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Community archaeology project success leads to more North East digs

MORE digs are being planned in one of the North East’s top landscape areas after the success of a community archaeology project.Read

Seaton Delaval Hall gets £24,400 grant for period research

THE colourful characters who made history at a Northumberland stately home are to be brought back to life in a new research project.Read

Wouldhave House in South Shields set for demolition

PLANS have been tabled to demolish a Sixties building dubbed a “blot on the landscape” of a town’s historic market square.Read

Count birds in your garden to help predict early trends

BIRD experts are anxious to analyse data which will be gathered by thousands of people in the North East this weekend.Read

New plan launched to stop £30m being thrown in region's landfills

MORE than £30m is being thrown away each year by households and businesses in the North East, it is revealed today.Read

Discovery Museum in Newcastle plans new gallery

BOOMING North East industry in the 19th Century lured hundreds of thousands of people to the area in search of a living and a new way of life.Read

Durham Wildlife Trust buys 18 acres of land near Sunniside for £1

A RARE wildlife habitat is set to be restored after 18 acres of key land was sold for just £1.Read

North East museums celebrate £20m funding boost

MAJOR museums across the North East last night welcomed the news that they will share in a shell-out of around £20m a year.Read

Archaeological dig at High Level Bridge reveals secrets

TIMES may seem tough in the current economic squeeze but a city centre dig suggests that our Tyneside ancestors had rather more to bleat about.Read

History of eggs on the menu at Blackfriars restaurant

DINERS will be scrambling for places at a North East restaurant – to learn all about the history of eggs.Read

Christine’s hens are helping to fund fairtrade businesses

HENS are helping to build up a nice little nest egg for people less fortunate than the birds’ owner Christine Lloyd.Read

Durham Wildlife Trust map project explores green benefits

MAPS are to be plotted of nature sites and green spaces to assess the beneficial effect they have on quality of life.Read

North Tyneside Winter Snaps photo contest is victim of mild weather

A WINTER photography competition in the North East has been hit by a lack of entries due to the weatherRead

Save Gosforth Wildlife campaigners to stage protest walk

CAMPAIGNERS are to stage a protest march along a wildlife corridor which they claim is under threat from proposals to build almost 1,000 new homes.Read

Housesteads Roman Fort revamp given go-ahead

THE latest plans have been waved through in what will be a triple boost for visitors at a top Roman heritage site.Read

Eco-museum sites to mark the Battle of Flodden

THE first 12 sites have been designated in a landscape-scale eco-museum to mark next year’s 500th anniversary of the Battle of FloddenRead

Pilot project for three Northumberland parish councils

THREE parish councils in Northumberland are to be part of a national pilot project which aims to allow local people to shape how their communities will develop in the future.Read

Overcoming public concern with cutting-edge innovation

A POWER project which would add to a North East town’s role as a green energy pioneer has won international recognition for an architecture graduate. Read

Wedding pictures mark Jarrow church's 150th

WEDDING pictures dating back to the start of the last century are on display as part of a church’s 150th anniversary celebrations.Read

Professor Paul Younger set for move to Glasgow University

ONE of the region’s best-known scientists is to leave the region for a new career in Scotland. After more than 30 years at Newcastle University, Professor Paul Younger is to take up a new post at Glasgow University.Read

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Environment editor Tony Henderson was writing about green matters long before they were fashionable. A well-respected voice on everything from recycling and architecture to nature and heritage matters, he is a multi-award winner and has also published two books of articles from his popular My Country feature.

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