SOUTH Tyneside is to recruit an ambassador for European relations, the Gazette can reveal today.Applications are being invited for the £100,000-a-year post as part of a drive to keep more in touch with Brussels. The roving representative will be expected to observe best practice from our Euro counterparts and then roll them out in the borough. It is part of the new into Europe strategy, which already has seen the advent of popular continental markets and many business link-ups. Ralf Poilo, a spokesman for into Europe, said: "This is becoming more and more popular as the number of countries within the union increase. "This
creates extra opportunities for us all to share ideas and initiatives.
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OKAY. SO IT WAS AN APRIL FOOL, BUT IT WAS SO NEAR TO THE TRUTH...............!
