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From The QT: Firm pulls out as prime site is stuck in limbo
In April 2024, Chris Jackson investigated the impasse at Milburngate in Durham, where the lack of transparency was leaving room for conspiracy theories…
Eyes & Ears 24.01.25
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Reform, be bold and get your messages across
Policy group says early setbacks are no reason for Labour government to return to the austerity years
From The QT: Unbelievable Jeff
In May 2024, The QT's Associate Editor Simon Rushworth caught up with BBC Legend Jeff Brown the day before his final Look North shift
Eyes & Ears 17.01.25
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From The QT: Why the first 100 days will be critical for Starmer
In July 2024, Simon Rushworth talked to Professor Matthew Johnson, the North East-based chair of the Common Sense Policy Group, about what should be top…
Eyes & Ears 10.01.25
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Here we go again: Will social care be fixed at last?
QT columnist Bob Hudson, Visiting Professor in Public Policy at Sunderland University, takes a look at the question of social care reform and gives you…
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From The QT: Down and out in Newcastle and London
In February 2024, David Whetstone met a former rough sleeper whose story was about to be told in a film being premiered in Newcastle
From The QT: All's well that ends well
In March 2024, Tony Henderson told the story of a Tyneside airman who spent the Second World War carrying out a series of audacious and barely…
From The QT: Eruption which changed the world
In June 2024, Chris Jackson told the remarkable and tragic story of Edwin Bainbridge, the heir to one of Newcastle’s most famous stores, that he…
From The QT: My Life Through A Lens
In April 2024, Paul Alexander Knox became the latest North East-based photographer to open up their archives and select 10 images which encapsulated…
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