Sting says governments ‘wilfully’ neglected North East

Sting has accused successive governments of ignoring the North East (James Manning/PA) - (PA Archive)

Sting has accused successive governments of “wilfully” neglecting the north-east of England as he announced a donation to a major Tyneside art institution.

The former Police frontman, who grew up in Wallsend, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, told the BBC that the North East had been “wilfully neglected by successive governments for decades”.