Oct
2007
Articles from 18th Oct 2007
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Rivals set to make S&N bid
Oct 18 2007 | Today's News
BREWER Scottish & Newcastle has described a joint takeover bid by Carlsberg and Heineken as “unsolicited and unwelcome”. Read
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The lost masterpiece
Oct 18 2007 | Today's News
ONE of the North-East’s finest views may soon have a £2.5m price tag slapped on it. A lost painting of Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland by Britain’s greatest watercolourist JMW Turner has surfaced after more than a century. Read
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‘Wrong head count robs city of £2.4m’
Oct 18 2007 | Today's News
GOVERNMENT spending chiefs could short-change Newcastle Council by more than £2.4m as they continue to use outdated population figures, it was said last night. Read
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Hotel plan by Duke is facing rejection
Oct 18 2007 | Today's News
A BID by the Duke of Northumberland to build a major new hotel for visitors to his ancestral home town could be scuppered by council planners next week. Read
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School celebrates change of fortunes
Oct 18 2007 | Today's News
A NEWCASTLE school which was once judged as having serious weaknesses was celebrating a remarkable change in fortunes yesterday after being given an “outstanding” rating by education inspectors for the first time. Read
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Steady interest good for Rock
Oct 18 2007 | Today's News
THE news that interest rates are to be kept on hold will come as a huge relief to struggling bank Northern Rock, according to financial experts. Read
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Laughter truly is best medicine
Oct 18 2007 | Today's News
CLOWNING around was the order of the day at a special first birthday party for the Clown Doctors. Read
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Mum-to-be will fight on to keep baby
Oct 18 2007 | Today's News
A PREGNANT woman who has been told by social services that her child will be taken from her at birth has had her appeal against the ruling turned down. Read
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Local schools support their Rugby World Cup stars
Oct 18 2007 | Today's News
MILLIONS of rugby fans across the world will be glued to their televisions at 8pm this Saturday. Read
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Our hospitals best in country – study
Oct 18 2007 | Today's News
NHS care in the North-East is the best in the country, according to ratings published today by an independent watchdog. Read
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Class is breath of fresh air for cancer patients
Oct 18 2007 | Today's News
A BREAST cancer survivor fighting her illness with fitness is urging other women to join a new exercise class, believed to be the only one of its kind in the North-East. Read
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Sport plan may be scratched in row over £16m
Oct 18 2007 | Today's News
AMBITIOUS plans to build a £25m sports village on the site of a former steelworks are in jeopardy after councillors failed to back their leader. Read
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Who can stop Hero?
Oct 18 2007 | Today's News
HUNDREDS of fans have joined the campaign to get their favourite anthem back on the playlist at St James’s Park. Read
