A £45m city academy in Northumberland would improve educational standards in an area where students gain the worst exam results in the county, it was said yesterday.
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YOUNG people in Gateshead are being urged to take a chlamydia test as part of a national screening programme to help stem the growth of the infection.
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THE impact of the smoking ban is helping smokers in the North-East quit the habit with some of the best performing NHS stop smoking services in the country.
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Trekking through extreme conditions is all part of a day’s work for volunteers of Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team. Chris Robinson is put through his paces in a gruelling training exercise
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A HOLIDAY company has been served with a formal legal notice by council planning watchdogs after starting work too soon on a controversial £5m caravan park expansion in a Northumberland seaside village.
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THE Journal’s campaign to get people buying, using and eating more North-East produce has been given a welcome boost with the news the National Trust is to open a new food shop in the region.
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ONE of the last textile manufacturers in the region has gone into administration. Dewhirst Accessories in Blyth is also understood to have shed dozens of agency staff in the past year as business dried up.
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FOOD-LOVING former policeman Arnold Baker used to look forward to meal times with relish. Now he has to be reminded to eat and drink after undergoing radical weight loss surgery to save his life.
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