Two long-awaited transport projects in Northumberland have been handed a major boost after the Government confirmed it would look to accelerate them "as fast as possible".
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's controversial Growth Plan 2022, dubbed the "mini budget" contained a list of infrastructure projects across the country the Government wants to get started on by the end of next year.
Among them was the dualling of a 23 mile stretch of the A1 in Northumberland between Morpeth and Ellingham and the Northumberland Line that will reintroduce passenger rail services between Newcastle and Ashington.
