The 50 areas announced on Monday included the village of Lynemouth, in Northumberland, which has experienced a significant decline in traditional industries such as mining and recently saw over 500 jobs lost through the closure of a factory.

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It survived the closure of the pit in 1993 and relied on sponsorship money from a coal mining company, which ended in 2011.

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