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Award-Winning journalist working as a Local Democracy Reporter covering Northumberland County Council for @ChronicleLive , BBC and others

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James Robinson
2 months
It’s the calm before the storm…you can follow all the goings on from across the North East from me and my colleagues at @ChronicleLive in our live blog here:
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Again - nearly TWO HOURS to go til kick-off. Scenes! #nufc #NEWTOT
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2 years
The new Duolingo update is so bad, I can only assume they're going to do a Coca-Cola and start charging for 'Duolingo Classic' in about six months time
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11 months
Can’t believe I’m seeing this. Absolutely gutted to see Sycamore Gap’s iconic tree has been felled - and deliberately at that
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2 years
Personal news klaxon - as of today, I've taken on the role as Northumberland Local Democracy Reporter based at @ChronicleLive and covering @N_landCouncil - can't wait to get started.
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1 year
Personal news klaxon🚨🚨🚨: finally making an honest man out of me!
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James Robinson
4 years
The West Northumberland Foodbank closed to the public yesterday - they'll still deliver, but it's more strain on an already stretched service.
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Ian Dunt
4 years
The coronavirus is forcing food banks to shut down just as they're most needed - report from @natalie_bloomer
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James Robinson
4 years
Hexham MP @GuyOpperman 's letter to the @premierleague over the #NUFCTakeover has been revealed. #NUFC
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3 years
Personal news alert - today I've started work at @ChronicleLive , focusing on @codurhamlive and @SunderlandLive . Thanks to all the team at Newsquest Cumbria for a great few years.
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James Robinson
3 years
Some personal news - as of this week, I'll be covering the best place in the world - Northumberland - for @ChronicleLive and @NlandLive . It's great to be back and you can all look forward to more stories like this #Northumberland
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1 year
Finally got round to having a kebab toastie at Tynemouth Market - 10/10 did not disappoint
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James Robinson
3 years
Gutted I missed this - what a moment! #NUFCTakeover
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Lee Robson
3 years
Sam Fender and his sax player Johnny Davis outside St James’ Park tonight… Brought a tear to my eye 🥲 via @samfendermusic Instagram. #nufc #nufctakeover
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James Robinson
4 years
Some personal news to bring you...on January 28th, I will be leaving the Hexham Courant after more than three years and heading over to the @newsandstar . Thanks to everyone at the Courant for three great years - it's been a privilege to write for my hometown paper.
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James Robinson
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And that’s approved unanimously! News that I’m sure will be welcomed by Newcastle United fans. Stay tuned later in the day for the full story. #NUFC
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2 years
A very good girl in the @ChronicleLive office today
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James Robinson
4 years
Delighted to have been shortlisted for an NCTJ award!
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NCTJ
4 years
We're delighted to unveil the shortlist for this year's Awards for Excellence, following a record-breaking number of entries 🌟 Congratulations to the 54 students, trainees, apprentices, journalists and training providers on the shortlist! Read more:
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James Robinson
2 years
Utterly heartbroken - we had to say goodbye to Ozzy today - our golden retriever and the best boy ever. I’ll miss him so much.
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2 years
In Manchester for the @NCTJ_news Awards - a bit fancier than I’m used to!
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11 months
@ToonPolls is Tweeting about me, what a day! You don’t get this in Northumberland…
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Toon Polls
11 months
The Stack development at St James’ Park has been unanimously approved at a Newcastle City Council meeting this morning. #NUFC (Via @JWCRobinsonNews ) Gives me an opportunity to use this incredible image again.
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2 months
RESULT North Northumberland: Katherine Hayley (REF) - 7,688 Georgina Hill (IND) - 3,220 Michael Joyce (IND) - 288 Andrew Martin (SDP) - 92 Jan Rosen (GRN) - 1,743 David Smith (LAB) - 17,855 Anne Marie Trevelyan (CON) - 12,788 Natalie Younes (LDEM) - 5,169 LABOUR GAIN
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James Robinson
4 years
Delighted to get the news that I passed my NQJ exams this morning and am now a senior reporter! May treat myself to a cheeky whisky in celebration later today.
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James Robinson
3 years
Don’t think my partner quite got the idea of ‘best dressed’ but never mind! Congratulations to all the winners #NCTJawards
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James Robinson
1 year
Cullercoats: UKIP: 103 GRN: 320 Con: 1,493 Lab: 1,700 Labour GAIN from Conservatives
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1 year
One thing about being a local democracy reporter for the county you grew up in is sometimes your old headteacher sits on the same committees you’re reporting on!
