Newsnight s Nicholas Watt reports from tees valley. An icon of a vibrant industrial past, now out of action, symbolising an area struggling to find its feet. Tees valley, an infant hercules in its days as a World Capital of iron and steel making, is now clearing sites of past glories and looking for new ventures. A painful process with economic decline, alongside pockets of affluence. That has placed this area on the National Political map, and now a mayoral contest with high stakes for the two main parties. A Rumbustious Conservative mayor became the first poster boy of the redwall, after his narrow win here in 2017. Re elected in a landslide in 2021, ben houchen is now hoping to buck the national trend. A local labour stalwart hopes to win back what was once a heartland for his party a win for chris mcewan would ease keir starmer s path nationally. And the lib dem outsider placing the fight of Child Poverty at the heart of his campaign. Over the past decade or so, Tees Valley Felt ne
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the boss of oak view music group, who raised £365 million in private finance to get it built. we have about 1,600 workers on site today. we could get almost 10,000 people on this floor. if you yell, go ahead and give it a yell. 0h! no echo. this is my favourite room that no one ever gets to see. these are all going out to the largest bar in the uk. this is all beer? this is all beer. the artist comes to the stage. out of their dressing room. yeah. does their prayer, all together. going on right onto the stage here. that s it? that s it. and this is where the stages will be built. the stage is here no signs, no advertising, no scoreboards, no led boards. all gone, because they hurt the acoustics of the experience. this is about the artist, it s about music and it s about their direct relationship with their fans being right on top of them.
the bank and the emi, electronic money institution, was like night and day. the bank were professional and they and sent me details of remote access scams. they said that s what had happened. the emi had basically no systems in place. with just a few days to go until its opening night, the finishing touches are being made to the uk s biggest indoor arena in manchester this weekend. 0nce open it ll host events for audiences of more than 23,000 people. those behind the £365 million project hope it will attract major events from rival venues across the country, due to its capacity. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson has been taking a look around. the new co op live in manchester with a capacity of 23,500 is the biggest indoor venue in britain. to show us round, tim leiweke, the boss of oak view music group, who raised £365 million in private finance to get it built.