A RAILWAY tunnel beneath the Pennines could hold the secret to the North’s high-speed rail ambitions – but only if the Government acts now to save it.
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A BLEAK future was painted for the North-East’s non-emergency 101 number last night after one of its biggest champions revealed that the region has not yet found a way to pay for it.
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A YOUNG woman who fought bone cancer is to be on the judging panel of an innovative North-East music competition aimed at raising funds for teenage cancer victims.
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NORTHERN Rock bosses have been accused of carrying out a “piecemeal sell-off” of the bank’s assets after it sold £2.2bn worth of its mortgage book to a US investment bank.
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A DRINK-DRIVER left a scene of devastation when he rammed his car into a couple’s home in the middle of the night as they slept, a court heard yesterday.
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A BID for more housebuilding in the wooded grounds of a historic Northumberland mansion could be rejected amid claims it is simply an attempt to tackle serious financial losses on the flagship restoration project.
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