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The Latest Breaking News from Newcastle City Council

Newcastle city centre bar Horticulture defends plans for sister venue after neighbour's allegations

Chronicle Live · Jun 29, 2022

Another top boss to leave Newcastle City Council as transport chief heads for government job

Graham Grant, the city's top transport official, is the latest in a string of high-profile departures from the civic centre over recent months

Chronicle Live · Jun 29, 2022

Newcastle Central Station picket lines getting 'amazing public support' on second day of rail strike

Public have offered food, drinks and solidarity with strikers, and Newcastle City Council leader Nick Kemp has visited the picket line

Chronicle Live · Jun 23, 2022

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New cabinet review state of Newcastle City Council amid 'choppy waters' for local governments

Newcastle City Council's new look cabinet met for the first time this week

Chronicle Live · Jun 22, 2022

Newcastle council warns people could miss out on £150 towards energy bills if they don't apply direct

Newcastle council has issued an appeal saying people who don’t pay council tax by direct debit need to apply for cash, or face missing out

Chronicle Live · Jun 17, 2022

Tyne Bridge revamp money was a huge relief – but local leaders rail against 'beauty pageant' bidding

After years of trying to get the iconic bridge's much-needed restoration over the line, local council chiefs say they are fed up with battling other areas for funding

Chronicle Live · Jun 12, 2022

Council backs new Ouseburn apartment block after pubs' objections labelled 'somewhat vacuous'

Both the Free Trade Inn and the Tyne Bar had voiced major concerns about the 50 new flats in St Lawrence Road

Chronicle Live · Jun 10, 2022

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Dropping £50-a-day tolls for Newcastle Clean Air Zone 'too good to be true', says council leader

Nick Kemp says the charging plans are 'just penalising people', but he doesn't expect to be able to abandon the controversial tolls as Greater Manchester is trying to

Chronicle Live · Jun 8, 2022

'Confused' Grey Street transformation in doubt as new Newcastle Council leader pledges rethink

Nick Kemp is planning a review into the proposed pedestrianisation of Newcastle's most beautiful street, as part of a promised reset at the civic centre

Chronicle Live · Jun 6, 2022

Events firm launches Grainger Market after-hours music, food and entertainment extravaganzas

The Great Market Caper events are the brainchild of a new events firm led by Dan Monteith and former CEO of NE1 Sean Bullick

Birmingham Post · Jun 6, 2022

Blackett Street pedestrianisation bid still up in the air with public inquiry yet to be triggered

City transport bosses are yet to ask the Planning Inspectorate to arrange a hearing that will decide the street's future, two months after councillors gave approval to do so

Chronicle Live · Jun 3, 2022

The Tyne Bridge WILL get much-needed facelift as funding is approved by Government

One of Tyneside’s best-known landmarks has received the rubber-stamp from Government to restore it to its former glory

Chronicle Live · Jun 2, 2022

Extra patrols across Newcastle over Jubilee bank holiday weekend

Police will join Nexus and council staff in carrying out extra patrols on buses and Metro services and in transport hubs over the long weekend

Chronicle Live · Jun 2, 2022

Sheriff of Newcastle apologises for 'grossly inappropriate' gun joke after Texas school shooting

Veronica Dunn remarked that she "would not be responsible for what I might do" if she were given access to a gun cupboard in her new ceremonial role

Chronicle Live · May 26, 2022

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Chronicle Live · May 25, 2022

Nick Kemp unveils major cabinet reshuffle after being sworn in as Newcastle City Council leader

Just two members of the previous Nick Forbes administration are staying in the local authority's cabinet

Chronicle Live · May 25, 2022

Fears opening new pub in abandoned Newcastle city centre building could cause spike in crime

Northumbria Police objected to the plans stating the location is in a 'very demanding' area with The Gate and Bigg Market close by

Chronicle Live · May 19, 2022

Councillors consider festival restrictions as Leazes Park event plans attract opposition

Newcastle city councillors are considering the event and alcohol application for one of the city's parks

Birmingham Post · May 17, 2022

North East deals of the week: key acquisitions, investments and contract wins

Companies announcing deals this week include Legal & General, Formula Plastics, Premier Tech, Sage and Hydrock

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Chronicle Live · May 16, 2022

Demolition work begins to tear down one of Newcastle city centre's ugliest buildings

The brutalist Commercial Union House is the latest building that will be removed to make way for HMRC's new Pilgrim's Quarter office complex

Chronicle Live · May 13, 2022

Plea to bring back Newcastle's public toilets – a decade on from council's spending cut closures

A union has launched a campaign urging Newcastle City Council to open new public conveniences in busy areas

Chronicle Live · May 13, 2022

Council pushing for Leazes Park festival limits as latest step in Newcastle noise crackdown

It comes after strict new measures were imposed in Exhibition Park, amid complaints that the city's green spaces are being turned into "outdoor nightclubs"

Chronicle Live · May 10, 2022

Newcastle Quayside neighbours 'shocked' after controversial 14-storey apartment block approved

Locals have hit out at a planning inspector's decision to back the 289-flat development on the long-vacant Plot 12

Birmingham Post · May 10, 2022

Legal & General to invest further £60m into thriving Newcastle science and business park

A build-to-rent residential scheme with two towers is set to be bankrolled by the institutional investor

Chronicle Live · May 9, 2022

Hundreds of controversial Quayside apartments set to be built after council rejection overturned

A planning inspector has backed plans for a major new housing block on the riverside, despite the "monolithic" complex being overwhelmingly rejected by councillors

Chronicle Live · May 6, 2022

Newcastle councillor suspended over 'Muslim plot' allegations wins re-election in landslide

Joyce McCarty remained on the ballot as a Labour candidate despite her suspension and took a commanding 63% of the vote in the safe ward of Wingrove

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