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The memo states that secretly recording a meeting with a council officer could damage trust, inhibit open discussion, and “create an adversarial rather than collaborative working environment”. https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politics/covert-recording-memo-at-gateshead-council/
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Crime is not new on Teesside - it has been here for decades. A look at what is needed https://northeastbylines.co.uk/region/teesside/crime-and-teesside/
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South Tyneside’s Reform UK-led council has voted to scrap the borough’s climate emergency declaration, despite fierce opposition https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politics/reform-uk-votes-to-rescind-climate-emergency-declaration-in-south-tyneside/
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The plan’s objectives include to retain and enhance biodiversity and wildlife habitats; preserve the landscape and features of historic interest https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environment/historic-at-risk-coastal-gardens-in-saltburn-now-subject-to-five-year-management-plan/
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“I just don’t accept that this problem is too big to solve. What we need is a new way of doing politics where we come together, face the challenge head on and build an integrated system that gives people security and dignity&quot; https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/health/burnham-starts-fixing-adult-social-care/
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Earth Overshoot Day marks the exact date when humanity&#39;s total demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what the Earth can regenerate in that same year, and in 2026, it falls on 30 July https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environment/earth-overshoot-day-how-many-earths-do-we-need/
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Earth Overshoot Day marks the exact date when humanity&#39;s total demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what the Earth can regenerate in that same year, and in 2026, it falls on 30 July https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environment/earth-overshoot-day-how-many-earths-do-we-need/
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The success, or otherwise, of SeAH Wind is closely tied to that of the neighbouring South Bank Quay, which is used as an offshore base for wind farm construction https://northeastbylines.co.uk/business/south-bank-quay-another-teesworks-project-facing-an-uncertain-future/
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Fake news has become more common as social media develops and it’s becoming increasingly harder to spot. | Alice Leddy https://northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/social-media/why-do-we-keep-falling-for-fake-news-and-how-can-we-stop/
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Fake news has become more common as social media develops and it’s becoming increasingly harder to spot https://northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/social-media/why-do-we-keep-falling-for-fake-news-and-how-can-we-stop/
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We can use wisdom to overcome the climate crisis and build a fairer world at the same time. | Peter Sagar https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environment/making-peace-with-creation-2/
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We can use wisdom to overcome the climate crisis and build a fairer world at the same time https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environment/making-peace-with-creation-2/
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The Local Democracy Reporting Service went to Percy Main to speak to locals to ask what they want to see happen over the next 10 years of the Pride in Place funding https://northeastbylines.co.uk/region/tyneside/percy-main-vox-pop/
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There is increasing consensus that Brexit was a terrible mistake. The slogan &quot;Make Brexit Work&quot; is an oxymoron. Brexit cannot work. Joining the EU is the only way forward https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/brexit-part-7-the-way-forward-is-joining-the-eu-but-how/
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Andy Burnham stressed the jobs benefits as well as the defence and security importance of renewing Britain’s nuclear deterrent https://northeastbylines.co.uk/business/economy/nuclear-deterrence-means-apprenticeships-says-burnham/
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Each day, Amnesty International UK will unveil another way that Amnesty activists are standing with Uyghur creatives https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politics/amnesty-international-appeals-for-solidarity-with-the-uyghur-people/
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With wildfires raging across much of Europe and temperature records seemingly being broken on a weekly basis, we must consider the benefits of solar power much more seriously. One church in Newcastle has done this and this is how they did it https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environment/here-comes-the-sun-2/
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Aladdin runs from Saturday, 5 December to Thursday, 31 December at Middlesbrough Theatre https://northeastbylines.co.uk/region/teesside/panto-magic-in-middlesbrough-with-aladdin/
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Tees Valley Combined Authority’s (TVCA’s) cabinet is taking tighter political control over the £421mn debts it is owed by its subsidiary, South Tees Development Corporation (STDC) https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politics/tvca-leaders-take-control-of-400mn-debt-plan/
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&quot;There is something faintly comic about wealthy middle-aged men spending fortunes trying to become the oldest corpse in the cemetery&quot; https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/health/love-actuaries/
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Story for Short Story Sunday https://northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/short-story-sunday/the-proposal-of-lovers-lane/
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River Tees Harbour Seals is a fundraising appeal to finance testing of sediment at seal hauling sites on the River Tees https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environment/river-tees-harbour-seals/
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Some of the latest scams doing the rounds https://northeastbylines.co.uk/business/technology/scams-to-watch-out-for-2/
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Kim McGuinness hosted a Mayor Meets event on the future of North East buses on Thursday 23 July at Redhills in Durham https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/transport/the-future-of-north-east-buses/
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The Medieval warm period saw elevated temperatures in many parts of the world between the 10th and 13th centuries https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environment/drought-water-shortages-and-crop-failures-how-does-the-medieval-warm-period-compare-with-today/
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Count Binface has managed to reduce Farage's protest to farce, and he and his trash-can helmet are now at the centre of media attention https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politics/count-binface-and-the-humiliation-of-nigel-farage/
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If Burnham wants to make a radical change, he may decide to give regional authorities the power to raise more of their own funds... https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/opinion/burnhams-regional-devolution-more-power-without-responsibility/
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Will commitments made survive a change of leader; will child poverty remain a national priority? For children, ‘later’ carries a cost https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politics/reflections-on-poverty-and-political-resignations-five-leading-questions/
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It seems clear that the Labour Party will never recover as a potential governing party in this country until there is a true cleansing of the stables and every last vestige of the toxic Labour Together faction, which has done so much harm, is removed from the leadership of the party https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/opinion/how-labour-together-wrecked-the-labour-party/
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As director-general of the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive (PTE – now known as Nexus), Tony Ridley, who has died at the age of 92, was one of a handful of people who shaped Newcastle city centre and the wider metropolitan area in the 1970s https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/transport/dr-tony-ridley-father-of-the-metro/