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Labour completed their selection for Newcastle North on Saturday, but of course there are still more selections to come.

was picked by the local party to fight a seat currently held by former minister Doug Henderson.

The 33-year-old was born and bred in Newcastle, and still works for a law firm in the North East. It was an all-women shortlist.

She now has to get her campaign up and running straight away, as is one of the Lib Dems' top targets in the region.

has been working on gaining support for some time, and of course the area has lots of voters who've supported the Lib Dems in the city council elections.

I suspect they'd prefer to be still fighting Doug Henderson though, as .

Darlington selects next weekend, and of course the party in Tyneside North will also need to begin the process of selecting a replacement for Stephen Byers soon.

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Interesting debate on the Politics Show on the Welsh Proact scheme and whether or not it provides any pointers to a way of saving jobs in the North East and Cumbria.

Much of the focus was on the threat to the Corus steelworks in Redcar.

Its future is reaching a critical point as there are only orders to the end of the year.

But I understand there are negotiations going on at the moment to find work for the New Year, and potentially a buyer.

600 jobs depend on it, and .

They say Redcar was responsible for around a third of the losses in their European steel division in the last six months.

Without a solution, the mothballing of the plant will happen.

And nobody believes that it will be possible to reopen the blast furnace at the site if it gets shut down.

The Moss Week:

Laughing at: . Watched the comedian in Newcastle this week. Some edgy stuff, and .

Reading: . A big wodge of book, it should keep me out of trouble 'til close to Christmas.

In mourning for: Jedward. . Mind you it might have helped if I'd ever bothered to actually vote for them.

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