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State of the North’s wildlife is revealed by naturalists May 18 2013

NEXT week, scientists working with 25 wildlife organisations will release a major State of Nature report which takes stock of species across the UK.Read

6,500 young people stuck on the dole as figures rocket May 18 2013

THE number of young people stuck on the dole for more than a year in the North East has gone up by more than eight times in two years,.Read

Farne Islands' wardens count cost of poor weather on Puffin population May 17 2013

IT will be a nippy time for wardens on the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast – and not just because of the cold weather.Read

Newcastle Theatre Royal learning project faces the axe May 16 2013

A THEATRE learning programme which provides opportunities for more than 20,000 people a year could be slashed following council funding cuts.Read

Unsafe Heaton Methodist Church tower is being demolished May 16 2013

A LANDMARK church tower is being demolished because of safety concerns.Read

Film in plea for North East red squirrel spotters' stories May 15 2013

RED squirrel fans in the North East are being invited to contribute to a film on 30 years of fighting to save the native animals.Read

Pocket park opens at end on Stowell Street in Newcastle's Chinatown May 15 2013

A POCKET park with an Oriental flavour was opened yesterday at the end of a street lined with Chinese restaurants.Read

Bid to protect Northumberland barn at heart of historic site May 14 2013

A PROTECTIVE steel “umbrella” is planned for a key building in one of the richest historical landscapes in the North East.Read

Voyage almost over for Tyneside-built HMS Illustrious - GALLERY May 14 2013

MORE than 30 years ago, shipyard workers on the Tyne were called on to finish work on the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious as the Falklands War broke out.Read

Northern Rock investors won't get compensation rules Court of Appeal May 13 2013

INVESTORS who lost billions when Northern Rock was nationalised to save the banking system from collapse will go without a penny in compensation after a Court of Appeal ruling.Read

Kirsty Armstrong sculpts a tribute to a champion of the Pennines May 11 2013

WHILE working on designs for a memorial award, sculptor Kirsty Armstrong didn’t have to look far for inspiration.Read

County is warned of the menace of TB May 11 2013

NORTHUMBERLAND’S rural economy will be devastated if bovine TB arrives in the county, Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has warned.Read

Washington Wetland Centre welcomes new flamingos May 04 2013

FOR the last five years, the flamingos at a North East wetland site have failed to breed.Read

Only way is down for landmark steps May 04 2013

ESCALATORS which are believed to be the longest of their type in the world have had their ups and downs over the last 60 years.Read

Northumberland farmers and landowners back bumblebee protection scheme May 03 2013

HUNGRY bees emerging in unpredictable spring weather are being given a helping hand in Northumberland.Read

South Tyneside GP Dr Rajith Ramachandran struck off for groping teen May 01 2013

A GP on Tyneside who groped a teenage student for his own sexual gratification has been struck off.Read

What the citizen scientists found in shoreline survey Apr 27 2013

SO what did 357 people find in almost three years of searching the North East coastline?Read

Train passengers to benefit from library at Hexham Station Apr 26 2013

TRAIN passengers in the North East might be hoping for delays after a library was set up in a train station.Read

North East students have designs on helping museums to raise cash Apr 25 2013

MUSEUMS have been given a helping hand by a North East university as they struggle to deal with funding cuts.Read

The Journal Culture Awards honours heroes of the arts - GALLERY Apr 23 2013

CHEERS rang out from Durham Cathedral last night as the great and the good of the North East’s cultural contingent gathered to celebrate all that had been achieved last year.Read