Labour councillors have been criticised for spending thousands on "luxury travel" instead of "fixing damp homes" and "repairing roads". South Tyneside Council spent close to £15,000 over 18 months on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. First-class travel was used more than 50 times by South Tyneside Council last year [BBC] Councillors' first-class train travel was ...

Departing 14 March 2027, the 31-day flight-free journey costs £18,900 pp (two sharing), including the services of an experienced tour leader, all accommodation, mixed board basis, first class rail ...

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Train travel is having a moment again, though not in a nostalgic way. New routes launching in 2026 show how far rail has come ...

A local authority under fire for its widespread use of first-class train travel is to be asked to approve plans to curtail the practice. In February, the BBC reported South Tyneside was the only local ...