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 Thu 7 Feb 08
	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.