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'My bus makes me late for work'

Jun 25, 2024 | bbc.com | Chris Robinson

Your Voice, Your Vote: 'Bus services must improve'By Chris Robinson, BBC News, North East and Cumbria • Maddie Paige, BBC Radio NewcastleBBCBrandon Fleet, 22, from Bedlington, Northumberland, says he is fed up of unreliable bus servicesIn the run-up to the general election, the BBC is looking at the issues that matter the most to you, as part of Your Voice, Your Vote.
André 3000's 'New Blue Sun' Is Full of Subtle Beauty

Dec 6, 2023 | passionweiss.com | Chris Robinson

Album Cover via André 3000/InstagramShow your love of the game by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon so that we can keep churning out interviews with legendary producers, feature the best emerging rap talent in the game, and gift you the only worthwhile playlists left in this streaming hellscape. Chris Robinson is gettin’ crazy with the Cheese Wiz. About a week ago, I overheard a record store discussion about André 3000’s solo album New Blue Sun.
Bill Cooksey: Tribute to oldest person to finish the Great North Run

Nov 9, 2023 | bbc.com | Chris Robinson

Image source, PA Media/Owen HumphreysImage caption, In September Bill Cooksey, 102, completed the Great North RunAn RAF veteran who became the oldest person to complete the Great North Run at 102-years-old, has died. Bill Cooksey walked the half marathon route from Newcastle to South Shields, accompanied by two friends. The centenarian, from Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, raised almost £2,000 to support his local NHS Trust charity.
Sycamore Gap tree: The story so far

Oct 5, 2023 | bbc.com | Chris Robinson

Image source, Mark BeadleImage caption, The tree was popular with photographers throughout the seasonsBBC North East and CumbriaThe Sycamore Gap tree, which once stood in a dip next to Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, has been chopped down. It was an incredibly popular landmark, but what was so different about it and why did it affect so many people?
So It Goes: On Mac Miller, Swimming, and Survival

Oct 4, 2023 | passionweiss.com | Chris Robinson

Image via Mac Miller/InstagramShow your love of the game by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon so that we can keep churning out interviews with legendary producers, feature the best emerging rap talent in the game, and gift you the only worthwhile playlists left in this streaming hellscape.
Sycamore Gap tree: Proposals, photographs and the big screen

Sep 28, 2023 | bbc.com | Chris Robinson

Image source, PA MediaImage caption, The felled tree at Sycamore Gap, along Hadrian's Wall in NorthumberlandStanding tall for centuries, a lone tree at Northumberland's Sycamore Gap has survived even the harshest of elements that often batters its remote setting. But overnight it was toppled "deliberately" as the authorities put it. It's a sight I have never physically seen.
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust admits failures over deaths

Sep 27, 2023 | news.zordo.in | Stuart Whincup |Chris Robinson

Image source, Family handoutImage caption, Christie Harnett, 17, had been in care facilities for two yearsBy Stuart Whincup and Chris RobinsonBBC Look NorthA mental health trust has admitted failures in how it cared for two patients who took their own lives. Christie Harnett, 17, and an unnamed woman, were being treated at hospitals run by Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys (TEWV) NHS Trust in Middlesbrough.
Rhodes fires: Soldiers lifted Cumbria family into dinghies during dramatic rescue

Jul 25, 2023 | bbc.com | Mark Denten |Chris Robinson

Image source, Paul WatsonImage caption, Mr Watson's son swimming in the hotel pool under a cloud of black smoke in the days before the evacuationBy Mark Denten and Chris RobinsonA family of holidaymakers caught up in the Rhodes wild fires were packed on to dinghies to board a military ship as the flames closed in on their hotel. Paul and Corrine Watson and their two sons, from Cockermouth, Cumbria, were staying in Gennadi, near Lindos, when they were forced to flee on Saturday.
Labour: Jamie Driscoll blocked from North East mayoral list

Jun 2, 2023 | bbc.com | Chris Robinson

Image source, LDRSImage caption, Jamie Driscoll was elected North of Tyne mayor in 2019A Labour mayor has been barred from the party's list of candidates for the 2024 North East mayoral election. North of Tyne's Jamie Driscoll called the decision "arbitrary and capricious" and that he had a "solid" track record. It leaves his main rival, Labour's Northumbria Police and Commissioner Kim McGuinness, in a commanding position.
Legal Viewpoint: A Bridge Over Troubled Water

Mar 16, 2023 | planningresource.co.uk | Chris Robinson

In a recent case, the Court of Appeal quashed the grant of a planning permission for a road bridge over the Bristol to Birmingham railway, north of Ashchurch in Gloucestershire. The bridge had been proposed as an "essential pre-requisite" for a new garden town being planned.