Guardian now reporting the £19k legal costs paid by taxpayer following Michelle Donelan's libel case (plus £15k settlement too).

Here's our story that first broke the news (Guardian info is from a different source to mine, so no issues journalistically).

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Labour has a plan for Britain's bus services - and we certainly need that in Newcastle!

Delighted to announce another #LiveEncounter just added to our programme - join us on Fri 7 Jun, 6pm to hear Rufus Norris, Artistic Director of National Theatre in conversation with Newcastle MP Chi Onwurah 💙 - a rare opportunity to hear candidly from one of the leading figures in…

As we look forward to our last term, we share a #ThrowbackThursday edition of our #175Vlogs continuing to celebrate our 175yrs.

On Vlog #40 join, MP Chi Onwurah 💙 & Shadow Minister for Industrial Strategy, Science and Innovation, after her visit/tour at the end of last term.

Sad news of the passing of Peter Higgs who taught me physics at Edinburgh University 1960-62 and when I spoke with him a few years ago was so modest he couldn’t believe it when I told him he was the most brilliant person I knew - Higgs boson particle and Nobel Prize winner!

Brilliant to be out w Angela Rayner 🌹 & Rachel Reeves in Yarm today to launch The Labour Party plan for high streets
✅ more community police
✅ scrap & replace business rates
✅ banking hubs

Showing what a Labour Govt can do working together, instead of Tory chaos letting country down

'Shoppers don't feel safe'

Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper spoke to #BBCBreakfast about Labour's five point plan to 'rejuvenate the High Street' including a crackdown on shoplifting

bbc.co.uk/news/politics

The Good Friday Agreement, signed 26 years ago today, is one of Labour’s proudest achievements.

Courageous leadership like Mo Mowlam's finally ended the Troubles, bringing peace to Northern Ireland.

We celebrate the progress made since then and must never take it for granted.

NEW: Labour's plan for high streets:

✅ 13,000 more neighbourhood police and PCSOs
✅ Guaranteed face-to-face banking in every community
✅ Replace business rates
✅ Stamp out late payments
✅ Revamp empty shops, pubs, and community spaces

The Daily Telegraph has today published corrections to another inaccurate article about the National Trust. 18 days after it published the original article, and with far less prominence. Meanwhile it was reported onward in a number of other titles.

Soaring service charges are placing an intolerable strain on leaseholders.

Greater transparency is part of the answer but we need a more fundamental conversation about how we better protect leaseholders, and particularly shared owners, from unreasonable charges.

Mindy and Pearl been out supporting Kim McGuinness and posing for a shoot before getting all wet 💦💦 #VoteLabour 🌹🌹🌹 Northumberland Labour

I had the great pleasure and honour of meeting Peter Higgs - who was born in #Newcastle . He was such a lovely, modest man, such a giant of science. We need more like him! My condolences to his family and friends.

bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating in #Newcastle and around the world!

A million people have now watched this video of workers at the TESLA strike responding to Elon Musk.

The River Tyne has burst its banks again this afternoon and the Environment Agency and Newcastle City Council are 'closely' monitoring the situation

Conservative Mayor Ben Houchen wants you to believe he's not really a Tory.

We're not so sure 🤔

It was great to attend 2nd #iftar Newcastle United FC
#howaythelads #inclusion
#communitytogether
#UnitedAsOne
NewcastleCityCouncil
International Emergency Team UK
Smajo Bešo OBE
NPH Ethnic Minority Business and Policy Forum
Alwaleed Aldebasi الوليد الدباسي North East Autism Society
Darren Eales, thank you and your team
🙏🏽 ⚫️⚪️

' #Eclipse ' by British environmental artist Liz McGowan, artwork created using Norfolk Razor shells   #womensart

I’m proud to be the daughter of a shipyard worker standing to be the first North East Mayor.

Our North East rivers and ports once powered the world.

I’ll make our region a home for green energy, creating thousands of jobs and training thousands more.

Vote The Labour Party on 2nd May.