DAN HODGES: Five years ago I could sense the rumblings of discontent. But this time there will be a full-scale earthquake

Barbara can still remember when Blyth was the jewel in Northumberland’s crown. ‘We had the best market in the North East,’ she tells me, ‘but now they’ve killed it.’ She gestures outside her tiny shop on Bowes Street. ‘This used to all be lovely cobbles, but they ripped them up and “modernised”. They also raised … Read more