The news that Hitachi Rail, based in Newton Aycliffe, has not been awarded the £500m contract to build new trains for the Nexus Metro is an appalling decision by Tyne and Wear Councils. They have complete control over this contract but have failed to protect a major North East business and local jobs. Instead, they have awarded this £500m to a foreign company to the detriment of the local area. Because of incompetence by the Tyne and Wear Councils the new Nexus trains will be built by a foreign