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Football fans protest ‘sportswashing’ Saudi Arabia friendlies at Newcastle United
The Great North Run this weekend will draw 60 thousand runners to the streets of Tyneside and a TV audience of millions. But there’s another international sporting fixture in Newcastle tonight that’s proving much more controversial.
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Newcastle United face fresh ownership questions
The Premier League is coming under pressure to examine the Saudi-backed takeover of Newcastle United football club after its chairman was named in court documents as “a sitting minister” of the Riyadh government.
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Chelsea play first home game since Abramovich sanctions – against Saudi-owned Newcastle
Chelsea football club hosted Newcastle, but the London club have been placed in a financial straitjacket after owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned for his links to Vladimir Putin.
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Saudi Newcastle takeover: shake-up or sportswashing?
Newcastle United’s Saudi Arabian backed takeover is being hailed by many fans in the city as a great moment the chance for the sleeping giant to finally reach the summit of the Premier League.
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Newcastle takeover: Britain could become ‘platform for dictators’ – professor
We spoke to Professor Madawi Al-Rasheed – who’s a visiting professor at the London School of Economics Middle East Centre – and is herself from Saudi Arabia. We began by asking her whether she could explain the relationship between the Saudi state and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the sovereign wealth fund.
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Saudi-led consortium complete takeover of Newcastle United
Newcastle United have just been bought in a £300 million takeover by a Saudi-led consortium. The Premier League approved the deal after assurances that the club would not be controlled by the Saudi state. But it has provoked a backlash from human rights campaigners.
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Government being ‘complacent’ over virus testing, says Newcastle City Council leader Nick Forbes
We spoke to the leader of Newcastle City Council, Nick Forbes and Kim McGuinness the Northumbria Police & Crime Commissioner.
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‘Are people going to be excluded from workplace if they don’t go with contact tracing app?’ – Newcastle University’s Lilian Edwards
We’re joined by Ngaire Woods, Dean of Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University. And from Edinburgh, we speak with Lilian Edwards, Professor of internet law at Newcastle University.
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Can Labour hold on to Newcastle under Lyme?
Well even before the snap election call, Labour’s heartlands were already under attack from the Conservatives campaigning in next month’s local and mayoral elections, hoping to establish their hold on urban areas like the Midlands. Symeon Brown has been to Newcastle under Lyme in Staffordshire, where Labour hung on last time with the narrowest of…
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Newcastle teenager found guilty of planning massacre
A Newcastle teenager who assembled a Glock handgun from parts he bought on the internet has been found guilty of planning a massacre at his former college.
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Newcastle ‘anti-Islam’ march outnumbered by counter demo
Anti-Islamisation protesters organised by the Pegida group hold their first UK march in Newcastle, but are confronted by 2,000 counter demonstrators.
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A tale of three cities: London, Bristol and Newcastle
The capital is attracting a third of 22 to 30-year-olds who leave home, says a new report. It may have the jobs, but what about rent and the all important price of a pint? Channel 4 News compares.
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Police horse ‘totally fine’ after Newcastle violence
The police horse who was attacked when football fans clashed following a Tyne-Wear derby is “totally fine”, his owners say, while arrests continue after a weekend of soccer-related violence.
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Fans’ fury at Newcastle United ground name change
As Newcastle United’s owner renames St James’ Park to attract naming rights partners, a branding expert tells Channel 4 News the opportunity might not be as attractive as the football club believes.
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Newcastle – once a tropical paradise?
Scientists working on a major environmental project in Newcastle say they’ve uncovered evidence of the city’s much warmer past.
