North of England
No compelling examples of what levelling up has delivered, watchdog finds
Public accounts committee report shows hardly any of 71 projects due to be completed this month are on track
Josh Halliday North of England correspondent
15, Mar, 2024 @5:00 AM
Whoopee cushions and Houdini’s cell: Blackpool’s new museum celebrates its rowdy heritage
Showtown depicts the outrageous past and present of entertainment industry in ‘Lancashire riviera’
Helen Pidd North of England editor
12, Mar, 2024 @5:45 PM
UK’s green power industry receives surprise £10bn pledge
Potential investment by NatPower would create largest portfolio of battery storage projects in Britain
Alex Lawson
07, Mar, 2024 @6:00 AM
‘Hidden homicides’: campaign calls for review of cases where women fell from height
Fallen Women group wants police to make domestic abuse a key line of inquiry in murder investigations
Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent
04, Mar, 2024 @12:01 AM
Less than 20% of town regeneration projects completed in England, figures show
Exclusive: Plans either shelved or stalled despite forming part of flagship policy promise at last election
Kiran Stacey Political correspondent
03, Mar, 2024 @2:00 PM
‘They don’t represent us’: Rochdale voters on why they deserted major parties
Voters express dissatisfaction with the Labour party and other groups as insurgent George Galloway wins byelection
Josh Halliday and Aneesa Ahmed in Rochdale
01, Mar, 2024 @6:28 PM
Rochdale byelection: Keir Starmer apologises after George Galloway wins but says he was right to disown Labour candidate – as it happened
Labour leader says ‘Galloway only won because Labour did not stand’ but says it was right to withdraw candidate
Andrew Sparrow and Jonathan Yerushalmy
01, Mar, 2024 @4:00 PM
‘This is for Gaza’: George Galloway sweeps to victory in Rochdale byelection
Former Labour MP wins almost 40% of vote in contest beset by controversy and dominated by Israel-Gaza war
Josh Halliday and Aneesa Ahmed
01, Mar, 2024 @12:03 PM
What does George Galloway’s Rochdale byelection win mean for other parties?
Galloway claimed his victory signalled a ‘shifting of tectonic plates’. The reality is perhaps less apocalyptic
Peter Walker Deputy political editor
01, Mar, 2024 @8:34 AM
Polls close in Rochdale byelection with George Galloway favourite to win seat
Former Labour MP could take seat from party after it pulled support for its candidate over Israel remarks
Aneesa Ahmed
29, Feb, 2024 @10:00 PM
Father of Brianna Ghey killer Eddie Ratcliffe jailed for sex offences
Kyle Ratcliffe, 36, from Wigan, sentenced to 15 months for exposure and taking indecent image of a child
Aneesa Ahmed
29, Feb, 2024 @1:52 PM
‘Proper exciting’: passenger trains to return to Northumberland Line after 60 years
Enthusiasts join test run of Newcastle to Ashington service, which will restart this summer following 19-year campaign
Mark Brown North of England correspondent
26, Feb, 2024 @5:00 AM
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