooler in Northumberland are temporarily without a playground after workers found 176 unexploded World War II bombs buried underneath the play area. The first ordnance ...
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Protesters disrupt Northumberland County Council meeting as foster carers call for fair pay deal
A protest by foster carers at a Northumberland County Council meeting brought proceedings to a halt amid calls for a fairer pay deal. Carers belonging to the IWGB Foster Care Workers Union rallied ...
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Data shows two thirds of adults in Northumberland are overweight
Data from Northumberland County Council shows that just a third of adults in the county are at a healthy weight.
County Durham Labour MP calls for ‘meaningful tweaks’ on farm inheritance tax
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has faced calls for “meaningful tweaks” to planned inheritance tax on farmland from a County Durham ...
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Farmer suicides show possible ‘human cost’ of inheritance tax change – Tories
Treasury minister James Murray said the Government’s plans to impose 20% inheritance tax on farms worth more than £1 million is a “fair approach”, with current ... the Duke of Northumberland or big ...
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Former welfare club now a 'crying shame'
The hall in Dawdon, near Seaham, County Durham, was funded by the work of local miners ... One of those who signed it was Blyth and Ashington MP Ian Lavery, who used to be a coal miner in ...