A Week in the News: The First Edition

Welcome to A Week in the News, a new podcast from The Chronicle & The Journal talking about the major news stories from the paper.

This week our host, Chris Scott - The Social Media Editor for both papers, is joined by Antonia Paget - The Daily Mirror, Michael Race - The Press Association, Mikey Reynolds - The Daily Record and Jemma Crew - The Press Association.

The topics covered this week are: Sure Start cuts by the Newcastle City Council. Devolution proposed to give the North East great powers. Soldier who fell from the Tyne Bridge.

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Babbling on links: Vergini own goal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZFQpgTSDlk Michael Gove in the garden - https://www.youtube.com/results?searchquery=michael+gove+in+the+garden The Broken Spears - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheBroken_Spears