North East

The government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda in the North of England will only succeed if it supports people employed in the sectors hardest hit by the Covid-19 crisis and helps to improve health and wellbeing, according to leading economists.

A major public consultation has been launched on a masterplan to regenerate North Shields.

A £5 billion pipeline of infrastructure projects to create 20,000 jobs has been set out by transport and business leaders in the North of England.

Plans for a business park on a 15.5-hectare site in County Durham have been submitted to Durham County Council.