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Northumbria, our land, our heritage. from reiverman 19 days old

At its height the Kingdom of Northumbria was the most powerful nation in the British Isles, before England or Scotland even existed. At its peak it stretched ...

Is the BBC still worth the licence fee tax ? from reiverman 25 days old

Is the BBC still worth the licence fee tax ? Sadly, over recent years I believe that the BBC has slowly lost the ability to provide wide ranging and ...

Time to bring a Swan Hunter ship back home. from reiverman 38 days old

There are ongoing plans to bring life back to the old Swan Hunter shipyard on the Tyne. Shipbuilding has now gone from the North East, although thankfully ...

From the Tees to the Tyne - the energy coast. from reiverman 67 days old

There are plans to build a biomass energy plant by the banks of the Tyne, following the building of a similar plant on Teesside, which is due to come ...

Electrifying the car industry from reiverman 138 days old

A major step forward has been taken to promote electric cars in this region. A consortium, including Nissan, in Sunderland, and Smith Electric Vehicles, ...

The Tyne - we get knocked down, but we get up again ! from reiverman 193 days old

3 years ago the famous and historic Swan Hunter shipyard was closed down for the last time and people felt that this was the end of the Tyne as a major ...

Why an "English Parliament" would be bad for the North. from reiverman 199 days old

Some people are advocating an "English Parliament". I think this would be bad for the Northeast. The population of London and the Southeast is far ...

Harvesting the Northumbrian Wind. from reiverman 200 days old

There are plans to build a major offshore wind farm off the North East coast which could supply as much energy for this region as a nuclear power station. I ...

Thatcher and the oppression of the miners during the 1984 - 1985 miners strike. from reiverman 248 days old

It is the 25th anniversary of one of the major events in the history of post war Britain. That event, was of course the 1984/1985 miners strike. A dogmatic ...

George Stephenson - remembering one of our own. from reiverman 281 days old

George Stephenson (1781-1848) is acknowledged as the father of the railways. The son of a poor colliery worker he was born at Wylam, eight miles from ...