Coun. Derek Kennedy at Fairfield, the former police houses in Hexham. A COUNCILLOR has demanded action to bring derelict former police homes back into use as social housing. Located behind the town’s police station, Fairfield was built around 50 years ago, originally to house serving police officers and their families. The dozen properties were later let out as social housing, but in 2015, tenants were asked to leave over a three-year period. It was part of a plan by Vera Baird, the then Northumbria police and crime commissioner, to sell the homes to release more funds for the police, and by 2017, most of the tenants had gone.
Gloucestershire in Covid-19 Tier 2 - live updates
The county is in high coronavirus restrictions
Updated
Gloucestershire has been placed in Tier 2 Covid-19 restrictions by the Government, it has been announced.
The county had been in Tier 2 coronavirus restrictions following the second national lockdown and will remain in the same risk level following a review.
It means that the area is still considered a ‘high’ risk area.
The Government will be reviewing the tiers every two weeks and areas can move up or down the scale.
The rules the county’s households has had to abide by since the start of December remain the same.
Brexit warning as council leader urges Boris Johnson to strike EU deal no matter how flimsy
Newcastle City Council leader Nick Forbes has warned that a no-deal outcome would cause a “serious economic shock”, on top of the damage caused by Covid-19
16:00, 16 DEC 2020
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Welcome to the 2020 edition of the Most Influential list.
Our list concentrates on the individuals who make a real difference to the North East and the S-T section includes MPs, leading academics and a range of business figures.
Most Influential 2020: N-R
The N-R section of the list includes MPs, arts and business leaders, two of the region s elected mayors and also a couple of members of the aristocracy
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