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A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dungeness, Kent, onboard the RNLI Dungeness Lifeboat following a small boat incident in the Channel. Picture date: Monday October 23, 2023. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Gareth Fuller/PA

Voters will see through the Government's performative politics on Rwanda

Launch of Stockton Sparkles on the town's High Street. 23.11.2023 Photograph: Stuart Boulton/SBC.

Is Stockton a sparkling town or a sh**hole?

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Alex Cunningham MP, Home Secretary James Cleverly and a foodbank

THE ECHO SAYS... Why aren't we angrier about the unfairness of child poverty?

Mince pies from seven big supermarkets were taste-tested

I tried supermarket mince pies and two are worthy of Christmas glory

Mince pies from seven big supermarkets were taste-tested

I tried supermarket mince pies and two are worthy of Christmas glory

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Go North East bus strike

THE ECHO SAYS... Strike shows buses are vital and not a Cinderalla service

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Transporter bridge

THE ECHO SAYS... Should our historic bridges be reduced to being punted like political footballs?

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Questions yesterday

THE ECHO SAYS... Sunak's spat over Elgin marbles is not a good advert for diplomacy

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Stuart Hall who is aiming to raise funds for 10-year-old cancer victim Aimee Johnstone

Ex-world boxing champion Stuart Hall aims to help Darlington girl in cancer fight

Bishop Auckland Christmas Town.

REVIEW I visited Bishop Auckland's Christmas Town - here's what I thought

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Simon Clarke as labelled the attackers of a police officer on the outskirts of Middlesbrough as

THE ECHO SAYS... Attacks on police officers cannot be tolerated - but are the perpetrators "scum"?

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Mary Kelly Foy.

OPINION: MARY KELLY FOY Why the Autumn Statement failed every corner of the county

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James Cleverly has been accused of insulting the Teesside town Image: Picture: TERRY BLACKBURN

THE ECHO SAYS... Sunak should send Cleverly on a visit of shame to Stockton

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Alex Cunningham MP for Stockton North, who got more of a reply from the Tory side of the House to his question than he bargained for

THE ECHO SAYS... Which will you remember: the two syllable insult or the two per cent tax cut?

OPINION: KEVAN JONES MP Why levelling up has been a complete let down for Durham

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Jeremy Hunt presenting his Autumn Statement

ECHO COMMENT Statement gives Tories something positive to talk about - but is anyone listening?

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James Owen Thomas with examples of his environmental art, ahead of his workshops at Aycliffe School

The art of recycling...how a young autistic man became an environmental artist

Gareth Southgate has plenty to ponder ahead of the start of Euro 2024

SCOTT WILSON COLUMN Maguire, Ward-Prowse, Sterling in - Henderson, Rashford out - England's Euros squad

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Trains and electricity: Five things that should be in the Autumn Statement

OPINION Trains and electricity: Five things that should be in the Autumn Statement

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THE ECHO SAYS... Levelling up is leaving an increasingly bitter taste in the mouth

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Sir Keir Starmer, Labour leader: while the Tories are squabbling among themselves, he, too has his party problems

THE ECHO SAYS... Starmer blots his copybook as Labour MPs rebel

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Then Home Secretary Suella Braverman last Sunday during the Remembrance Sunday service in Whitehall. Photo: PA Wire.

THE ECHO SAYS... Is the Tory right now developing a deathwish?

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Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer on their way to the King's Speech

THE ECHO SAYS... Big day ahead as both Sunak and Starmer try to keep their parties united

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Headteacher Mark Dipple with Ukrainian mum, Maria Vasylyshyn, and her sons, Ostap and Artem, in front of the map showing the pupils' countries

The Darlington school with pupils from 28 countries is putting kindness on the map

Kieran Trippier speaks to Eddie Howe in the wake of Newcastle United's defeat at Bournemouth

SCOTT WILSON COLUMN 'Kieran Trippier did something wrong on Saturday - but it wasn't arguing with a fan'

David Cameron and Rishi Sunak

Cameron's return is a huge risk for Sunak and it will do him no favours in the North

