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  • 1 week ago | northumberlandgazette.co.uk | Graeme Anderson

    Northumberland County Council has made rapid progress on its climate action goals, new statistics have revealed. The council improved its climate action results by 12% between 2023 and 2025, growing faster than any other local authority in the North East. But, with a score of 38% for its 2025 scorecard, it is only the third-highest scoring council in the region for climate action, behind Durham and Newcastle Councils, tied on 43%.

  • 1 month ago | shieldsgazette.com | Graeme Anderson

    Both Shields Ferries are shipshape for the summer season ahead, thanks to UK Docks. Vital maintenance work has been successfully completed on the Shields Ferry service ahead of the busy summer season to ensure they operate at peak performance. The work was carried out by South Shields-based UK Docks Marine Services on its slipway at River Drive, with the Pride of the Tyne coming in for extensive work before Spirit of the Tyne replaced her sister vessel for a much shorter stay.

  • 1 month ago | northumberlandgazette.co.uk | Graeme Anderson

    Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowA carbon capture company has won a $5m dollar international prize, thanks partly to research carried out in Northumberland. Fieldwork by scientists from Newcastle University, which demonstrated volcanic dust's ability to capture carbon and improve crop yields, was carried out in collaboration with UNDO, the company founded by Jim Mann, an ex-Durham University ecology student.

  • 2 months ago | shieldsgazette.com | Graeme Anderson

    Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowSouth Shields Sea Cadets boats are set to come in. South Shields Sea Cadets 315 Corps, named ‘TS Collingwood’, are feeling buoyant as work nears completion on the first of two brand-new boats. The builds have been made possible thanks to a £10,000 donation from Cadets’ president Harry Wilson, MBE, founder of UK Docks Marine Services in River Drive, and material support directly from UK Docks.

  • Mar 18, 2025 | shieldsgazette.com | Graeme Anderson

    Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowUK Docks is re-opening one of the most well-known shipyard sites in the North East with the announcement of a multi-million-pound investment in the former Smith's Docks on the river Tees. The South Shields-based company currently operates two dry docks in what was once the historic Smith's Docks Company site but announced today that it has acquired the other two dry docks of the former shipyard.

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8 Feb 24

Very best of luck to all at @TheQTonline - #news magazine for the #NorthEast featuring that rarest of things - ad-free journalism. 🙂 I'm proud to have an article in the launch issue this week. My take on @SunderlandAFC green goals. https://t.co/6HmGY7mZH0 #safc

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