voting for the first North East Mayor and an opportunity for change


by www.sunderlandecho.com

www.sunderlandecho.com— ​In Sunderland, as well as voting for local councillors and a new Police and Crime Commissioner, this will be the first election of the new North East Mayor, a role introduced as part of a new devolution deal agreed in January 2023. As it was a Labour Government that first championed devolution, I am pleased to see the North East finally getting the voice and control that we deserve. As our community is so often disregarded by central government, it is vital that we elect representatives who...

The London Economic—Labour’s Kim McGuinness wins North East mayoral election. Second-placed Jamie Driscoll had quit Labour after he was barred from standing as the party’s candidate in the North East.

BBC News—East Midlands Mayor: Labour's Claire Ward wins first-ever election. The new role will cover Derby, Nottingham, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.

www.thestar.co.uk—Pioneering prostate treatment: The Yorkshire Clinic is first in the north to offer ‘game changing’ therapy. A Yorkshire hospital is the first in the north to offer this ‘game-changing’ robotic prostate treatment, which is less invasive than conventional procedures and with less risk of side effects The Yorkshire Clinic part of Ramsay Health Care, says that men suffering from a benign enlarged prostate or BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia) will be able to receive robotic Aquablation therapy at their Bingley hospital. Clinical studies have shown that Aquablation therapy offers significant symptom...