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Today's News for 16 October 2007

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Frozen meals ‘could be fatal’ to pensioners

Oct 16 2007

PENSIONERS groups last night warned of extra winter deaths among the elderly if council bosses agree to contract-out meals-on-wheels services. Newcastle Council is considering putting the hot meals service into private hands, which could save the authority £400,000 a year....

Plan for railway museum boost

Oct 16 2007

A £2.5M plan to transform a North railway museum into a Victorian-style tourist attraction befitting the region’s rail heritage has been unveiled....

Wind turbine plans just keep on coming

Oct 16 2007

WIND energy developers have angered a Northumberland community by continuing to submit planning applications for new turbines – before a scheduled public inquiry into the area’s capacity to house them....

Boy, 14 attacks school pupils

Oct 16 2007

A TEACHER and 14 pupils were taken to hospital yesterday after a classmate splashed them in the face with a noxious substance. The boy, aged 14, has been excluded from Westgate Community College in Newcastle after the attack....

Local Hero still the fans’ home banker

Oct 16 2007

THE search for the definitive Newcastle United anthem gathered pace yesterday as The Journal was inundated with responses from fans....

Cloud on sunshine band’s practice plan

Oct 16 2007

A SCHOOL’S plans to build a new music room have hit a wrong note with people living nearby. Villagers fear a calypso steel band could shatter their peace if proposals for a new school music block are allowed....

Making a meal of battle to save reds

Oct 16 2007

DINERS in the North-East could soon be asked to make a meal of protecting the region’s endangered red squirrel....

Bank directors face questioning by MPs

Oct 16 2007

AN influential Commons committee will today quiz Northern Rock bosses as North-East MPs stressed the future of jobs and the Northern Rock Foundation are “absolute priorities”....

Looking for trouble in knife threat town

Oct 16 2007

POLICE yesterday launched a crackdown on troublemakers in a North-East town where an officer was recently threatened at knifepoint....

TA medic may take his job fight to tribunal

Oct 16 2007

A PARAMEDIC who was injured while serving his country in Iraq is preparing to take his bosses to a tribunal, claiming he has been prevented from returning to his protected job....

‘Nice guy’ became a ball of fire

Oct 16 2007

A FATHER-of-three who turned himself into a human fireball in front of dozens of shocked neighbours has died....

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