http://www.thejournal.co.uk/north-east-analysis/analysis-news/labours-shadow-transport-secretary-says-7959722
"there’s also the one north of Newcastle up to Hexham as well, the A1 - these were looked at in 2006, and rejected.”....Interesting geography....!
Miss Creagh obviously misspoke when she said Hexham was north of Newcastle on the A1 - but doubtless if she was Lord Freud she would be told she was unfit for her office - there is an irony here.