LAST week’s total failure of the Tyne & Wear Metro system has highlighted an apparent strategic weakness in its design, which makes it vulnerable to complete shutdown. The network’s only depot, located in South Gosforth, is where all 90 trains are serviced and stored overnight. As a consequence, any power failure […]
Author: Neil Pringle
North East MP Quizzes Government Again On Shipbuilding
A Tyne & Wear MP is fighting for a lucrative government shipbuilding contract in his constituency. When the Secretary of State for Defence, Michael Fallon, first gave his statement on the National Shipbuilding Strategy on 6 September, Stephen Hepburn, the Labour MP for Jarrow was quick to see the opportunity […]