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We need a changed ownership model to rejuvenate northern towns for good
If we’re serious about sustainability, we need to create local asset bases, says North of Tyne Mayor JAMIE DRISCOLL
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Mental health fears push Peers to change law on IPP torture sentences, reports Charley Allan
The ongoing floods in Pakistan could have been largely prevented, writes ABDUL RAHMAN
By escalating deportations and cutting remittances, Trump threatens to destabilise Latin American economies and exacerbate humanitarian crises. Ironically, this might trigger a new wave of migration, write JOHN PERRY and ROGER HARRIS
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There’s affluent towns, like Alnwick and Morpeth, that are among the least deprived places in Britain.
There’s pockets of poverty even in these places, of course, but they’re very different from towns like Blyth, where there’s a 45 per cent incidence of multiple deprivation. So it’s the old industrial towns that are struggling.
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