Nov
2007
Articles from 19th Nov 2007
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Thousands see top soap stars light up the skies
Nov 19 2007 | Today's News
SCREAMING teenagers greeted Coronation Street stars who switched on Durham’s Christmas lights yesterday. Read
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Buyers may get benefit of loans
Nov 19 2007 | Today's News
CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling is understood to be working on plans to allow Northern Rock’s rescue loan to be extended to any buyer of the crisis-hit Newcastle bank. Read
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MPs applaud our big campaign
Nov 19 2007 | Today's News
THE successful Go For Jobs campaign is to be praised in the Houses of Parliament after a two- year battle between the North- East and the Highways Agency. Read
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Urban bias deprives countryside – claim
Nov 19 2007 | Today's News
THE Government’s top countryside expert has warned that the nation’s “in-built urban bias” is causing rising deprivation in areas such as Northumberland. Read
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Nurses want more hospital protection
Nov 19 2007 | Today's News
NURSES are calling for more protection in busy hospital wards after a police presence in Newcastle General Hospital has brought down the number of attacks on staff. Read
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Kayakers help stuck ducks get paddling
Nov 19 2007 | Today's News
THE sight of 20,000 plastic ducks being tipped into the River Wear is fast becoming as seasonal as turkey and tinsel in Durham. Read
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Coastal village captured in time
Nov 19 2007 | Today's News
HUNDREDS of photographs of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, taken by residents on one day this summer, are to go on display next week. Read
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Revamp hope in Chinatown
Nov 19 2007 | Today's News
A £220,000 bid to revamp Newcastle’s Chinatown has been revealed. The plans include pedestrianising Stowell Street, lighting up its Chinese Arch and adding a host of new oriental lighting to the streetscene. Read
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‘Give us inside story on schools’
Nov 19 2007 | Today's News
AN MP yesterday urged education bosses to do their homework before pressing ahead with three controversial academies. Read
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Mum’s the word in baby news success
Nov 19 2007 | Today's News
A NORTH-East project that gives advice to new mums and dads could be rolled out nationally after its success with families in the region. Read
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Tributes to war hero killed in road smash
Nov 19 2007 | Today's News
FRIENDS and neighbours of a North-East war hero who died when he was crushed by a Land Rover paid tribute yesterday to “a true gentleman”. Read
