SEVEN new deputy lieutenants of Tyne and Wear have been appointed to help the county's Lord Lieutenant, Nigel Sherlock, with official duties.
They are leading figures from local government, education, the business community and the legal system.
They are retired teacher Elizabeth Bryson, North-East regional director for Common Purpose Mary Coyle, director of JM and W Darling Ann Darling, former Gateshead Council chief executive Sir Les Elton, vice-chancellor of Sunderland University Professor Peter Fidler, businessman John Ward, and former chairman of the Newcastle-Gateshead Initiative Sir Ian Wrigglesworth.
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