A soft light spilled across the hotel room floor as I pulled open the shutter cutting milky white squares onto shaded bed sheets. Having arrived during a silk navy midnight hours before this was my introduction to the Middle Eastern sunshine.
South Tyneside Council is looking to recruit a new corporate director to oversee council housing, roads and waste services.
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