Newcastle headlines 12 February: ‘World Class’ Space Centre coming to Newcastle

Here are your latest Newcastle headlines.

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00:00 Hi, I'm Iona May and these are your latest Newcastle headlines.

00:04 A world-class space research centre is coming to Newcastle.

00:07 City bosses have signed off on the building of a £50m Northumbria University facility

00:13 that is expected to create hundreds of new jobs.

00:16 It's hoped it'll be ready to open in 2025.

00:19 Next, plans have been approved to turn a set of historic buildings in Newcastle City Centre

00:24 into a five-star hotel.

00:26 This comes as part of a massive regeneration of the Pilgrim Street area.

00:30 It will result in a £20m development of a 90-bedroom boutique hotel, rather than the

00:35 original 60 rooms at the Grade II listed buildings.

00:39 Finally, the Great North Run has been awarded the prestigious World Athletics Heritage plaque.

00:45 The award is in recognition of "an outstanding contribution to the worldwide history and

00:50 development of the sport".

00:52 And that's you all up to date.

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