Petition get rid of tyne & wear and return traditional borders to durham and northumberland

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please can you abolish the metropolitan county of Tyne & Wear and return the areas effected back to County Durham and Northumberland. there is no economical reason to maintain the current regional geographical demarcation. Since created in 1974 it has done nothing but generate confusion to the demographic and identity of our people and heritage.

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364 signatures

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Date closed 12 August 2014
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