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Today's News for 4 February 2008

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Roads millions go down the drain

Feb 4 2008

THE Department for Transport is under renewed fire for failing to fund crucial North-East road upgrades after it emerged its IT programme is set to over-run by £107m....

Cancer survivor Kim signs up for race

Feb 4 2008

A COURAGEOUS mum-of-two who has survived cancer twice is helping to launch Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life and is inviting other women from the regions to join her....

Three bids expected for Northern Rock

Feb 4 2008

THREE bids for Northern Rock are expected to be submitted today. Gordon Brown is preparing to pick the future owner of the bank – and nationalisation is still not ruled out. ...

Closure of schools ‘alast resort’– minister

Feb 4 2008

THE Minister for Schools yesterday moved to quell fears that surplus places could cause a raft of primary school closures in the region....

CCTV eye on school buses

Feb 4 2008

SCHOOL buses in Northumberland are to be kitted out with CCTV cameras in a pilot project aimed at improving pupil safety....

Tory MP hits back over Commons expenses

Feb 4 2008

THE MP at the centre of a controversy over House of Commons expenses has declared: “I am not a crook.”...

Readers get a taste for North-East food

Feb 4 2008

SUPPORT for The Journal Taste North East England Campaign food charter is coming from far and wide....

Land girls deserve more, insists RAF veteran

Feb 4 2008

A VETERAN of the Second World War has said he is furious that the Land Girls have only been recognised for their efforts by a badge....

Pray for me, Kenya charity man tells wife

Feb 4 2008

THE wife of a missionary who is struggling to escape troubled Kenya has described the stress of knowing her husband is in such a dangerous place....

Thaw frees trapped drivers

Feb 4 2008

THE blizzards may be gone, but they are continuing to have knock-on effects in the region....

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