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Newcastle named Best City in the North

Newcastle has been named the “Best City in the North” according to readers of a national newspaper. Newcastle took 35% of the vote in a poll by Daily Telegraph readers, ahead of Liverpool with 30%, Manchester with 18%, followed by Sheffield, Leeds and Birmingham. The Daily Telegraph began its poll last month with reports on each of the competing cities encouraging readers to vote.

Newcastle’s report concluded: “Newcastle is often underplayed by the country but it is so special. It has the history, culture and heritage second to none and after a decade of regeneration I think it has never looked better… “Many of the shipping premises and factories have been replaced by imposing new offices, residential developments, award-winning restaurants and uber-groovy bars on both banks of the river.”

In addition, NewcaslteGateshead was last week named the UK city in which parents would most like to bring up children, according to a survey by Reader’s Digest magazine.

Andrew Dixon, Chief Executive of NewcastleGateshead Initiative, said: “These are all tremendous accolades to receive. They raise our profile as a desirable destination to visit and live and could help encourage many more people to see for themselves what we have to offer.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .