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When the last lot of devolution measures were rolled out, Tees Valley wasn't given more powers because of its checkered past. No 10 has told me today's new measures are being given to all mayoral authorities.

Jamie Njoku-Goodwin, who was Matt Hancock's Spad for years then ditched him in October 2020 in the middle of the pandemic in order to be boss of the UK music industry's lobbying group with no prior experience in the music industry, has some thoughts on how royalties should work.

I wrote my undergraduate dissertation about social construction. Everything is socially constructed. All of reality is understood on a subjective level because of social relations and interactions. This is an insane proposition for a TV show.

Genuinely astonishing it's taken this long for two men with a podcast about an 1851 novel to talk about autism.

ANDY BURNHAM'S NORTHERN STATUS REVOKED. PM loses credibility, mandate, after failing to make tap-in joke about The Fall in small talk with pensioner.

What's rude about a body?

For this week's Teesside Lead, Sarah Sinclair spoke to the friend of a boy who drowned at Seaton Carew 23 years ago. It follows the deaths of two men a few weeks ago who went into the water to save children, only 5 days before lifeguards were set to begin patrolling.

“Jordan’s death wasn’t taken seriously”: recent tragedy revives 23-year fight for Seaton Carew lifeguardsA comprehensive review of water safety has been instigated by the council after further deathsteesside.thelead.uk

This example seems trivial but if the central government says it's puts a focus on places outside the centre, everybody else - whether local institutions or inward investment etc - also focuses on places outside the centre.

Just seen The Odyssey. Here's my review in numbers... 30 - people in the screening 2 - people walked out after an hour (what were you expecting?) 10 - people who went to the toilet 2 - people who had watches that beeped every hour

If we're going full throttle with devolution, journalists and our editors really need to get up to speed, and quickly. Bus fares in Durham are already capped at £2.50 because of funding from the area's metro mayor.

Reading the news on BBC Radio Tees every half hour from 6 this morning.

It blew my mind to learn the average reading age of adults in the UK is around 10.

Reading the news on BBC Radio Tees first thing tomorrow 😑😑😑

Which Starmer Cabinet member is going to be the first to appear on Strictly?

"Well my work is done here" "What do you mean your work is done? You didn't do anything!"

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Today's Teesside Lead looks at the Timms Review into PIP. “Disabled people lost trust in the new government when the welfare reforms came out of nowhere"

‘Humiliated’, ‘anxious’ and ‘disbelieved’: PIP review confirms what disabled people told Teesside charityCharlotte Hall, policy manager at Difference North East, speaks to The Teesside Leadteesside.thelead.uk