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North Star Bulletin – 13 July 2015
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Call to scrap Billingham Town Council
Foodbanks are not the solution to food poverty
Welfare reforms could be trapping women with abusive partners
Left Unity launches Teesside branch
Teesside Sikh community open day
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North Star Bulletin – 11 July 2015
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Just take the fucking picture’ The charm of the royal family
Iain Duncan Smith Hints At Welfare Privatisation
Union support for Corbyn at Durham miners Gala
North Star Bulletin – 10 July 2015
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Coastal trek by anti-fracking protesters in the North East
Public’s stunning support for Hartlepool food bank
T&W Metro ‘not good enough’, fined £271,000 for delays
NE coastal areas benefit from government cash
Homeless to join Newcastle Muslims to share Ramadan feast
North Yorkshire fracking application rejected
Lampreys return to the region as water quality improves
North Star Bulletin – 09 July 2015
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Project launched to record the sounds of the coastline
Disabled Protesters Bring Chaos To Central London
Rape Victims Forced To Justify Tax Credits Claim
Stockton Council jobs under threat from £17m savings plan
NE health services could be robbed of millions of pounds
Newcastle city libraries under threat again
Solicitors picket Newcastle Magistrates’ Court
Two children tax credits limit is unfair on Catholics
George Osborne Declares War On The Working Class.
North Star Bulletin – 08 July 2015
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American County clerks jobless for the ‘glory of God’
Take Duchy from Prince Charles, conference to be told
Guides on Policing and the Law for Campaigners Against Fracking
Osborne Introduces New ‘Living Wage’ But Cuts Tax Credits
Budget 2015: What It Means For Welfare And Pensions
Over 200 jobs could be axed on South Tyneside
‘People on benefits being made to pay for economic climate’,
Bill Quay Community Farm in danger of closure
Coal workers take respiratory illness fight to High Court
Newcastle Muslims invite West End community to Iftar feast
Wolsingham protests over tree felling
North Star Bulletin : 07 July 2015
North Star Bulletin
Today’s posts round-up
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Terminally ill asked how long they will take to die by PIP assessors
How Muslim community has been demonised in the North East
Britain has become a less free, less private state since 7/7
Newcastle Muslims invite West End community to Iftar feast
NE councils brace themselves for ‘worst case scenario’
North Yorkshire to be run by volunteers
NE household income £17,000 below London
Durham Miners Gala, 11 July 2015
North Star Bulletin – 06 July 2015
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Paying More In Benefits Is Good For The Economy
Women Disproportionately Affected By Benefit Cuts
Viking rowing boat to launch at Whitburn beach
NE MPs lobby Cameron over fracking decisions
London creates jobs four times faster than the North East
Mesothelioma will kill 60,000 over next 30 years
Darlington anti-austerity protest, 08 July 2015
North Star Bulletin 05 July 2015
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Mexican Demons attacked in covert operation
Higher Earners To Lose Thousands In Social Housing Subsidy
North East UKIP official who shared racist Facebook posts will keep his job
New homes for social rent falls to an all-time low in NE
North East can’t afford to pay council tax
Scotswood community garden celebrates its 20th anniversary
A community garden which has provided a gateway to the natural world in an inner city area is celebrating its 20th birthday.
Scotswood Natural Community Garden in Whickham View in Newcastle’s West End covers two-and-a-half acres and has served as a vital green lung in the built-up area.
On Saturday (4th July 2015), the garden behind the John Marley Centre will hold a public day of celebration to mark the anniversary
The event from 11am – 2pm includes a performance from the orchestra of Hawthorn Primary School in Newcastle, cooking goodies in the garden’s bread oven, crafts activities and a talk by Ed Tyler, who designed the garden 20 years ago.
The garden charity is run by co-directors Harriet Menter and Karen Dobson.
It features wildflower meadows, ponds with great crested newts, birch woodland, sculpture trail and a heritage orchard of 60 trees.
It has just launched a food-growing project with grant backing from the Local Environmental Action Fund (LEAF), which is run by the Community Foundation of Tyne and Wear and Northumberland.
Demonstration plots encourage local people to grow their own produce and the garden hopes to sell some of its crops to restaurants to generate income.
Full story : http://northstar.boards.net/thread/173/scotswood-community-garden-celebrates-anniversary
Northern Rail workers vote to go on strike in row over jobs
Workers on Northern Rail have voted to go on strike in a row over jobs and safety.
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union backed walkouts by 80% and other forms of industrial action by 90%.
The union said it is in dispute over a series of issues, including the removal of permanent posts and the creation of zero-hour jobs via a contract with a security company, cuts to booking offices and attacks on the role and responsibility of train guards.
The union said Northern Rail, which runs services which links Teesside with stations across the north of England, had also given no commitment that there will be no compulsory redundancies beyond the end of its current franchise in February 2016.
RMT general secretary Mick Cash said:
“RMT has made every effort to win assurances from Northern Rail over jobs, services and safety. However, the company continues to ride roughshod over our efforts.
“We therefore had no option but to ballot all staff for action to force the company to take these issues seriously and the members have now voted decisively for action. That mandate will now be considered by the union.”
Full story : http://northstar.boards.net/thread/172/northern-rail-workers-vote-strike