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James Robinson
4 years
I hope the folks who hurled abuse at us last night when we revealed a new lockdown was imminent are enjoying their humble pie this afternoon
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1 year
When I first started in journalism, I was handed a sheet of basic guidelines for copy from my then editor. The one that always sticks in my head was: "A person didn't 'pass away', sadly or otherwise. They died."
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1 year
Increasingly struck by how seldom anyone seems to say “death”, any more. Not sure it’s a good thing.
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James Robinson
3 years
A huge well done to Madeleine Smith, who received A* A* A, and to Laurie Rand who got A* A A. Both @AAASixthForm pupils got into their chosen universities #alevelresults2021 #Sunderland
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3 months
God knows what I’ll write about if the A1 does ever get done
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3 months
Another day, another pledge (of sorts) on dualling the A1 - @JWCRobinsonNews has the story for the front of tomorrow's @TheJournalNews #TomorrowsPapersToday
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3 years
Deputy head at @AAASixthForm Michael McDonagh says 40 per cent of pupils got an A* or an A and praised students, parents, and teachers
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James Robinson
3 years
Nice to come back from a few days away to see the news I’ve won the Media law and ethics in practice award from the @NCTJ_news - very humbled. Thank you to everyone involved and to all those who sent kind words
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James Robinson
3 years
Congratulations to Abby Phillips, pictured here with Hannah Dunnett at @AAASixthForm in #Sunderland and who is off to Cambridge to study veterinary medicine! #alevels2021
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5 years
I now have a blue tick on Twitter, which is probably my life's greatest achievement thus far.
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James Robinson
3 years
£25 million is a steal for someone who can apparently fly
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NUFC Gallowgate
3 years
Joe’s first day back at #NUFC @Joewillock
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James Robinson
4 years
This seems like something of an overreaction to a virus that can survive on a surface for about three days. Can't they just lock the door until it's gone?
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The Telegraph
4 years
🔴 Care homes, factories, offices and even private homes could be bulldozed as last resort if the virus starts to run out of control
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James Robinson
3 years
A big swing for the Lib Dems against the Tories in Hexham - if you're from round here, you know that's significant. #Northumberland #Hexham #Byelection
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James Robinson
2 years
Currently at the heart of political drama in the country - North Northumberland Local Area Council, where a planning application has been deferred because the committee don’t have enough information about some badger setts
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James Robinson
2 years
This morning I went to get my tyre repaired and the fitter, stood right in front of my car asked me which one it was. I said 'the blue one' and he gently explained he meant which tyre. I'm never leaving the house again.
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James Robinson
1 year
Try getting something like this through council planning and you’ll see why
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Culture Critic
1 year
Why did human beings stop building things like this?
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2 years
This is Bonnie. She is 11 weeks old and I would die for her already
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1 year
Days like today in Upper Coquetdale remind me I’ve got one hell of a job #Northumberland
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2 years
It’s been three weeks, and the rabbits are finally accepting Bonnie. It might have been quicker but she keeps stealing their lettuce #cavapoo #rabbits #puppy
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3 years
This is Liam Cato and his son Alfie, whose going to his very first game - they’ve come all the way from Gloucestershire! Liam gave up his season ticket after Rafa left, and says the takeover is ‘unbelievable.’ Alfie adds he’s very excited and thinks #nufc will win 2-0
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James Robinson
3 years
Safe to say, it’s absolutely bonkers here #NUFCtakeover
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James Robinson
2 months
If this is true - and other MRPs released tonight seem to paint a similar picture - it's absolutely seismic. As a Tyne Valley lad, I can tell you Hexham going Labour is every bit as crazy as Blyth going Tory in 2019.
