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Northern recruiting new engineering apprentices who will get free train travel

The train company is bringing in up to 16 new recruits who will be based at five depots, including Newton Heath

Manchester Evening News

Keeping the tradition alive

Due to her interest in northern handicrafts, textile artist Kanchalee Ngamdamronk worked with an artisan from Lamphun and one from the Lisu ethnic group. Their collaborative work resulted in the exhibition "Polychrome".

Bangkok Post

Rail cancellations and delays 'costing economy of the north £8m a week'

Andy Burnham rips into train bosses and London accused of not caring about the current level of rail disruption here

Manchester Evening News

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North East is 'lagging behind in Arts Council levelling-up' investment, claims culture body

Funding boost is welcomed but the region is trailing behind others with the lowest investment increase outside London, says The North East Culture Partnership which pushes for further investment in local arts

Chronicle Live

Northern cold storage and logistics operation enters East Anglia with family firm buy-out

Marr Group entity acquires Cambridgeshire and Norfolk operator Savage Haulage

Birmingham Post

North Korea sees more use of cell phones, WiFi networks - U.S. researchers

Up to 7 million North Koreans use cell phones daily, and WiFi networks have sharply expanded in recent years as the mobile devices increasingly became a key tool for market activity in the isolated country, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Key funding from the Arts Council England helps to 'transform lives' at the Liverpool Philharmonic

The Shakespeare North Trust has been also funded

Liverpool Echo

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Lung cancer risk higher in polluted Chiang Mai

The number of new cases of cancer in northern Thailand is higher than the national average, with high levels of hazardous particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) believed to trigger mutations that lead to the disease, a local physician says.

Bangkok Post

'Give us back our cops': North East crime commissioner calls for action over regional divide on police recruitment

Southern forces now have more officers than in 2010 but Northumbria Police hundreds fewer

Chronicle Live

Bank of England governor praises companies raising pay for lowest paid

On a visit to the North of England, Andrew Bailey said that efforts to bring inflation under control were likely to last another 18 months

Birmingham Post

Seoul Denies Report of Arms Deal with US for Ukrainian Forces

South Korea on Friday denied a report that it would sell artillery shells for use by Ukrainian forces, claiming the munitions -- if the ongoing deal negotiation is finalized -- will be for US forces only. The United States was nearing an agreement to purchase 100,000 rounds of 155 mm…

Asharq Al-Awsat

£110m upgrade to the A1 in Newcastle now complete after two-and-a-half years of construction

More than 1,900 people have worked on the Scotwood to North Brunton project

Chronicle Live

West Belfast mum said HPV screening saved her life as she calls for routine checks in Northern Ireland

Nichola is calling for HPV screenings to be made the primary cervical screening here in line with the rest of the UK

Belfast Live

Northern Ireland electronic border checks will 'strangle' tourism, councillor warns

"This bill is an act of legislative sabotage and our tourism product is being undermined by the UK government."

Belfast Live

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Derry MLA calls for HPV screening to be adopted for cervical cancer in Northern Ireland

A less sensitive test is used in Northern Ireland which means the region lags behind the rest of the UK

Belfast Live

Mica: Derry family facing £100k bill to repair crumbling home

Danny and Kate Rafferty's home is one of the first confirmed cases of Mica in Northern Ireland

Dublin Live

New Year's Eve concert in Dublin scrapped in favour of 'family friendly' event

There will be food, street performers and more with an earlier countdown at North Wall Quay

Bangkok Post

Northerners prefer Thaksin daughter Paetongtarn for PM: poll

Paetongtarn "Ung-ing" Shinawatra, leader of the "Pheu Thai family", tops the list of potential candidates for the post of prime minister among the people of the North, according to a survey by the National Institute for Development Administration, or Nida Poll.

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Bangkok Post

B90m in assets seized from northern drug traffickers

Authorities have seized assets worth almost 90 million baht from a major drug network and arrested a woman and a man during raids on six locations in two northern provinces.

Birmingham Post

People on the move: key North East appointments and promotions of the week

Companies featuring in this week's round-up include KPMG, the North East LEP, Silk Family Law and Seriös Group

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak reviewing Northern Powerhouse Rail and other infrastructure projects

There has also been speculation that the Sizewell C nuclear power plant could be delayed or scrapped.

Daily Mirror

Northern Powerhouse Rail scaled back AGAIN as Tory says 'not much point' in plan

Proposals to build in full Northern Powerhouse Rail, also called High Speed 3, have been scrapped just weeks after they were restored by ex-Prime Minister Liz Truss

Manchester Evening News

Outrage as minister says 'not much point' in Northern Powerhouse Rail's new high-speed Manchester to Leeds line

Northern Powerhouse Rail looks set to be ditched by the new Prime Minister

The Independent UK

Fury as Northern Powerhouse Rail plan looks likely to be downsized again

‘There wasn’t really much point in going and blasting new tunnels through the Pennines,’ says Grant Shapps

Reuters

Explainer-Russia and North Korea forge closer ties amid shared isolation

The United States said this week it has information indicating North Korea is covertly supplying Russia with a "significant" number of artillery shells, in what would be a further sign of deepening ties between the two pariah states.

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