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Strike updates: Tyne and Wear Metro closed today due to strike action

Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, 30 November 2011 - 8:11 BST

#easter #eggs #family

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Posted by SarahHartley


The day of strikes across the north east in pictures. www.realradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/north-east-strikes-in-pictures/z6dkhjht/

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Posted by SarahHartley, 30 November 2011 - 17:35 BST
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Some pictures and audio clips from the march. www.metroradio.co.uk/news/local/North-East-Strikes/

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Posted by SarahHartley, 30 November 2011 - 14:10 BST
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Metro workers interviewed at South Gosforth www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15957267

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Posted by SarahHartley, 30 November 2011 - 13:10 BST
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So not quite as many as the first estimate but........twitter.com/#!/NorthumbriaPol/status/141863062662692864

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Posted by SarahHartley, 30 November 2011 - 12:55 BST
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Tweeter Hanif Leylabi just told me he thinks it could be 10,000 people in Gateshead twitter.com/#!/hanifleylabi/status/141850443264425984

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Posted by SarahHartley, 30 November 2011 - 12:09 BST
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This picture shows how big the turnout is in Newcastle. lockerz.com/s/160783263

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Posted by SarahHartley, 30 November 2011 - 12:03 BST
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Third Sector is reporting that Newcastle City Council has pledged to transfer all the salary savings it makes from today’s strike action into its voluntary sector budget.

A spokesman for the council said it would put at least £300,000 into the Newcastle Fund, the council’s £10m four-year grant-funding programme for services run by local charities and community groups. More here: www.thirdsector.co.uk/Finance/article/1107008/newcastle-will-put-strike-savings-its-voluntary-sector-fund/

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Posted by SarahHartley, 30 November 2011 - 11:57 BST
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The BBC has recently updated it's live coverage for the region. Says in Newcastle, 106 out of 139 education establishments, including schools, nurseries, Sure Start and play centres, were closed. In County Durham, 235 out of the 262 schools were closed. In Northumberland, 129 of the 149 were shut, in Gateshead 71 of the 83 schools were closed, in North Tyneside 66 out of 79 and South Tyneside 64 out of 66 were closed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-15936663

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Posted by SarahHartley, 30 November 2011 - 11:44 BST
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If you haven't seen it before, this is the TUC song for the strike. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOLCSCArDRE

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Posted by SarahHartley, 30 November 2011 - 11:11 BST
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Please feel free to add you Newcastle strike day updates here. What follows are some I've noticed already. twitter.com/#!/newsleader/status/141782289846775808

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Posted by SarahHartley, 30 November 2011 - 8:17 BST
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