This article covers three significant developments in Northeast England. It highlights Sunderland's recent inclusion in the Music Cities Network, signifying its growing role in the UK music industry. It also reports on the long-awaited commencement of construction for the new Shotley Bridge Hospital in County Durham, ending years of uncertainty and delays. Additionally, the article discusses the ongoing fight to prevent the closure of Bridge House Dental Surgery in Durham city centre, which faces a threat from a proposed conversion into student housing.
A number of initiatives celebrating Sunderland 's musical heritage have been launched. This includes Sunderland becoming only the second city in the UK, after Manchester, to join the Music Cities Network. It means it will collaborate with other members - including Berlin, Sydney and Valencia - on growing its music sector and supporting cultural, social and economic development.
'I'm probably as equally as proud of this status as I was just signing my first record deal,' said musician Frankie Francis, who is part of the project. Meanwhile, in County Durham, the building of a long-awaited hospital will finally go ahead. Shotley Bridge Hospital will be built after years of delays. The project was plagued by setbacks and had been thrown into doubt when it was placed under review by the new Labour government. The new 16-bed in-patient rehabilitation ward and urgent treatment centre will replace the current facility in Shotley Bridge. Also in Durham, a 'last throw of the dice' has been made by councillors attempting to block an NHS dental practice being converted into student flats. A bid to turn the property where Durham's Bridge House Dental Surgery operates into five apartments was rejected by Durham County Council last year, but the developer behind the proposal has appealed to the government's planning inspectorate. Now the City of Durham Parish Council says it has submitted a formal objection as it looks to 'save a popular NHS dentistry service which supports thousands of patients'. Finally, in Sunderland, an investigation is under way after a street was flooded twice in six weeks because of a burst a water main. Part of Chester Road in Sunderland had to be closed on Monday after a leak at the Western Hill junction. The street previously flooded in the same area on 4 December, but Northumbrian Water said a different section of the pipe had burst this time. A spokesperson said repairs had been completed and the road was expected to reopen fully by early next week
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