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Gavin Foster
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North Regional Editor for Newsquest/ Group Editor Northern Echo
gavin.foster@newsquest.co.uk
📣 Absolutely fantastic to have the North East Combined Authority on board as our latest BUSINESSiQ North East Impact partner.

🙌 Mayor Kim McGuinness explains here why she is 'proud' to join the campaign 📲 ⬇️

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2498171...
I’m proud to join Echo’s Impact campaign, says Mayor Kim McGuinness
NECA has decided to join The Northern Echo’s Impact campaign
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March 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🚂🚆🚨PRE-ORDER OPEN NOW🚨🚆🚂

Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the railway with our OFFICIAL #rail200 #S&DR200 souvenir bookazine produced by Chris Lloyd in partnership with @lner.co.uk

Early-bird offer - just £7.95 (PLUS P&P)

Order now!
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200th anniversary of the railway - official commemorative bookazine on sale now
Official commemorative bookazine celebrating the birth of the Stockton&Darlington Railway - the birth of modern rail
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February 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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January 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🆕🗞️We've given our @BUSINESSiQ newsletter a makeover, to bring you even more in-depth coverage, insight, analysis from @mikehughes into North East business.

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January 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Another absolute classic from from the Northern Echo's Chris Lloyd. Who knew urine deflectors were even a thing?😂
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2484821...
Historic urine deflectors: Bishop Auckland is full of them. Have you spotted one yet?
‘I’D always wondered why the corners in Castle Chare, Bishop Auckland, were “bricked” in,” says Paul Dobson, “and now I know.”
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January 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🚨TWO exclusives from @TheNorthernEcho team this morning👏

EXCL. 1 @danielhordon - The Health Secretary has pledged to a grieving widow whose husband died following a lengthy wait for ambulance that her heartbreaking story will lead to a better NHS.👇

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2485989...
Health Secretary's pledge to widow whose husband died after ambulance neglect
Testimony of a grieving widow whose husband died after ambulance service failings and neglect will be in the Health Secretary’s mind as he tries…
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January 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🚨We've got a super subscription offer to kick off 2025 - just £3 for 3months or 50% off for the year.🚨

Don't miss out...👇
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January 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🙌 A heartbreaking and inspirational story from former @thenorthernecho.bsky.social deputy editor Nigel Burton, now our group editor in Yorkshire who speaks of every parent's worst nightmare on his teenage son's battle with cancer.

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2485398...
Darlington dad tells son's cancer story in support of Teenage Cancer Trust
Darlington man has told of his son's cancer battle to raise awareness for a charity which looks after young people fighting the disease.
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January 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Thrilled @thenorthernecho.bsky.social will this year be joining the rest of our titles across Newsquest in supporting @teenagecancertrust.bsky.social

It will hopefully deliver much-needed awareness and funds in the same way we did in 2024 with the NSPCC🙌

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2483487...
Newsquest announces £2.5 million support for Teenage Cancer Trust
Newsquest will join forces with Teenage Cancer Trust to help deliver the charity’s mission of ensuring no young person faces cancer alone.
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January 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
🚀🚀🚀SECOND JOB ALERT🚀🚀🚀

✍️We're hiring a trainee reporter.

📰Have you got what it takes to be part of the award-winning team at the Great Daily of the North?

If you think you have what it takes to join @thenorthernecho.bsky.social apply here👇
newsquest.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...
Trainee Reporter - Darlington
The Northern Echo, Newsquest’s flagship daily title, is looking for a top-class trainee reporter to join the Great Daily of the North. For more than 150 years, The Northern Echo has been setting the ...
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December 18, 2024 at 9:18 AM
🚨 🚨 🚨 JOB ALERT🚨 🚨 🚨

🦾 We're hiring! We're looking for an Audience Development Editor for @thenorthernecho.bsky.social to help us expand our growing digital family, loyal users and subscribers

Have you got what it takes? Apply here 👇
www.journalism.co.uk/media-jobs/a...
Audience development editor
Regional news publication seeks an audience development editor who is passionate about data-driven journalism and able to translate complex data into actionable insights
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December 17, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Absolutely thrilled and proud to see The Northern Echo's Phoebe Abruzzese @tomburgess8.bsky.social and @danielhordon.bsky.social all shortlisted for the @nctj.bsky.social 2024 Excellence Awards. Well done and so well deserved👏👏👏
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Awards for Excellence 2024 shortlist
The judges have shortlisted 72 students, trainees, apprentices and training providers in the 2024 Awards for Excellence.
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December 10, 2024 at 10:54 AM
⭐WIN WIN WIN ⭐

Members of our growing digital family can take part in our SUBSCRIBER ADVENT this December, which has tons of great prizes up for grabs!

Find out how you can take part here 👇🏻

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COMPETITION: Subscriber advent competition week three- what you could win
Subscribers to the Northern Echo can take part in our EXCLUSIVE subscriber-only advent this December- and here's what you could win.
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December 3, 2024 at 9:17 AM
🙌🏆Next week we celebrate all the unsung heroes across County Durham. So don't miss tomorrow's
@thenorthernecho.bsky.social for a 16-page pull out of all our finalists in the 2024 County Durham Together Awards in partnership with Durham County Council

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November 29, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Huge pleasure. Great to support our journalists of the future #journalismmatters
40 Sunderland uni jpurnallsm students at Northern Echo HQ today for real world newsroom insights. Thank you @gavfostereditor.bsky.social
November 22, 2024 at 10:09 AM
🗞 Today's Northern Echo front - Deputy PM Angela Rayner issues a warning to 'law breaking' London councils for dumping homeless people in the North East and praises the @thenorthernecho.bsky.social

👏 Well done to @tomburgess8.bsky.social for continuing to shine a light on this important issue.
November 21, 2024 at 12:07 PM
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November 20, 2024 at 11:12 AM
🚨 BIG NEWS ALERT🚨

🗣 Today we're launching our 2025 Northern Echo BUSINESSiQNE North East Awards and we're thrilled to announce our main partner as Amazon

🏆 The glittering night on April 11 will be held at Wynyard Hall
Nominate now 📲 👇
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2473188...
BusinessIQ Awards 2025 launched - with Amazon revealed as key partner
Major new partnerships with two of the region’s biggest names are set to transform The Northern Echo’s BUSINESSiQ Awards on April 11
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November 19, 2024 at 4:52 PM