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The Northern Echo has joined forces with the region's business leaders to launch the Shaping the Future campaign, asking the Government to rethink its planning blueprint for the North-East.

Fight for region that had to be won

James Ramsbotham

10:29am Wednesday 16th July 2008

THE Government yesterday set out ambitious plans for an economic and social renaissance in the North-East, abandoning crippling limits on the region’s aspirations for housing, transport and jobs.

Together we can make it a reality

Pat Ritchie

10:42am Wednesday 16th July 2008

EVERYONE must work together to ensure the Regional Spatial Strategy’s (RSS) vision for the North-East in 2021 becomes reality, a planning expert has said.

‘Becoming a volunteer changed my life’

7:43am Friday 6th June 2008

A MAN who suffered an injury at work said that volunteering has changed his life.

Event to salute the army of unpaid and unsung heroes

12:47pm Monday 2nd June 2008

AN unpaid army of men and women who help to shape the community in their own time will be celebrated this week.

Plea issued to support region’s plans for future

10:53am Thursday 3rd April 2008

POLITICIANS and business chiefs last night pleaded with the Government to support the North-East's ambitions for housing, transport and jobs in the next decade.

Appeal for key projects to be in regional strategy

8:44am Thursday 27th March 2008

TWO key projects that could draw more tourists to the North- East should be included in a controversial Government planning document, say councillors.

Minister's U-turn is victory for North-East

2:02am Thursday 7th February 2008

A PLANNING straitjacket that threatened to stifle the North-East for a generation was removed yesterday when the Government backtracked on plans to impose crippling limits on the region's ambitions for housing, transport and jobs.

County's economic wellbeing in balance

9:40am Tuesday 14th August 2007

A LEADING councillor claims that the future economic health and wellbeing of part of the region is hanging in the balance.

MP joins challenge to Government strategy

9:12am Thursday 9th August 2007

BISHOP Auckland MP Helen Goodman has joined colleagues across the region urging the Government to rethink a flawed strategy said to be holding back economic growth.

'Changes a threat to region's economy'

9:30am Tuesday 7th August 2007

A CONTROVERSIAL planning document threatens to undermine the economic renaissance of the North-East, according to a senior figure leading the regeneration of the region.

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