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Starmer’s foreign aid cuts are undermining UK security abroad while empowering Putin and harming the world’s most vulnerable | Peter Sagar
Starmer’s Foreign Aid cuts are weakening Britain – and handing Putin an opening in the Balkans
Starmer’s foreign aid cuts are undermining UK security abroad while empowering Putin and harming the world’s most vulnerable
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December 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Starmer’s foreign aid cuts are undermining UK security abroad while empowering Putin and harming the world’s most vulnerable | Peter Sagar
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A look at some of the proposals and policies in Stockton during 2025
| Gareth Lightfoot
| Gareth Lightfoot
Political rows in Stockton over 2025
A look at some of the proposals and policies in Stockton during 2025
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December 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
A look at some of the proposals and policies in Stockton during 2025
| Gareth Lightfoot
| Gareth Lightfoot
As a co-op, Bruvvers were self-employed and paid themselves well below the Equity rate. They were usually skint but they survived | Angus Young
Bruvvers
As a co-op, Bruvvers were self-employed and paid themselves well below the Equity rate. They were usually skint but they survived
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December 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
As a co-op, Bruvvers were self-employed and paid themselves well below the Equity rate. They were usually skint but they survived | Angus Young
North East political heavyweight Jamie Driscoll joins Zack Polanski’s surging Green Party | James Jobson
A big political player meets an insurgent, “serious party”
North East political heavyweight Jamie Driscoll joins Zack Polanski’s surging Green Party
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December 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
North East political heavyweight Jamie Driscoll joins Zack Polanski’s surging Green Party | James Jobson
Something nice for Christmas week
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Mega turkey broth
Turkey broth recipe
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December 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Something nice for Christmas week
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Labour leader raises concerns regarding looming council tax rises
| James Robinson
| James Robinson
Northumberland: councillors clash over looming council tax rises ahead of next year’s budget
Labour leader raises concerns regarding looming council tax rises
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December 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Labour leader raises concerns regarding looming council tax rises
| James Robinson
| James Robinson
"The real spirit of Christmas being displayed both in the bleak mid-winter and all year round" | Peter Sagar
Turning anger into hope: community regeneration in North Shields
"The real spirit of Christmas being displayed both in the bleak mid-winter and all year round"
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December 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
"The real spirit of Christmas being displayed both in the bleak mid-winter and all year round" | Peter Sagar
For dog lovers - poem by Liz Gregson | Liz Gregson
Canine confusion
For dog lovers - poem by Liz Gregson
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December 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
For dog lovers - poem by Liz Gregson | Liz Gregson
In 1800, around one in three children died before their fifth birthday, compared to four deaths per thousand births by 2020 | Amanda Ellison
Did Dickens murder Christmas?
In 1800, around one in three children died before their fifth birthday, compared to four deaths per thousand births by 2020
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December 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
In 1800, around one in three children died before their fifth birthday, compared to four deaths per thousand births by 2020 | Amanda Ellison
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Take the quiz, check your results, and cheat to your heart's content | Gemma Gould
The great 2025 Bylines Christmas Quiz
Take the quiz, check your results, and cheat to your heart's content
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December 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Take the quiz, check your results, and cheat to your heart's content | Gemma Gould
Inheritance tax for agricultural assets changes the threshold from £1 million to £2.5 million per person
| James Robinson
| James Robinson
Northumberland: Government waters down controversial ‘family farm tax’ proposals
Inheritance tax for agricultural assets changes the threshold from £1 million to £2.5 million per person
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December 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Inheritance tax for agricultural assets changes the threshold from £1 million to £2.5 million per person
| James Robinson
| James Robinson
Thoughts on the meaning of Christmas | David Taylor-Gooby
What is Christmas all about?
Thoughts on the meaning of Christmas
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December 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Thoughts on the meaning of Christmas | David Taylor-Gooby
A rare insight, and unique glimpse of the joys of Christmas past in the North East | David Hewitt
The North East at the movies, Christmas 1950
A rare insight, and unique glimpse of the joys of Christmas past in the North East
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December 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
A rare insight, and unique glimpse of the joys of Christmas past in the North East | David Hewitt
Poem by Liz Gregson | Liz Gregson
Christmas acrostic
Poem by Liz Gregson
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December 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Poem by Liz Gregson | Liz Gregson
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Urgent review ordered into foreign influence in UK politics.
Urgent review ordered into foreign influence in UK politics
There have been growing concerns about the influence of foreign powers in our politics for some years now. Now the government has acted
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December 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Urgent review ordered into foreign influence in UK politics.
Poem by Peter Sagar | Peter Sagar
Just a little room
Poem by Peter Sagar
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December 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Poem by Peter Sagar | Peter Sagar
Poem by Harry Gallagher | Harry Gallagher
Chris Rea RIP
Poem by Harry Gallagher
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December 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Poem by Harry Gallagher | Harry Gallagher
As the government announces the return to the Erasmus programme, I can't help reminiscing about a particularly memorable journey home from Europe for the festive season | Dr Jayne Hamilton
Stuck in Paris and flying home for Christmas
As the government announces the return to the Erasmus programme, I can't help reminiscing about a particularly memorable journey home from Europe for the festive season
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December 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM
As the government announces the return to the Erasmus programme, I can't help reminiscing about a particularly memorable journey home from Europe for the festive season | Dr Jayne Hamilton
Sudan’s civil war is now the world’s worst humanitarian crisis as the UK sanctions RSF commanders over mass atrocities | Peter Sagar
UK sanctions four senior RSF commanders over atrocities in Sudan
Sudan’s civil war is now the world’s worst humanitarian crisis as the UK sanctions RSF commanders over mass atrocities
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December 23, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Sudan’s civil war is now the world’s worst humanitarian crisis as the UK sanctions RSF commanders over mass atrocities | Peter Sagar
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Trump unveils new dystopian visa plans, but where will it end?
The Trump administration intends to make visitors provide five years of social media, a decade of email addresses and DNA, where will this all end? | Mark Cunliffe
@centralbylines.co.uk @markcunliffe.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social
The Trump administration intends to make visitors provide five years of social media, a decade of email addresses and DNA, where will this all end? | Mark Cunliffe
@centralbylines.co.uk @markcunliffe.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social
Trump unveils new dystopian visa plans, but where will it end?
The Trump administration intends to make visitors provide five years of social media, a decade of email addresses and DNA, where will this all end?
centralbylines.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Trump unveils new dystopian visa plans, but where will it end?
The Trump administration intends to make visitors provide five years of social media, a decade of email addresses and DNA, where will this all end? | Mark Cunliffe
@centralbylines.co.uk @markcunliffe.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social
The Trump administration intends to make visitors provide five years of social media, a decade of email addresses and DNA, where will this all end? | Mark Cunliffe
@centralbylines.co.uk @markcunliffe.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social