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James Robinson
2 years
Monkseaton South result: Sean Brockbank (CON) 1,412 Martin Murphy (LAB) 1,798 Neil Percival (GRN) 345 Labour GAIN from Conservative #LocalElections22 #northtyneside
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James Robinson
2 years
Stocked up on coffee for the long night ahead - a big fan of my partners novelty penguin flask I’ve commandeered for the evening #LocalElections2022 #NorthTyneside
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James Robinson
11 months
There’s clearly a reason I’m a reporter and not a photographer, but did manage to catch the Northern Lights above Prudhoe last night! Shout out to @aurorawatchuk for the heads-up. #Northumberland #aurora #northernlights
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2 years
In case you’ve missed it, head over to @ChronicleLive ’s Facebook page to see my live video walking from Hagg Bank Bridge to George Stephenson’s cottage in sunny Northumberland
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3 years
2020 was a bizarre year for journalism, but what a team we had @BillEdgarnews @CourantGeorgiaL @32WestDavid - very proud of this
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HoldtheFrontPage
3 years
@hexhamcourant named Paid For Weekly Newspaper of the Year below 50,000 total monthly reach at @RegPressAwards
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4 years
The OUTRAGE we're getting from some readers on this is really surprising - people asking whether readers "need to know this?" Erm, yes, they do. Everyone should. #BlackLivesMatter
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James Robinson
2 months
Hexham RESULT William Clouston (SDP) - 1,211 Nick Cott (LDEMS) - 2,376 Nick Morphet (GRN) - 2,467 Joe Morris (LAB) - 22,988 Guy Opperman (CON) - 20,275 Chris Whaley (IND) - 1,511 LABOUR GAIN
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James Robinson
2 years
I can’t tell you how exciting this is to me #puppy #cavapoo
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James Robinson
1 year
Happy first birthday to our Bonnie, who definitely preferred her cake to her hat
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James Robinson
2 months
An early start in Wylam this morning to hear @Feargal_Sharkey talk about water pollution in the Tyne - and back Labour’s @Joe_Morris91 in the Hexham constituency. A slightly surreal start to the day! #GeneralElection
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James Robinson
4 years
Some wonderful news to bring you this morning - the first patients in Tynedale have received the coronavirus vaccine. Pictured is Archie Tait, who got the jab from nurse Joanne Hall this morning - on his 88th birthday! #Coronavirus #Vaccine
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James Robinson
4 years
A year ago today, my Grandad lost his battle with cancer. His stiff upper lip - refusing to panic as scud missles fell around him in Iran during the gulf war and continuing to play chess - would serve us well in these strange times.
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James Robinson
4 years
My brother and his girlfriend are currently driving from Hexham to Kendal to get a coronavirus test - it’s a 160 mile round-trip. This is a shambles. #testing #coronavirus
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James Robinson
3 years
Shorthand is obviously vital if you want to do court reporting etc, but I also get a special thrill from all my interviewees who are very impressed that I can decipher anything from the squiggles on my notepad
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NCTJ
3 years
It's a subject that has been hotly debated for years, but just how relevant is shorthand to journalism and media employers? Our report found that 82 per cent of employers consider shorthand to be vital, desirable or essential for some roles. Read more:
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3 years
Going to be on @LBC just after 11.30pm talking to @TomSwarbrick1 about #StormArwen and the ongoing power cuts in the North East - tune in if you can!
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6 years
Absolute pleasure to be at @hexhampriory school this morning for the opening of their new extensions. Looks fantastic.
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James Robinson
4 years
It's been a long six months since March - I never thought I'd still be writing #coronavirus updates in November - but putting together a front page for the paper talking about a possible vaccine is filling me with hope - something that's been in rather short supply #vaccine
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James Robinson
2 years
Fog on the Tyne this morning
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3 years
For anyone having a bad day, I've just realised I went into Greggs wearing a pair of shorts that have a large split right down the back. Apologies to the staff who kindly didn't mention anything.
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3 years
The Prime Minister accusing Labour of spreading confusion about Covid restrictions - the same man who didn't wear a mask during a visit to Hexham Hospital just a few weeks ago #PMQs
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James Robinson
2 years
Reminds me of the first style guide I ever got going into a newsroom - “a person didn’t ‘pass away’, sadly or otherwise. They died.”
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Alastair Stewart
2 years
I can't stand 'passed away' and 'laid to rest': twee tosh. People die, and are buried or cremated. Honest language shows more respect to the dead than silly, soft baby-talk.
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James Robinson
4 years
Quite surreal to see my words on The @Telegraph - but I have to say, some credit would have been nice, especially when it's lifted word for word!
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2 years
This may genuinely be the worst tweet of all time and coming from Northumberland I find it borderline offensive
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Ian Dunt
2 years
Thing about London is, it doesn't just do city better than anywhere else, it does countryside better than anywhere else.
