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Martin's flying start to keep track of feathered friends

JournalLive — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

TEN years of collecting have given ornithologist Martin Davison a flying start on the task of keeping track of a rare bird of prey. Kielder Water & Forest Park in Northumberland is one of only two strongholds in the country for the goshawk.

Martin's flying start to keep track of feathered friends

JournalLive — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

South Tyneside Council gives firms rent-free opportunity

JournalLive — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

RISING stars of the North East’s eco-industries could secure a new home courtesy of South Tyneside Council.

North East rural areas at risk by planning systems reforms

JournalLive — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

MOR than half of England’s countryside – including swathes of the North East – could be at increased risk from development as a consequence of the Government’s reforms of the planning system, a report warns today.

Branching out to help save a piece of ancient woodland

JournalLive — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

MANY a happy childhood hour was spent by Noelle Wright in the woods near her home. She grew up at Hartford Bridge next to Plessey Woods in Northumberland.

Community archaeology project success leads to more North East digs

JournalLive — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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

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

JournalLive — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:26:00 GMT

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

Wouldhave House in South Shields set for demolition

JournalLive — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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

Cramlington Learning Village pupils scoop first prize in national event

JournalLive — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

ECO-FRIENDLY pupils are celebrating after “going for gold” and being crowned national champions in a prestigious schools business competition.

Count birds in your garden to help predict early trends

JournalLive — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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

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

JournalLive — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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

Discovery Museum in Newcastle plans new gallery

JournalLive — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:20:00 GMT

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.

North East coast fly-tippers hunted by Environment Agency

JournalLive — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

FLY-TIPPERS are being hunted after repeatedly blighting the North East coastline with bags of rubbish and cut-up supermarket carrier bags.

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

JournalLive — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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

North East museums celebrate £20m funding boost

JournalLive — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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

Archaeological dig at High Level Bridge reveals secrets

JournalLive — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:27:00 GMT

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.

Christine’s hens are helping to fund fairtrade businesses

JournalLive — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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

Durham Wildlife Trust map project explores green benefits

JournalLive — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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

Save Gosforth Wildlife campaigners to stage protest walk

JournalLive — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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.

North Tyneside Winter Snaps photo contest is victim of mild weather

JournalLive — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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