On Friday, May 3 we will have the first elected North East Mayor. Opinion on the subject is divided on Wearside. People are either completely uninterested or consumed with suspicion; assuming of course that they even know about. Reported figures vary, but according to official, largely tedious and environmentally unfriendly bumf you may have received, the mayor could oversee a budget "worth up to £4.2billion over 30 years". So Sunderland may as well insert its snout as there are concerns, not... Read this story
