Newcastle upon Tyne enjoys a ‘friendship’ relationship with Little Rock, the state capital of Arkansas. Over recent years there has been a greater impetus to develop this relationship to Sister City status.
There are people who believe that to work with a corporate is to dance with the devil. The Salvation Army for example declined the offer of free advertising in the final issue of ‘News of the World’. Barnardo’s on the other hand was happy to accept a donation of more than £900,000 from the profits generated by that final edition.