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Dan Warburton

Dan Warburton

North nuclear test vet 'snubbed by the MoD'

A NUCLEAR test veteran facing a 400-mile round trip to take part in vital health meetings has accused the Ministry of Defence of snubbing the North East.Read

Celebrities on board to help cancer charity

THE great and the good of the region are joining forces to support teenagers fighting cancer.Read

British Airways computer expert Rajib Karim, who allegedly conspired with radical preacher Anwar al-Awlaki to blow up a plane bound for America

North-based BA worker plotted suicide attack

AN ISLAMIC extremist working as a British Airways computer expert on Tyneside plotted to blow up a plane bound for America with the help of a radical preacher, a court heard.Read

Banks are told to make more loans to house buyers

LONG-TERM social problems will be caused by the inability of young people to get on the property ladder, it was claimed last night.Read

North East solicitors enter no plea at court date

SOLICITORS accused of stealing £1m made their first appearance at court yesterday.Read

Judge settles battle over war hero’s £290,000 will

A JUDGE sitting at the bitter courtroom battle over a Royal Marine’s £290,000 will has found in favour of the brave serviceman’s ex-girlfriend.Read

Mother of Jordan Maddison wants loophole closed

THE MOTHER of a 12-year-old schoolboy who died after fleeing bullies last night vowed to continue her fight to plug a legal loophole.Read

Flood clear-up in Morpeth

New concern for £17m Morpeth flood scheme

CAMPAIGNERS in a Northumberland town devastated by flooding are bracing themselves for bad news amid growing fears that a £17m flood protection scheme will not go ahead as planned.Read

North prison in lockdown for weapon search

A WEAPONS scare at a North East prison was quelled after guards threw the secure unit into lockdown for more than 48 hours.Read

Warning to Wearside pubs ahead of derby day

PUBS and bars on Wearside are being warned not to flout the licensing laws as 48,000 fans make their way to the Stadium of Light tomorrow.Read

Anger as blind 91-year-old found living in filth

A BLIND 91-year-old pensioner is at the centre of a council safeguarding review after she was found living in squalor.Read

Northumbria Police car

Huge drugs haul netted in Northumberland

A HUGE haul of class A drugs worth hundreds of thousands of pounds have been seized from across Northumberland, The Journal can today reveal.Read

Drinker attacked as he sat in Walker Village Social Club

A DRINKER suffered stab wounds to his legs after he was set upon by a knife-wielding gang on Tyneside.Read

Police warning ahead of Wear-Tyne derby

NEWCASTLE United chiefs have backed calls for calm as they bid to stamp out derby day disorder ahead of the Wear-Tyne clash.Read

Newcastle teenager urinated on city centre cenotaph

VETERANS last night criticised a drunken teenager who urinated on a Tyneside war memorial.Read

Chaos on the roads as Arctic blast hits

AN Arctic blast caused chaos on roads in the North East as black ice caused a series of car smashes.Read

Friends say final farewell to Dale Roberts

TOUCHING tributes were paid at the funeral of North East-born goalkeeper Dale Roberts as football stars turned out to pay their last respects.Read

Hero soldier Steven Dunn repatriated

UNITED in grief, a family wept as the Union Flag-draped coffin of a hero soldier was returned to British soil from Afghanistan yesterday.Read

Double Christmas delight for family

A CLIMBER who slipped into a coma after suffering a brain aneurysm regained consciousness for Christmas Day – as his baby daughter was born on the next ward.Read

Tributes paid to fallen hero with a heart of gold

THE WIDOW of a bomb disposal expert killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan paid tribute to her husband, saying he had a “heart of gold”.Read

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Dan Warburton is the Chief Reporter for ncjMedia. A graduate of Northumbria University, he has been a newspaper journalist since 2008.

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