Winners reveal pride after Teesside final of North East Business Awards The winning companies who triumphed at Middlesbrough College now go on to the grand final later this year Birmingham Post · Jun 24, 2022
The Northern Agenda: Wakey-wakey Boris, you've lost another MP Pressure mounts on Prime Minister as Labour win back a 'red wall' Northern seat Manchester Evening News · Jun 24, 2022
The Northern Agenda: Eight years and still no powerhouse How is North doing on the anniversary of George Osborne's Northern Powerhouse speech? Manchester Evening News · Jun 23, 2022
Eight years since George Osborne's 'Northern Powerhouse' speech... and business leaders still fighting for the railway he promised “The Government isn’t doing just one thing to upset businesses in Greater Manchester - first it cut NPR to Leeds, now the HS2 station at Piccadilly and the station at the airport." Manchester Evening News · Jun 23, 2022
Boris Johnson claims Government will 'build Northern Powerhouse Rail' The Prime Minister's comments come just days after experts warned current HS2 plans could threaten Northern Powerhouse Rail Chronicle Live · Jun 23, 2022
Glastonbury at risk of being hit by ‘damaging’ downpours The Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning for Thursday, stretching from Sheffield in the North, across the South East and down to Bath The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2022
North East Dog Festival to return to Northumberland this September Thousands of dogs and their owners are expected at Kirkley Hall near Ponteland on the first weekend of September for the festival, which is hosting K9 Aqua Sports for the first time in the North East Chronicle Live · Jun 22, 2022
Boris Johnson slammed for claiming cut-price HS2 plan will deliver for Manchester and the North The Prime Minister's comments come just days after experts warned the HS2 plan for the city could threaten Northern Powerhouse Rail. Manchester Evening News · Jun 22, 2022
The Northern Agenda: 1,400 grooming victims - but nobody held accountable Police watchdog launched its report into Rotherham failings eight years ago Manchester Evening News · Jun 22, 2022
The Northern Agenda: Deserted stations and busy picket lines as rail strike grips North Liverpool, Newcastle, Manchester and Leeds stations all eerily quiet Liverpool Echo · Jun 21, 2022
The Northern Agenda: Minister tells Manchester its HS2 plans would cost 'absolutely crazy money' Keep up to date with all the big politics stories in the North with the daily Northern Agenda newsletter. You can receive the Northern Agenda newsletter direct to your inbox every week day by signing up right here. Here is today's Northern Agenda: Manchester Evening News · Jun 21, 2022
Minister blasts cost of underground Piccadilly HS2 station as 'crazy' after shelving plans - but London will still get one The Manchester Evening News is calling on the Government not botch one of the most important transport projects ever to be built in the north of England Manchester Evening News · Jun 21, 2022
Watch stunning drone footage of the historic Holy Island of Lindisfarne A spectacular bird's eye film tour of Lindisfarne is one of the latest offerings from North East company Peace Drone which specialises in cinematic drone videography Chronicle Live · Jun 21, 2022
Female angel syndicate helps Northern founders raise almost £2.5m in first year Women Angels of the North was launched by Fund Her North in 2021 Birmingham Post · Jun 20, 2022
Manchester Evening News · Jun 20, 2022 The Northern Agenda: North's latest grooming bombshell Oldham follows in the footsteps of Rotherham, Rochdale and Keighley
Manchester Evening News · Jun 20, 2022 Plans for HS2 on the cheap threaten to turn swathes of Manchester into a building site and botch a once in a lifetime opportunity Politicians and rail experts are increasingly concerned about plans for an overground HS2 station in Manchester city centre - warning of up to a decade of chaos and disruption. Today the Manchester Evening News calls on ministers to think again.
Evening Standard · Jun 19, 2022 Spend as much on the North as London if you want to Level Up UK, demands Tory MP Jake Berry said the North could not afford to rely on politicians in Whitehall
Daily Mirror · Jun 17, 2022 Boris Johnson pulls out of northern Tory conference as crunch Red Wall by-election looms Prime Minister Boris Johnson had been due to speak at a gathered of the Northern Research Group in Doncaster and has yet to visit Wakefield to campaign ahead of Thursday's key by-election
Manchester Evening News · Jun 17, 2022 The Northern Agenda: Is Boris Johnson at the races? Read the Northern Agenda newsletter for Friday 17th June 2022
The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022 Northern Tories tell Boris Johnson to hike spending and devolve tax powers or fail on ‘levelling up’ Prime minister face calls for dramatic devolution at first ever Northern Research Group conference
Manchester Evening News · Jun 16, 2022 The Northern Agenda: Rail passengers advised 'not to travel' next week Read the Northern Agenda newsletter for Thursday 16th June 2022
Reuters · Jun 16, 2022 S.Korea says no evidence of defection from official shot dead by N.Korea There was no evidence that the South Korean fisheries official shot and burned by North Korean troops in 2020 intended to defect, South Korea's maritime and military authorities said on Thursday, reversing its earlier announcement.
Reuters · Jun 16, 2022 North Korea reports another infectious disease outbreak amid battle against COVID North Korea reported an outbreak of an unidentified intestinal epidemic in a farming region on Thursday, putting further strain on the isolated country as it battles chronic food shortages and a wave of COVID-19 infections.
Chronicle Live · Jun 15, 2022 NHS holding full independent review into North East Ambulance Service cover-up claims Health Secretary Sajid Javid has confirmed that the NHS will hold a full independent review into claims the North East Ambulance Service covered up details about patient deaths
Reuters · Jun 14, 2022 Canada and Denmark divide small Arctic island, ending ownership dispute Denmark and Canada will divide small, uninhabited Hans Island in the Arctic, eding an almost 50-year ownership spat, in a largely symbolic act of diplomacy designed to avoid tensions in the high North.