The Northern Echo | Shaping The Future

Fight for region that had to be won

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:29:34 +0100

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

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:42:40 +0100

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’

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:43:00 +0100

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

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:47:00 +0100

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

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:53:00 +0100

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

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:44:00 +0000

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

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:02:00 +0000

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

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:40:15 +0100

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

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:12:57 +0100

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'

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:30:57 +0100

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.