It seems there is a little too much smog on the Tyne in Newcastle — and Geordies are furious about the clean air zone introduced to tackle the problem.
While Ulez was expanded across the whole of London last month, drivers in the northeast of England have had measures in place since January, paying the same as drivers in the southeast. Older taxis, buses, vans and HGVs must pay £12.50 a day to drive into the city centre and over the Tyne Bridge.
It has left many locals, especially small business owners, questioning why the small city with a population of just 300,000 and a bracing North Sea wind needs the measures in the first place.
Daryl Moscrop, 42, an Uber driver who has a
