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Dan Warburton

Dan Warburton

Ocean Youth Trust North benefits from Royal Wedding

ATYNESIDE charity is jumping on the Royal Wedding bandwagon as Prince William and Kate Middleton asked well-wishers to pledge their cash.Read

Countdown to 2012 Games is under way

A GALAXY of gold-medallists touched base on Tyneside to mark the 500-day countdown to the region’s 2012 Olympic adventure.Read

Crew say farewell to HMS Ark Royal

THE CREW of the Tyne-built of the HMS Ark Royal said an emotional farewell as the warship was decommissioned yesterday.Read

Bone marrow boy Lewis Morris returns home

THE family of a brave young boy who has fought a two-year battle with leukaemia have spoken of their pride in his courage.Read

Charities feel the heat as fuel costs increase

THOUSANDS will be wiped from charity budgets as rocketing costs put added pressure on some of the region’s most vulnerable disabled children, it was claimed last night.Read

Celtic fan banned for sparking Berwick security alert

A FOOTBALL fan who sparked a security scare after igniting a flare inside a Northumberland football ground has been handed a nationwide ban.Read

Man due in court after Washington boy stabbed

A MAN was last night charged with the murder of 14-year-old Jordan Cooper after the teenager was found with multiple knife wounds at his grandmother’s home.Read

Conman Richard Carris ran up £16,000 bill

A CONMAN used stolen cheques to bankroll a lavish trip to the races and shelled out more than £15,000 on champagne, paintings and a Rolex watch.Read

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

Rajib Karim found guilty of plot to blow up BA plane

TYNESIDE terrorist Rajib Karim has been found guilty of plotting to blow up a US-bound plane while working as a computer expert.Read

Territorial Army recruit Karl Reay

Arrest after crash killed teen soldier Karl Reay

A DRIVER was arrested following a crash that left an aspiring soldier dead and his teenage girlfriend needing hospital treatment.Read

Derrick Bird’s victims' inquest opens

FAMILIES of those killed by gunman Derrick Bird will finally hear details of their loved one’s last moments as an inquest into the massacre begins.Read

Policeman in the dock over drug supply plot

A POLICE officer has appeared in court charged with being involved in a countrywide plot to flood the North East’s streets with cocaine.Read

Ex-Royal Marine Tony Wright

Veteran heading to USA to get help for heroes

VETERANS campaigner Tony Wright is to travel across the globe in his efforts to tackle the difficulties facing a “lost generation” of ex-servicemen and women.Read

Cheryl Cole does her bit for local youngsters

SINGING star Cheryl Cole is to launch a charitable foundation to fund the work of the Prince’s Trust in Newcastle.Read

County Durham man hit by bus will get damages

A DRUNK pedestrian who suffered life-threatening injuries when a bus driver took his eye off the road in the moments before a horror crash has won his fight for compensation.Read

Government decision on badger cull is delayed

GOVERNMENT ministers are to delay a decision on whether to allow a cull of badgers in England as part of efforts to control TB in cattle.Read

Tributes paid to North East soldiers killed in action

TRIBUTES were paid last night to two North East soldiers killed in Afghanistan on St Valentine’s Day.Read

No new murder charges against Dr Howard Martin

ADISGRACED GP who admitted to hastening the deaths of his patients will not face new murder charges, it has been revealed.Read

Evelyn Mould, of North Shields, who's death was hidden from her family by her son

Son hid mother's death to swindle family

A SOCIAL worker who hid his mother’s death from her family so he could swindle them out of their inheritance was last night branded a “disgrace”.Read

'Terror plotter' told to train as crew, jury told

AN ASSOCIATE of a suspected terrorist accused of plotting to blow-up a US bound passenger jet was forced to “play it cool” after attracting the attention of the British security services, a court heard.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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