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Prudhoe man lucky to survive car crash fall from Blaydon Bridge

A FACTORY worker escaped death in a horrific pile-up before plunging 20ft over a bridge.Read

Northern Rock makes certain borrowing will rise

EVEN when their library was closed down, the bookworms of Ryton were determined not to give up on reading.Read

Alan Shearer awards young North East entrepreneurs with fundraising trophy

NEWCASTLE United legend Alan Shearer has presented young entrepreneurs from the North East with awards for their outstanding work for a regional charity.Read

Pleasure cruise runs aground on the River Tyne

SIGHTSEERS on board a pleasure cruise along the Tyne were left stranded after the boat ran aground in low tide.Read

Bisley Hotel in Blaydon offers fitness test for regulars

REGULARS were offered blood pressure tests with their pints as health checks move into a North East pub.Read

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Blaydon Dairy to close down again with 97 job losses

WORKERS are facing the dole for the second time after bosses announced the closure of Blaydon Dairy.Read

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Friend helped Blaydon hotel boss in £1m fraud

A FRAUDSTER boasting Caribbean connections posed as a £1m buyer to help a Tyneside hotel boss keep his creditors at bay.Read

Deals offered to get senior ONE North East staff to stay

ONE North East has been criticised for appointing two highly-paid directors and offering "golden handcuff" payments to encourage staff to stay during its final months.Read

Police arrest pensioner in Blaydon gun inquiry

A PENSIONER was being questioned by detectives last night after an incident at a store involving a replica gun.Read

Gateshead woman jailed for child neglect

A WOMAN is today behind bars after locking three young children in a squalid room without clothes, food or water.Read

North East Ambulance Service set to make history

THE North East Ambulance Service is a step closer to becoming one of the first NHS ambulance trusts in the country to gain foundation status.Read

Swalwell machete raid caught on CCTV

POLICE are hunting armed raiders who launched a terrifying raid on a Tyneside bookmakers.Read

Fears over foreign investment if One North East axed

FEARS have been raised that the region will lose out on foreign investment as our development agency is scrapped.Read

One North East fighting to avoid deepest cuts

THE new head of One North East has revealed his officers are in detailed negotiations to deflect spending cuts to the South.Read

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One North East expected suffer major spending cuts

JOBS agency One North East is today expected to suffer major spending cuts as the Government unveils the first part of its deficit reduction plan.Read

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General Dynamics tank deal hits BAE Systems

HOPES of saving hundreds of Tyneside jobs collapsed yesterday when an American company won a huge contract to build a new light tank for the British Army.Read

Ill-luck and ambition blamed for Blaydon dairy crash

ALARM bells about a dairy co-operative should have started ringing long before it collapsed with hundreds of local job losses, MPs said yesterday.Read

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Region's pupils are the worst for alcohol abuse

CHILDREN in the region drink at least two bottles of wine a week and are more likely to consume alcohol and smoke than their peers in other areas of England and Wales.Read

Ambulance drivers get speeding tickets

A NUMBER of ambulance drivers have been slapped with speeding tickets while not on emergency jobs, new figures show.Read

One North East axes projects to meet £50m budget cut

REGIONAL development agency One North East is axing a number of projects to meet a budget cut of nearly £50m.Read

Dairy jobs saved but not for Blaydon depot

JOBS have been secured at Dairy Farmers of Britain depots – but not in the North East, it emerged last night. Dairy Farmers of Britain, which is in receivership, announced the sale of five depots, saving 172 jobs.Read

Dairy distribution jobs may still be saved

UNION bosses last night raised hopes for more than 300 jobs facing the axe following the "disastrous" collapse of a major milk processing plant.Read

Rescue launched to save stricken dairy

A RESCUE mission to save a North East dairy is underway amid fears it could close with hundreds of workers losing their jobs.Read

Swans slaughtered at Ryton Willows nature reserve

A FAMILY of swans have been slaughtered at a nature reserve. Police and RSPCA inspectors were called after a member of the public spotted the bodies of an adult bird and four cygnets floating in a pond.Read

500 jobs at risk if Blaydon dairy farmers' site closes

MORE than 500 livelihoods will be on the line if a dairy site is forced to close.Read

Cancer patient Dennis Ward raises cash for Sir Bobby Robson charity

A NEWCASTLE United fanatic who was diagnosed with a brain tumour on his birthday has been instrumental in raising thousands of pounds for Sir Bobby Robson’s cancer charity.Read

North East agency spending branded ‘obscene’

REGIONAL development bosses have been accused of wasting more than £240,000 of taxpayers’ money on hiring a team to read newspapers.Read

Bobby Robson's fund on course to top £1m

SIR Bobby Robson’s Night of the Knights raised a whopping £185,000 – with more money expected to come in.Read

Newcastle and Sunderland get on for Sir Bobby Robson

TYNE and Wear football rivalries have been cast aside by Sunderland supporters who braved St James’s Park to hand a cheque to Sir Bobby Robson.Read

North ambulance crews and trusts lead country

A HEALTH watchdog report has found that ambulance crews and trusts in the region are among the best in the country.Read

Experts in talks to create £125m fund

THE region’s top financial experts are in talks to create a £125m European investment fund which would see cash made available to small North East businesses struggling to find bank support.Read

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