Go North East strikes to continue. The North East will hopefully be one of the main areas to help the UK transition to net zero. And finally a historic building in North Shields will be transformed into the Haswell building.
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00:00 I'm Imogen Holland, time for your North East News update.
00:06 Talks to end the Go North East bus strike have collapsed between the union and the bus
00:09 company.
00:10 Workers are currently on strike indefinitely after rejecting a 10.3% pay offer.
00:16 Go North East said that Unite the union walked out of talks this week and the union said
00:20 that bus operators are refusing to budge.
00:23 The North East will hopefully be one of the main areas to help the UK transition to net
00:27 zero.
00:28 At the Net Zero North East England summit, people heard that the North East stands to
00:32 gain nearly £2 billion worth of a boost to the economy as the country transitions to
00:37 net zero.
00:39 And finally, a historic building in North Shields will be transformed into the Haswell
00:43 building.
00:44 Geoff Kirkwood, better known as Manpower, has plans to create the three-storey building
00:48 into affordable spaces for creatives and artists.
00:52 (train chugging)