The Latest Breaking News from North

Plans to cut HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail 'put levelling up at risk'

'Upgrading lines will bring modest benefits, but not to the transformative extent needed to end regional imbalances'

Birmingham Post · Jul 27, 2022

Government’s rail cuts ‘letting down North and Midlands’ as MPs urge rethink

Transport Select Committee tells ministers to review their decision taking into account levelling-up

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2022

Rail plans for North should be reconsidered to avoid missed opportunity, say MPs

The Government sparked anger in November 2021 when it published the Integrated Rail Plan.

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2022

Bigg Market bar plans pulled after warning that Geordie Racer would cause 'lifetime of misery'

Developers have put plans to open the Geordie Racer on hold after objections from Northumbria Police and council officials, but are set to return with a new proposal

Chronicle Live · Jul 26, 2022

The Northern Agenda: The North remembers...

...but do Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss as they bid to be our next Prime Minister?

Manchester Evening News · Jul 26, 2022

Prolific thief jailed after repeatedly stealing petrol from Northumberland service stations

John Walton has been sentenced after committing a number of petrol thefts in Blyth, Ashington and Morpeth

Chronicle Live · Jul 26, 2022

Public spending in North East falling behind national average, study says

Report from IPPR North think tank says the North East has had the lowest increase in public spending in the last three years, despite the Government's levelling up agenda

Chronicle Live · Jul 26, 2022

Public spending in the North falls behind England average despite Government's 'levelling up' policy

The per-person public spending in the North is £86 under the England average in 2021

Manchester Evening News · Jul 26, 2022

'Covid hangover' of pandemic drinking could see 25,000 extra deaths - and will hit the North East hardest

People turning to the bottle during the Covid-19 pandemic could lead to a huge spike in alcohol-related illness and death according to two shocking reports.

Chronicle Live · Jul 26, 2022

Spending gap between London and North doubles despite Boris Johnson’s ‘levelling up’ pledge

Tory leadership contenders told ‘the money didn’t follow the rhetoric’ – and they must ‘listen to the North’

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2022