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School set to supply next generation of sport stars

STUDENTS in a former pit town famed for its sporting heroes are getting a head start in their efforts to become the next generation of star performers.Read

Muddy boots trap builder who burgled employer's Ponteland home

A BUILDING worker abused his position of trust to steal from the family who employed him.Read

Northumberland College recovering after cash troubles

FINANCES have improved at a North East college where teachers voted for strike action last year in protest at cost-cutting measures, according to a new report.Read

Campaigners lose Northumberland phone mast fight

A TELECOMS giant's bid to site a mobile phone mast half a mile from one of the region's top historic treasures has been given the green light by a Government planning inspector.Read

Unpopular Northumberland wind farm goes out to tender

A GREEN power company is to invite bids for the contract to build a 13-turbine wind farm in a North East landscape which has been dominated by giant industrial chimneys for decades.Read

Council set to back Ponteland revamp developer

A DEVELOPER chosen by local people to deliver a multi-million pound revamp for an ageing North East town centre looks set to get council backing.Read

Anger at decision to go ahead with mast in Ponteland

A TELECOMS giant has sparked anger by deciding to put up a mobile phone mast outside a popular primary school - despite only getting planning approval because of a council blunder.Read

Lockerbie victim's family want answers

PARENTS of a North East victim of the Lockerbie bombing say the long-running campaign for a public inquiry into the atrocity will continue, although optimism is fading that it will ever happen.Read

Car deals available to aid jobseekers

JOBSEEKERS in Northumberland who can’t take up employment opportunities because of transport problems are being offered help by a pioneering project that literally puts them on the road to success.Read

Mother died after dropping lit match into armchair

ATROUBLED mother-of-three died in a house fire after dropping a lit match onto an armchair, an inquest was told yesterday.Read

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Duke of Northumberland delivers blast on the wind debate

THE Duke of Northumberland has stoked up the fierce debate over wind energy development in the North East by launching a withering attack on the impact of massive turbines on the region’s unspoiled countryside.Read

Barton cleared of traffic offence

Newcastle United's Joey Barton was today cleared by a court of an alleged road traffic offence. Read

Plan to resolve Berwick taxi loophole

A NEW taxi licensing policy for Northumberland has been agreed in principle, in an effort to avoid a repeat of a recent controversy which sparked a High Court case.Read

Holidaymaker Paul Thompson dies after fall on Zakynthos

DISTRAUGHT family and friends are mourning the loss a Northumberland man who died following a tragic accident while on holiday in Greece.Read

Court hears how Newbiggin pet dog was hanged

A PET dog was found hanged to death after it had jumped out of a back garden enclosure in which it had been tethered by its owner, a court was told yesterday.Read

Almost 200 jobs safeguarded in £1.5m rescue package

Almost 200 jobs have been safeguarded at a Northumberland food company thanks to a £1.5m rescue package. Read

Former headteacher dies in drowning tragedy

A former North East headteacher has died in a drowning tragedy while on holiday in Sri LankaRead

Cyclist injured in collision with lorry

A cyclist has been taken to hospital following a collision with a lorry in Northumberland. Read

Teenager injured in Ashington bike accident

A TEENAGE boy suffered a broken arm and leg when his bicycle was involved in a collision with a car in Northumberland.Read

Level of flood water marked in Morpeth

A THIN blue line snaked its way through Morpeth as part of a campaign to improve its ageing flood defences.Read

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