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  2. New Deal for Communities - Wikipedia

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    The Newcastle New Deal for Communities was working to change the face of Newcastle upon Tyne's West End over a ten-year period. Since it began in 2000, the programme has aimed to tackle deprivation in the areas of Arthur's Hill, Cruddas Park, Rye Hill and Elswick, through community-led regeneration.

  3. Newcastle upon Tyne - Wikipedia

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    According to research from 2011, public health and levels of deprivation in Newcastle upon Tyne was generally worse than average in England. [244] As levels of deprivation is considerably higher than the nationwide average, sociologists argue that as a result, the life expectancy for both men and women is lower than the nationwide average.

  4. Urban decay - Wikipedia

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    Many of the most unpopular estates were in East London, Newcastle upon Tyne, Greater Manchester, [17] Glasgow, the South Wales valleys, and Liverpool, their unpopularity driven by a variety of causes from the loss of key industries, population decline, and counterurbanization. [17]

  5. North East England - Wikipedia

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    The Tyne Tunnel was opened as a single-carriageway in 1967, with a second tunnel opening in February 2011 for dual-ing. The course of the A1 through Tyne and Wear has changed twice during the late 20th century. Originally passing through the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne then, in 1977, it was re-routed to the east of the city through the Tyne ...

  6. Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead - Wikipedia

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    The borough forms part of the Tyneside conurbation, centred on Newcastle upon Tyne. At the 2021 census, the borough had a population of 196,154. It is bordered by the local authority areas of Newcastle upon Tyne to the north, Northumberland to the west, County Durham to the south, Sunderland to the south-east, and South Tyneside to the east.

  7. Mildred Blaxter - Wikipedia

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    She was born Mildred Lillington Hall on 27 March 1925 in Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the elder child and only daughter of Robert Charlton Hall, a bank manager, and his wife, Mildred Violet Hall, née Gleed (1897–1963), an actress. [2]

  8. Tyneside - Wikipedia

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    From the late 1980s onward, an improving national economy and local regeneration helped the area to recover, and although unemployment is still a problem compared with some other areas of Britain, expansion of new industries such as tourism, science and high-technology, has fuelled local development, especially in Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead.

  9. North East Green Belt - Wikipedia

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    The western extent reaches 25 miles away from Newcastle, beyond Hexham and towards Haydon Bridge, becoming contiguous with the North Pennines AONB and close to the Northumberland National Park. Due to the green belt lying across county borders, responsibility and co-ordination lies with several unitary councils as these are the local planning ...