Nov
2007
Articles from 7th Nov 2007
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Region falls behind on business start-ups
Nov 07 2007 | Today's News
THE North-East has 30,000 fewer businesses than it should have, although there are signs a risk-taking culture is beginning to take hold. Read
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Credit cards blunder 'due to human error'
Nov 07 2007 | Today's News
COUNCIL staff responsible for leaking the details of 54,000 credit and debit cards have escaped disciplinary action, it emerged last night. Read
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Chaos as plan for academy is rejected
Nov 07 2007 | Today's News
A CONTROVERSIAL bid to create Northumberland’s first city academy was in turmoil last night after education chiefs were told to look for a different site for the flagship school. Read
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Bad mark for buildings but praise for school achievements
Nov 07 2007 | Today's News
CLASSROOM watchdogs have highlighted growing parental concerns about the condition of buildings at an ageing Northumberland school which were recently branded “appalling” by a local MP. Read
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‘Passing buck’ on bin taxes
Nov 07 2007 | Today's News
MINISTERS are facing claims of trying to introduce controversial new bin taxes by “passing the buck” on to councils. Read
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Rocket terror for girl, nine in her bath
Nov 07 2007 | Today's News
A YOUNG girl was left “hysterical” after a firework blasted through the bathroom window of her family’s home while she was in the bath. Read
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Locals against boundary plans
Nov 07 2007 | Today's News
RESIDENTS of Northumberland’s National Park turned out to voice their views against settlement boundaries plans. Read
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Condemn leader call to Lib Dems
Nov 07 2007 | Today's News
LIBERAL Democrats in Newcastle are being called on to denounce comments made by the party’s acting leader about Northern Rock. Read
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Victim of Lotto rapist ‘can claim’
Nov 07 2007 | Today's News
THE woman attacked by lottery- winning rapist Iorworth Hoare looks “almost certain” to have won her legal fight in the House of Lords, her lawyers claimed last night. Read
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Demolition starts on infamous Gateshead car park
Nov 07 2007 | Today's News
THE FIRST stages of demolition work that will see Gateshead’s infamous Get Carter car park knocked down began yesterday. Read
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Band delight as team run out to their song
Nov 07 2007 | Today's News
TWO life-long Newcastle United fans yesterday spoke of their pride at hearing their own music played as the team’s new pre-match song. Read
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Cafe poppy box stolen
Nov 07 2007 | Today's News
BRITISH Transport Police are appealing for information after three men made off with a poppy collection box. Read
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Every picture tells a story of community
Nov 07 2007 | Today's News
FIVE Tyneside communities have charted the impact of successive regeneration schemes on their areas over the decades. Read
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Players in a hole lot of bother on pitch
Nov 07 2007 | Today's News
TURF experts have been called in to investigate the mysterious holes that have started to appear in the pitch of a Northumberland town’s football club. Read
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MPs call for scrutiny bid to go ahead
Nov 07 2007 | Today's News
MINISTERS are under pressure over claims that proposals to hand North-East MPs more power to hold the Government to account over its regional record may be ditched. Read
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IT expert hopes for medal glory in Japan
Nov 07 2007 | Today's News
TWO computer experts from Northumberland are off to Japan to take part in an international competition known as the Olympic Games of vocational skills. Read
