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Mark Brown @markbrown14

North of England correspondent, The Guardian. Based in north east England. Get in touch - mark.brown@theguardian.com

Joined February 2009
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Mystery of Raphael masterpiece may have been solved by Bradford-made AI theguardian.com/artanddesign…

Mystery of Raphael masterpiece may have been solved by Bradford-made AI

University of Bradford algorithm says most of Madonna della Rosa was by Raphael – but not the face of Joseph

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Disbelief at plan to fix London potholes as part of Network North project theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…

Disbelief at plan to fix London potholes as part of Network North project

£235m funding for capital’s roads is possible only because of investment that comes from scrapping northern leg of HS2

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‘I’ll have a Greggs benedict’: baker brings fine dining to Fenwick bistro in Newcastle theguardian.com/business/202…

‘I’ll have a Greggs benedict’: baker brings fine dining to Fenwick bistro in Newcastle

Fans of steak bakes and sausage rolls enjoy ‘posh Greggs’ experience at Parisian-inspired pop-up

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‘What he said is disgusting’: Stockton seethes over minister’s alleged jibe theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…

‘What he said is disgusting’: Stockton seethes over minister’s alleged jibe

People in Teesside town say comment attributed to James Cleverly was rude, wrong and revealing of Tory attitudes

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Historic England gives north-east kipper smokehouse Grade II listed status theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…

Historic England gives north-east kipper smokehouse Grade II listed status

L Robson & Sons is the only surviving fish curing business in the village of Craster, where the herring industry once thrived

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Booths supermarkets to ditch self-checkouts in north of England stores theguardian.com/business/202…

Booths supermarkets to ditch self-checkouts in north of England stores

Supermarket chain to remove self-checkouts from all but two of its stores, saying ‘we’re not great fans’

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Sycamore Gap tree removed from Hadrian’s Wall to be seasoned and reused theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…

Sycamore Gap tree removed from Hadrian’s Wall to be seasoned and reused

As National Trust draws line under criminal act, members of public suggest future uses for timber

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Singing reet: Yorkshire version of the Barber of Seville to open new Bradford opera festival theguardian.com/music/2023/o…

Singing reet: Yorkshire version of the Barber of Seville to open new Bradford opera festival

Team behind festival want to make opera relevant to people of the city as well as find and train talent of the future

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New museum explores 6,000 years of faith in Britain theguardian.com/culture/2023…

New museum explores 6,000 years of faith in Britain

Exhibits in Bishop Auckland range from immersive work featuring burning iris, to Binchester ring and Bodleian bowl

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Manchester Museum hands back 174 objects to Indigenous Australian islanders theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Manchester Museum hands back 174 objects to Indigenous Australian islanders

Return of items to Anindilyakwa community hailed as landmark example of cultural repatriation

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Heritage council says underground zip wire would ruin Lake District ‘tranquility’ theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…

Heritage council says underground zip wire would ruin Lake District ‘tranquility’

Advisory body to Unesco says plans by owners of quarry in Langdale valley will ‘contribute to disruption’

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Two women jailed for torturing and killing pet parrot in Carlisle theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…

Two women jailed for torturing and killing pet parrot in Carlisle

Tracy Dixon and Nicola Bradley put oven cleaner and paint on friend’s bird and threw it in tumble dryer

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Stones made for Victorian project to help Irish workers given listed status theguardian.com/society/2023…

Stones made for Victorian project to help Irish workers given listed status

‘Travellers’ rest’ stones were idea of Warrington doctor and part of wider scheme to help migrant workers

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Moon Palace: the observatory bus bringing ‘awe and wonder’ to Leeds theguardian.com/science/2023…

Moon Palace: the observatory bus bringing ‘awe and wonder’ to Leeds

Project inspired by John Smeaton, a keen astronomer who is seen as the father of civil engineering, is touring Leeds for four months

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Actor says row over free birthday cakes for her party is ‘utterly bizarre’ theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…

Actor says row over free birthday cakes for her party is ‘utterly bizarre’

Catherine Tyldesley spoke out after Yorkshire baker’s response to ‘Cake Gate’ request from event agency

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Negligence at Lancashire hospital caused boy permanent brain damage, court rules theguardian.com/society/2023…

Negligence at Lancashire hospital caused boy permanent brain damage, court rules

Midwives at Royal Preston hospital failed to accurately monitor Jayden Astley’s heart rate and fabricated notes after birth in 2012

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David Lloyd Leisure fined £2.5m over death of three-year-old boy in Leeds theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…

David Lloyd Leisure fined £2.5m over death of three-year-old boy in Leeds

Gym chain pleaded guilty to breach of health and safety law five years after incident

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Ex-Cleveland police chief barred from serving over gross misconduct theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…

Ex-Cleveland police chief barred from serving over gross misconduct

Mike Veale resigned from the force in January 2019 and did not attend disciplinary hearing

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‘It’s bleak’: string of family firms shut in Rishi Sunak’s Yorkshire seat theguardian.com/business/202…

‘It’s bleak’: string of family firms shut in Rishi Sunak’s Yorkshire seat

Four businesses in market town of Richmond announce closure in past week as cost of living crisis bites

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Why English Heritage is encouraging adults to dress up theguardian.com/culture/2023…

Why English Heritage is encouraging adults to dress up

Research shows our imaginations grow richer with age so the charity is giving grownups a chance to have fun

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