Mick Lawler

YouTube video by NowThis Impact A WWII Film With a Modern Message

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Still true today!

Democratic responsibility in Newcastle: politics, principle, and the 2026 test The 2026 all-out elections are a unique opportunity. Every seat will be contested simultaneously - a clean slate moment. Voters can reshape the council entirely, not in increments

Democratic responsibility in Newcastle: politics, principle, and the 2026 test

The 2026 all-out elections are a unique opportunity. Every seat will be contested simultaneously - a clean slate moment. Voters can reshape the council entirely, not in increments

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Hate will not win here Facing the racists outside the New Bridge Hotel

Facing the racists outside the New Bridge Hotel  | Sylvie Fisch

Love over hate: Newcastle unites at Grey’s Monument "We don’t need to be reminded of where we live, that’s what a football strip is for"

North East Bylines have just published their 5000th article!! 🎉🎉🎉

Congratulations NEB! A very apt way to celebrate too:

Love over hate: Newcastle unites at Grey’s Monument
"We don’t need to be reminded of where we live, that’s what a football strip is for"

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Pits, People and Players A performance about a very particular history, to celebrate Horden’s 125th Anniversary

A performance about a very particular history, to celebrate Horden’s 125th Anniversary | Maureen Taylor-Gooby

Excellent news!!!

The spirit of the people in Newcastle This week is the start of the NUFC Fans Foodbank Season - and we know how our magnificent supporters will perform

The spirit of the people in Newcastle
This week is the start of the NUFC Fans Foodbank Season - and we know how our magnificent supporters will perform

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Levelling up Loftus New library boosts community spirit, but revamped sports hall falls short, says early evaluation report

Levelling up Loftus
New library boosts community spirit, but revamped sports hall falls short, says early evaluation report

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From motorways to the metro: Part 2 Newcastle’s grand motorway dreams faded fast - by the late 1970s, plans were slashed, stalled or shelved entirely

From motorways to the metro: Part 2
Newcastle’s grand motorway dreams faded fast - by the late 1970s, plans were slashed, stalled or shelved entirely

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Fifty years on: Newcastle’s Central Motorway marks a milestone in urban transformation The Central Motorway stands as both a testament to past ambitions and a canvas for innovation. Its evolution will play a crucial role in shaping the Newcastle of tomorrow

Fifty years on: Newcastle’s Central Motorway marks a milestone in urban transformation
The Central Motorway stands as both a testament to past ambitions and a canvas for innovation. Its evolution will play a crucial role in shaping the Newcastle of tomorrow

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Twenty years on from the London attacks A personal account of the events on 7 July 2005 in London

Twenty years on from the London attacks
A personal account of the events on 7 July 2005 in London

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Remembering our miners’ heritage in North East England A history of our North East mining heritage

Remembering our miners’ heritage in North East England
A history of our North East mining heritage

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Memories are made of this: Shieldfield’s Memory Café "The Memory Café isn’t just a support group - it’s a defiant, creative, inclusive response to a world that often sidelines the vulnerable and the overlooked"

Memories are made of this: Shieldfield’s Memory Café

"The Memory Café isn’t just a support group - it’s a defiant, creative, inclusive response to a world that often sidelines the vulnerable and the overlooked"

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Rough sleeping report sees triple digit rise in Gateshead Rough sleeping in Gateshead soars from 8 to 141 in a year, with delays in support services blamed for the sharp rise

Rough sleeping in Gateshead soars from 8 to 141 in a year, with delays in support services blamed for the sharp rise

Craft in the city More than 100 artists and makers will gather in Newcastle for a weekend showcasing and celebrating handmade design, sculpture, furniture and more.

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Look at that! We just ticked over to 16 thousand followers!! 🎉🎉🎉

Thank you to every one of you- it’s great to have you onboard 🙏

Metro to Washington announced as part of £1.85bn transport plan for North East Metro to reach Washington at last in £900mn North East upgrade, though hoped-for Leamside line to Ferryhill still delayed

Metro to Washington announced as part of £1.85bn transport plan for North East
Metro to reach Washington at last in £900mn North East upgrade, though hoped-for Leamside line to Ferryhill still delayed

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Campaigners call for urgent overhaul of Newcastle Coach Station Facilities at Newcastle Coach station are sadly lacking

Campaigners call for urgent overhaul of Newcastle Coach Station

“An unwelcoming and isolated place.” Facilities at Newcastle Coach station are sadly lacking

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Review: Concretopias and Beyond An exhibition created by working with Year 5 at Byker Primary School is up for display at the Farell Centre

Review: Concretopias and Beyond
An exhibition created by working with Year 5 at Byker Primary School is up for display at the Farell Centre

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Book Review; Underdogs; the truth about Britain’s white working class by Joel Budd Underdogs is an immersive read to better comprehend the nuances of the white working class in Britain

Underdogs is an immersive read to better comprehend the nuances of the white working class in Britain

It’s Tyne to assemble Majority People's Assembly, Newcastle today

Majority People's Assembly, Newcastle today

Newcastle: Eddie Howe freedom vote NUFC boss Eddie Howe set to get Freedom of Newcastle in council vote next week

Newcastle: Eddie Howe freedom vote
NUFC boss Eddie Howe set to get Freedom of Newcastle in council vote next week

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Bylines from America - Bylines Network Given the state of US lately, Bylines Network feels it is time to extend our platform for unheard voices from America

Here we are at the end of our final day of April!

We have created a new page on our website dedicated to giving a voice to America with a dedicated inbox for those in America whose voices are not being heard. American friends, share your stories with us! /1
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Why St George of England? A humorous look at the St George tradition

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Consett campaigners fight Easter Monday deportation order
“Fatou’s detention is yet another painful reminder of the cruelty and injustice embedded in the UK’s immigration system"

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#HappyBirthdayYorksireBylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
The first of Bylines Network’s ten publications turns five today, help us do more fantastic citizen journalism that speaks #TruthToPower”

Fascinating thread, thanks Brian

Clydesdale Road, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1971, by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen.

Janey Godley holding a sign which says “Trump is a cunt” high-fiving a policeman

Solidarity from Scotland ✊

As the late, great Janey Godley put it…

#TrumpIsACunt

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Graph of Bylines traffic sources (via Google Analytics) for NE Bylines - showing Bluesky has jumped into first place.

Well done @bsky.app!

That lavender line on our sources of traffic is YOU!

Bluesky is now tracking traffic to its sites... and guess what?

- Bluesky is in pole position as lead referrer for North East Bylines... one of the 10 citizen journalism publications of the @bylinesnetwork.co.uk.

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