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![Transport secretary Louise Haigh in talks with Hitachi](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18343236.jpg)
![Transport secretary Louise Haigh in talks with Hitachi](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18343236.jpg)
HITACHI CRISIS
![How many times have you forgotten to put a Royal Mail stamp on a letter?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18306200.jpg)
![How many times have you forgotten to put a Royal Mail stamp on a letter?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18306200.jpg)
![The opening ceremony](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18300034.jpg)
![The opening ceremony](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18300034.jpg)
![North East Mayor Kim McGuinness and Cllr Martin Gannon.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18294124.jpg)
![North East Mayor Kim McGuinness and Cllr Martin Gannon.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18294124.jpg)
![Did you know the consequences of reusing a Royal Mail stamp?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18286656.jpg)
![Did you know the consequences of reusing a Royal Mail stamp?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18286656.jpg)
![Building a community of mortgages](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18237849.jpg)
![Building a community of mortgages](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18237849.jpg)
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![Susan Ross, Head of Projects at Edge Innovation presents the Tees Valley Innovation Challenge at the launch event](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18214883.jpg)
![Susan Ross, Head of Projects at Edge Innovation presents the Tees Valley Innovation Challenge at the launch event](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18214883.jpg)
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![Men leaving the works on April 23, 1982, having been told they were to close: the Echo was gearing up for the fight to save Shildon](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18218158.jpg)
![Men leaving the works on April 23, 1982, having been told they were to close: the Echo was gearing up for the fight to save Shildon](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18218158.jpg)
ECHO MEMORIES
![Teessiders: Single and ready to retire?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18219691.jpg)
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![Rachel Teate, leads on the Creative Digital Design Professional Apprenticeship](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18196358.jpg)
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![Alistair Dormer, Hitachi executive vice president energy and mobility](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18172617.jpg)
![Alistair Dormer, Hitachi executive vice president energy and mobility](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18172617.jpg)
![North East mayor Kim McGuinness has reaffirmed her commitment to Hitachi's Aycliffe plant](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18180027.jpg)
![North East mayor Kim McGuinness has reaffirmed her commitment to Hitachi's Aycliffe plant](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18180027.jpg)
HITACHI CRISIS
![North East Space Conference delegates from left: John Bone, chair of the North East Space Leadership Group; Elaine Scott, Space North East England; Nik Smith, Lockheed Martin; Prof Clive Roberts, Durham University.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18174714.jpg)
![North East Space Conference delegates from left: John Bone, chair of the North East Space Leadership Group; Elaine Scott, Space North East England; Nik Smith, Lockheed Martin; Prof Clive Roberts, Durham University.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18174714.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak on a visit to Bishop Auckland walled garden this weekend.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18174977.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak on a visit to Bishop Auckland walled garden this weekend.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18174977.jpg)
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![Meryem Akcicek-Bayston (Ramsdens), Gabi Gibbons (Crofters Foods), Stephen Newman (Ramsdens), with Ray Brockhurst , Grahame Armitage, Jane Armitage, Kevin Dunn and Elaine Pepper of Crofters Foods and Patrick Cree (Azets)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18160725.jpg)
![Meryem Akcicek-Bayston (Ramsdens), Gabi Gibbons (Crofters Foods), Stephen Newman (Ramsdens), with Ray Brockhurst , Grahame Armitage, Jane Armitage, Kevin Dunn and Elaine Pepper of Crofters Foods and Patrick Cree (Azets)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18160725.jpg)
![Rachel Reeves on a visit to Hitachi in Newton Aycliffe, along with North East mayor Kim McGuinness](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18162147.jpg)
![Rachel Reeves on a visit to Hitachi in Newton Aycliffe, along with North East mayor Kim McGuinness](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18162147.jpg)
![International Advanced Manufacturing Park =](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18155735.jpg)
![International Advanced Manufacturing Park =](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18155735.jpg)
![Dr Derek Watson (left) and Speedings CEO Rob Hammel](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18161393.jpg)
![Dr Derek Watson (left) and Speedings CEO Rob Hammel](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18161393.jpg)
![Lionweld Kennedy’s Middlesbrough head office](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18134283.jpg)
![Lionweld Kennedy’s Middlesbrough head office](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18134283.jpg)
![Production at Houghton International](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18125312.jpg)
![Production at Houghton International](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18125312.jpg)
![Brand new battery technology developed at Hitachi to be trialled on TransPennine train](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18116347.jpg)
![Brand new battery technology developed at Hitachi to be trialled on TransPennine train](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18116347.jpg)
![Prof Cotton and the site next to Hartlepool Power Station](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18103781.jpg)
![Prof Cotton and the site next to Hartlepool Power Station](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18103781.jpg)
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![Paula Vennells agreed to hand back her CBE following the Horizon IT scandal](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17622364.jpg)
![Paula Vennells agreed to hand back her CBE following the Horizon IT scandal](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17622364.jpg)
![Representatives from Durham County Council, Kier, the North East Combined Authority, Ryder Architecture and Clear Futures were on site to watch as the last piece of steel was fitted for the new phase of the park’s development.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18086121.jpg)
