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Oct 8 2007
CLOCK-watching has taken on a whole new meaning for pupils at one school. The head of Monkseaton Community High School, North Tyneside, says short, punchy, fact-filled lessons are the way ahead.
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Oct 8 2007
A MARRIED couple were killed in a house fire yesterday – just months after tying the knot. Neighbours on Wharton Street, South Shields, yesterday told of their shock at losing what one woman described as "the perfect couple"....
Oct 8 2007
A RECYCLING scheme is being extended to 8,000 extra homes in Northumberland....
Oct 8 2007
HOUSE prices have rocketed and disposable income has dropped – the depressing results of two North-East reports....
Oct 8 2007
NORTH-East MPs are today winding down from the election-footing that had caused so much speculation in recent weeks....
Oct 8 2007
NEWCASTLE United yesterday rubbished fresh speculation that owner Mike Ashley is trying to sell the club....
Oct 8 2007
VANDALS wrecked the grave of a grandfather who died after a battle with leukaemia....
Oct 8 2007
A BREAST cancer survivor is calling on local people to step out in aid of Cancer Research UK....
Oct 8 2007
NORTH-East MPs are today winding down from the election-footing that had caused so much speculation in recent weeks....
Oct 8 2007
NEWCASTLE United yesterday rubbished fresh speculation that owner Mike Ashley is trying to sell the club....
Oct 8 2007
NORTH-East cities must stop competing with each other and instead build their own distinct identity, according to planning experts....
Oct 8 2007
VANDALS wrecked the grave of a grandfather who died after a battle with leukaemia. Former miner James Brown is buried in Lynemouth cemetery, but twice in the last week his grave has been vandalised by yobs, bringing misery to his family....
Oct 8 2007
A RECYCLING scheme is being extended to 8,000 extra homes in Northumberland. Tynedale Council already provides brown wheelie bins to 7,000 households in Hexham, Prudhoe and Wylam, with more than 1,000 tonnes of grass, branches and other plants being collected each year....
Oct 8 2007
THE campaign to save Northern Rock from a cut price takeover has been strengthened by reports that the troubled bank has been offered a financial lifeline worth up to £10bn....
Oct 8 2007
HOUSE prices have rocketed and disposable income has dropped – the depressing results of two North-East reports....
Oct 8 2007
A BREAST cancer survivor is calling on local people to step out in aid of Cancer Research UK....
Oct 8 2007
NORTH-East cities must stop competing with each other and instead build their own distinct identity, according to planning experts....
Oct 8 2007
GATESHEAD residents staged an ‘Independence Day’ protest against plans to demolish their homes....