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Joy Allen, Durham's Police and Crime Commissioner

OPINION: JOY ALLEN How we in Durham are combating violence towards women and girls

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The greatest film of all time? Easy for me

OPINION OPINION: What's the greatest film of all time? I'll bet my pick isn't popular

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Suella Braverman

THE ECHO SAYS... Braverman's inflammatory approach is making her a liability

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THE ECHO SAYS... Why the Chancellor must listen and support poorest ahead of tax cuts for richest

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Sapper Steve Bishop, with the first letter he wrote home after being blinded, and the glass eye he was given by nurses

The epic story of a glass eye that symbolises the unseen horrors of war

A jovial chat between party leaders Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer as they walk to hear the King's Speech, but the usual politicking soon returned

THE ECHO SAYS Left feeling underwhelmed by the contents of the King's Speech

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Chloe with her silly old Grandad

Well, I’ll be hanged! My embarrassing game of Hangman with a seven-year-old

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Ben Houchen at the Redcar site of British Steel

OPINION "Steel will again be made on Teesside": Ben Houchen talks of steelworks future

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Chris McDonald of MPI

OPINION Steelworks electric furnace 'a major step in securing steel industry future'

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Work at British Steel

THE ECHO SAYS... The bitter-sweet taste of the return of steel-making to Teesside

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If you're dreading Bonfire Night for the sake of your pets this year, you are not alone

OPINION OPINION: I'm a new dog owner - Bonfire Night is filling me with dread

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Nancy Spencer gets her flu jab from Nadia Carter, Practice Lead Nurse at Denmark Street Surgery

Darlington great-grandma Nancy is the 'poster girl' of this year's flu jab campaign

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comment Don't sacrifice on safety this Halloween despite cost-of-living crisis

Opinion Journalism Matters: Trusted journalism is critical to combatting AI misinformation

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Pease walking stick. Picture: Credit: Hansons Auctioneers

ECHO MEMORIES Under the hammer today: this weird and wonderful piece of Darlington's history

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Mary Kelly Foy and St Leonard's School

OPINION: MARY KELLY FOY Education will be a priority for Labour - unlike the crumbling Conservatives

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THE ECHO SAYS... Tonali's case shows why football has to end its addiction to gambling money

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ECHO COMMENT Why we support calls for an inquiry into mental health trust's performance

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99 Squadron Movers loading a Royal Air Force C-17 aircraft at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire with humanitarian aid to fly to the Middle East

THE ECHO SAYS... Backing calls for a "specific pause" to let the aid in

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Ben in an amusement arcade in Seaton Carew, where his gambling addiction began

'Gambling addiction cost me my job and my marriage': North-East dad overcame the odds

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Medomsley detention centre

ECHO COMMENT Why the new inquiry into the abuse at Medomsley detention centre is welcome

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak giving a statement to MPs in the House of Commons on the latest situation on the Israel-Hamas conflict. Picture date: Monday October 23, 2023.

ECHO COMMENT Rishi Sunak one year in power: how's he done?

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Baroness Stowell, of the Social Mobility Commission

Baroness Stowell on how child's play can make a big difference to young lives

Paul Howell, fourth from the right, with the cross party group campaigning for the reopening of the Leamside line. Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT

OPINION: PAUL HOWELL MP Why scrapping HS2 is good news for the North East without a shadow of a doubt

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Newly elected Labour MP Sarah Edwards with party leader Sir Keir Starmer at Tamworth Football Club, after winning the Tamworth by-election. Picture date: Friday October 20, 2023.

ECHO COMMENT After the by-election defeats, is there any hope left for the Conservatives?

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Callum Wilson wears a top emblazoned with one of Newcastle's sponsors Fun88

SCOTT WILSON COLUMN How can Newcastle "support" Sandro Tonali when three key sponsors are gambling firms?

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Education Secretary Gillian Keegan

THE ECHO SAYS... We must not let our children down during the RAAC crisis

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Shoplifting is theft

THE ECHO SAYS... Only an effective deterrent can halt the "epidemic" rise in shoplifting

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