![Representatives from Durham County Council, Kier, the North East Combined Authority, Ryder Architecture and Clear Futures were on site to watch as the last piece of steel was fitted for the new phase of the park’s development.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18086121.jpg)
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![The vast Woodsmiths mine site](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13912940.jpg)
![The vast Woodsmiths mine site](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13912940.jpg)
![Greenergy Biofuels Teesside plant.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18066912.jpg)
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![Paralloy apprentice Sophie Robins](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18030680.jpg)
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![Keir Starmer at The Northern Echo office today.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18017070.jpg)
![Keir Starmer at The Northern Echo office today.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18017070.jpg)
STARMER IN DARLINGTON
![North Yorkshire Council’s chief executive, Richard Flinton, who will be the combined authority’s returning officer for the election on Thursday, May 2, to decide on who should become the first mayor for York and North Yorkshire](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16640388.jpg)
![North Yorkshire Council’s chief executive, Richard Flinton, who will be the combined authority’s returning officer for the election on Thursday, May 2, to decide on who should become the first mayor for York and North Yorkshire](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16640388.jpg)
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![Work at part of the Woodsmith mine](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16493281.jpg)
![Work at part of the Woodsmith mine](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16493281.jpg)
![Darlington MP Peter Gibson and Transport Secretary Mark Harper MP visit Darlington Railway Station](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18012910.jpg)
![Darlington MP Peter Gibson and Transport Secretary Mark Harper MP visit Darlington Railway Station](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18012910.jpg)
HITACHI CRISIS
![Customers have been complaining to Royal Mail that they are having to pay £5 to collect post](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16544701.jpg)
![Customers have been complaining to Royal Mail that they are having to pay £5 to collect post](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16544701.jpg)
![Former Prime Minister Tony Blair.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17994509.jpg)
![Former Prime Minister Tony Blair.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17994509.jpg)
HITACHI CRISIS
![How the new site next to Amazon will look](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17997936.jpg)
![How the new site next to Amazon will look](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17997936.jpg)
![Hitachi, Newton Aycliffe](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17904865.jpg)
![Hitachi, Newton Aycliffe](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17904865.jpg)
HITACHI CRISIS
![Shadow energy secretary Ed Miliband is making the announcement regarding the Tees Valley today](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17979637.jpg)
![Shadow energy secretary Ed Miliband is making the announcement regarding the Tees Valley today](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17979637.jpg)
![A Hitachi train at Newton Aycliffe](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17900361.jpg)
![A Hitachi train at Newton Aycliffe](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17900361.jpg)
ECHO COMMENT
![Hitachi factory Newton Aycliffe](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17954404.jpg)
![Hitachi factory Newton Aycliffe](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17954404.jpg)
HITACHI CRISIS
![Rail minister Huw Merriman, Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh and Sedgefield MP Paul Howell](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17975217.jpg)
![Rail minister Huw Merriman, Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh and Sedgefield MP Paul Howell](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17975217.jpg)
HITACHI CRISIS
![Vote for your Tees Valley Mayor on 2nd May](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17885279.jpg)
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![From left, Commodore Paul Pitcher, UK Docks MD Jonathan Wilson, Graeme Little, deputy director Future Support Acquisition, Harry Wilson UK Docks founder, Commodore Steve Large and Neil Dando of the Hydrographic & Patrol Delivery Team aboard HMS Victory](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17955261.jpg)
![From left, Commodore Paul Pitcher, UK Docks MD Jonathan Wilson, Graeme Little, deputy director Future Support Acquisition, Harry Wilson UK Docks founder, Commodore Steve Large and Neil Dando of the Hydrographic & Patrol Delivery Team aboard HMS Victory](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17955261.jpg)
![Rachel Reeves Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer at Hitachi](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17954387.jpg)
![Rachel Reeves Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer at Hitachi](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17954387.jpg)
HITACHI CRISIS
![Darlington Building Society signs Age-friendly Employer Pledge](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17954116.jpg)
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![Royal Mail's special stamps have helped to celebrate significant events in the UK’s history](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17945110.jpg)
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![There are plans for a 12-reactor plant next to Hartlepool Power Station](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17943167.jpg)
![There are plans for a 12-reactor plant next to Hartlepool Power Station](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17943167.jpg)
![David Cameron visits Hitachi Rail Europe at Newton Aycliffe](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17939775.jpg)
![David Cameron visits Hitachi Rail Europe at Newton Aycliffe](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17939775.jpg)
ECHO COMMENT
![Scott Bros director Bob Borthwick with some of its ‘recycled’ filter cake that will be used to produce low carbon concrete](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17928171.jpg)
![Scott Bros director Bob Borthwick with some of its ‘recycled’ filter cake that will be used to produce low carbon concrete](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17928171.jpg)
![Hitachi, Newton Aycliffe](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17904865.jpg)
![Hitachi, Newton Aycliffe](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17904865.jpg)
HITACHI CRISIS
![Inside the Hitachi factory in Newton Aycliffe](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17931013.jpg)
![Inside the Hitachi factory in Newton Aycliffe](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17931013.jpg)
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