James Robinson

5 days ago | chroniclelive.co.uk | James Robinson

Access to a Northumberland school is in urgent need of improvement to halt clashes between local residents and parents. Cramlington Village councillor Mark Swinburn said successive councils had failed to address issues at Cramlington Learning Village, resulting in ever-increasing tensions. Coun Swinburn was speaking at Tuesday's meeting of the council's strategic planning committee, with plans for new school buildings on the site up for approval.

6 days ago | chroniclelive.co.uk | James Robinson

The so-called Ashington Hole will finally be filled after eight years of uncertainty with the news plans for a cinema and two restaurants have been approved. The site on Portland Park has stood empty since 2017 when plans for a replacement council headquarters were scrapped by the then-new Conservative administration. Now, after almost a decade of frustration, the prominent town centre site is set to get a new lease of life.

1 week ago | chroniclelive.co.uk | James Robinson

A Reform UK candidate standing for election to Northumberland County Council has shared posts showing support for far right activist Tommy Robinson and self-declared misogynist Andrew Tate. Arthur Hume, who is standing for election to the county council in the Amble ward and currently sits on the town council, posted on Facebook describing Robinson as a "latter Day Enoch Powell" who would "ultimately be proven correct by events".

1 week ago | chroniclelive.co.uk | James Robinson

The leader of Northumberland's Independent Group has urged dissatisfied voters to back local independents rather than the main political parties at next month's local elections. Hexham West councillor Derek Kennedy leads the eight-strong group of members from across the county, making up 12% of all seats as the county's third-largest political group behind the Conservatives and Labour. There are 34 independent candidates standing across 69 wards for election to the council.

1 week ago | msn.com | James Robinson

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