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1 year
No Northumberland elections this year, so I’m at the Parks Sports Centre in North Shields for the North Tyneside election count #LocalElection2023
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3 years
Forgot to post, I got my first jab on Saturday. Thank you to the staff at Hexham Mart who were brilliant - in and out in a flash. Didn’t even feel ill after! #vaccine
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4 years
I have to say, when I got a job at my hometown, weekly newspaper two and a half years ago, I never thought we'd have a front page like this. #coronavirus
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James Robinson
2 years
Can honestly say I've never seen a planning decision receive a round of applause before - and I was there when the Allendalek was saved! #Northumberland #Choppington
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James Robinson
5 years
Congrats to all the #Tynedale pubs in the @TheAA_UK 's pub guide 2020. Have a pint to celebrate! @ratales @Battlesteads @diptonmillinn @Lord_Crewe_Arms @pheasantkielder @TheFeathersInn all made the guide.
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2 years
I can tell I’m getting old, because it’s just started hoying it down and my first thought was ‘that’ll be good for my lawn’
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2 years
Councillor Hardy's speech on Defra's proposed fishing ban at Holy Island has to go down as one of the best I've seen at County Hall (and I've seen a lot!). Properly barnstorming #Northumberland #HolyIsland #Defra
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1 month
After the election excitement last week, it’s back to earth with a bump - covering a planning meeting where councillors are debating plans for a new Co-op in Bellingham
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1 year
At my old stomping ground this morning, Queen Elizabeth High School in Hexham, to chat to teachers on the picket line #teacherstrikes #northumberland
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3 years
Headteacher Monica Shepherd has been at @AAASixthForm for 16 years. She’s spoken of her pride in this years cohort of students #alevelresults2021 #Sunderland
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James Robinson
3 years
About to head into Newcastle for some reaction - if you see me, say hello! #NUFCTakeover
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5 years
It’s not a bad place to work
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Independent Hexham
5 years
One of my favourite buildings in Hexham is the @hexhamcourant office. The metal typography against the golden stone makes me happy #indyhexham #hexham #localnewspaper #hexhamcourant #typography #signage #visithexham #visitnorthumberland
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3 years
"Ant and Dec are ahead of the Prime Minister on this!" - Things you never expect to hear in #PMQs
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3 years
What a night to be on the late shift at @ChronicleLive ! How is everyone feeling? #nufctakeover
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James Robinson
3 years
The #GreatNorthRun was of course cancelled last year due to COVID - think we can all agree it’s great to be back
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James Robinson
4 years
Top Nosh in Hexham's promise to feed hungry children next week has been picked up by @MarcusRashford . Hats off to them for this. #schoolmeals
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Marcus Rashford
4 years
📍Hexham, Northumberland
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4 years
We’re backing local business during the pandemic - we’re all in this together.
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Hexham Courant
4 years
All independently owned businesses are being offered the opportunity to have a FREE ADVERT in the Hexham Courant next week to help them spread their ‘shop local’ message to as many customers as possible. #Tynedale #covid19UK #Coronavirus
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James Robinson
5 years
Anyone else a little tense? #exitpoll
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James Robinson
4 years
A couple of stories in this week's Courant about residents concerned over planning applications - a welcome return to normality for me, I'm sick of writing the words "coronavirus crisis."
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2 years
Anyone else a bit emotional? What absolute scenes #eng #WEURO2022 #ENGGER
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3 years
Love The Rat - one of the best views in Tynedale
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The Chronicle
3 years
It has been named as one of the UK's best gastropubs
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James Robinson
6 months
Three more Wainwrights ticked off this weekend - Glenridding Dodd, Sheffield Pike and Hartside (biggest one so far). Also caught a lovely sunset over Ullswater #LakeDistrict #Wainwrights #Cumbria
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James Robinson
4 years
It's believed they've both quit in response to the treatment of CEO Daljit Lally, who was suspended on Sunday after whistle-blowing. You can read that story in the @hexhamcourant today. #buyapaper
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4 years
Was quite confused when I saw Bellingham trending until I realised it was about a young Birmingham City footballer and not the North Tyne Village.
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James Robinson
3 months
Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology @peterkyle was in Hexham earlier launching Labour’s ‘first steps for change’ alongside @KiMcGuinness and @Joe_Morris91 . Story to follow
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