If you add in Labour's decision to abandon plans to upgrade part of the A1 in Northumberland to dual carriageway, you can forgive the region for casting a rather envious glance at Rachel Reeves' push for growth in the south.

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Here’s six music festivals taking place in the North East of England in 2025, and how you can get tickets to the events before it’s too late. When: May 4 2025. When: May 4 2025. Where: Tapyard, Tyne Bank Brewery & The Grove, Newcastle. When: June 13 - 15 2025. Where: Alnwick Castle, Northumberland.

Carley Armstrong, a University of Sunderland graduate, has been chosen for the Women in Film and Television’s (WFTV) 2025 Four Nations Mentoring Scheme.

The Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) set out over 24,000 actions water companies must take over the next five years to meet their legal requirements for the environment

Storm Éowyn is starting to hit the North East and North Yorkshire, with strong winds bringing travel disruption, power cuts and event cancellations. The Met Office say the highest gust in the UK up to midday has been recorded in our region. A gust of 96mph was recorded at a weather station in Brizlee Wood near Alnwick in Northumberland.

Amazon is moving ahead with plans for drone deliveries in Darlington, seeking CAA approval for its Prime Air service and joining broader efforts to enable commercial drone flights across the UK.

A massive 624-mile wall of snow is expected to hit the country on February 9, stretching as far south as Devon, according to the latest UK weather forecasts. Weather maps and charts from WX Charts, released on Thursday (January 30), predict a significant snowfall event that will impact various parts of the UK.

The North East food items in world best list, which was created by TasteAtlas, is an encyclopaedia of flavours, a world atlas of traditional dishes.

A new centre for writing in North East England has been given a £5m boost by the government’s Cultural Development Fund.

Scafell Pike is the highest mountain in England – and there’s a strong argument that it’s also the best. Towering 978 metres above the country’s deepest lake and smallest church (we love those quirky facts),

The UK is bracing for yet another period of unsettled weather as weather maps suggest snow and rain may soon sweep the country. New maps generated on January 31 by WXCHARTS, which uses MetDesk data, revealed the wintry conditions are due to hit within the next fortnight.