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Leigh Jones

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Newcastle upon Tyne
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Covers:  Investigations, Broadcast, Politics, Constitutional Affairs, Culture, Identity, Wales, Welsh Language, History
Editor, The Teesside Lead. Freelance journalist. Used to work in music. Ex-Yorkshire Post Teesworks expert. Oh, and once I saw a blimp.

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Freelance journalist. Investigations, writing, broadcast, newsreading, BBC Radio Newcastle etc

Editor, The Teesside Lead.

Used to work in music. Ex-Yorkshire Post Teesworks expert. Oh, and once I saw a blimp.

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'Rugby is not our national sport'

'Rugby is not our national sport'

I grew up loving rugby and hating football. A year after I played my first match for Bridgend Athletic Under-…

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'His perspective is that of the oppressor': Jonathan Meades views on Welsh

'His perspective is that of the oppressor': Jonathan Meades views on Welsh

La Cité Radieuse, or The Radiant City in English, is a housing development in Marseille that was completed in…

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The Quietus - Datblygu's Terfysgiaith 1982 - 2022

The Quietus - Datblygu's Terfysgiaith 1982 - 2022

It's hard to overstate the influence that David R. Edwards had, along with Patricia Morgan, as the band Datbl…

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The dizzying scale of Redcar's former steelworks as seen by an outsider

The dizzying scale of Redcar's former steelworks as seen by an outsider

At first it looks like a dark line across the sky. Like a strip has been torn from the paper sky on the horiz…

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'Cardiff's central square a vast, concrete expanse with absolutely no features, no greenery'

'Cardiff's central square a vast, concrete expanse with absolutely no features, no greenery'

When you arrive by train to Manchester's main station - Piccadilly - you walk along the platform and past the…

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The i Paper - Queues for the Queen couldn't be a better example of Britain's obsession with rules

The i Paper - Queues for the Queen couldn't be a better example of Britain's obsession with rules

London's South Bank was one of the main locations for the 1951 Festival of Britain - an exhibition which cele…

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BP cancels green hydrogen project at Teesworks

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By Leigh Jones Verified, Leigh Jones Verified
| The Lead Magazine
Back for another mid-week edition of The Teesside Lead, this is number 37 overall. I sat down yesterday morning to write today’s newsletter with an empty notebook and a blank page on the screen in front of me. That all changed with an email from BP’s press team responding to a question I asked them last week. The Teesside Lead is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
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Serious Fraud Office continues investigation into Hartlepool steel company owner

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By Leigh Jones Verified, Leigh Jones Verified
| The Lead Magazine
I hope you’ve had a great half term if applicable. I’m writing this, the 36th edition of The Teesside Lead having spent the day at the zoo and feeding penguins with my daughter. What a life! Alas, the wheels of news keep turning, so if you want to support independent journalism in Teesside please subscribe for free, share links, or if you have some money in your pocket at the start of a new month, you can financially support from as little as 47p per edition.
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Is sustainable aviation fuel the future for Teesside?

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By Leigh Jones Verified, Leigh Jones Verified
| The Lead Magazine
Today’s edition of The Teesside Lead is number 35. Thanks for supporting independent journalism in the Tees Valley region. If it’s of interest to you, I’m putting on a night in Newcastle this Saturday with the authors Alex Niven (The North Will Rise Again) and Peter Mitchell (Imperial Nostalgia) at the Alphabetti Theatre. We wanted to reconnect with some of the spirit of Modernist adventure and countercultural vim that’s animated Newcastle at various points in its modern history.
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