Feb
2008
Articles from 27th Feb 2008
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North bucks truancy trend
Feb 27 2008 | Today's News
SCHOOL truancy levels in the North East have fallen in the last year, new figures have revealed. Read
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Family take web by storm
Feb 27 2008 | Today's News
A FAMILY whose Northern take on a Seventies pop classic has taken the internet by storm have told of their surprise at becoming the centre of a media manhunt. Read
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Top marks for super school given by Sir Al
Feb 27 2008 | Today's News
CHILDREN’S champion Sir Al Aynsley Green returned to his North East roots yesterday to praise a pioneering educational partnership project in a former pit town. Read
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Battered by winds gusting to 80mph
Feb 27 2008 | Today's News
GALE force winds battered the North East yesterday, causing traffic chaos and destruction. Read
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Labour of love for writer
Feb 27 2008 | Today's News
As plans were examined yesterday for a major upgrade of a town’s seafront, Environment Editor Tony Henderson talks to a man with a passion for a coastal park. Read
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Officer’s attacker escapes jail term
Feb 27 2008 | Today's News
A DRUNKEN yob who attacked a policeman has been spared prison. Gareth Downey had drunk more than 20 whiskies and taken five ecstasy tablets when he launched the attack on PC Ali Dent. Read
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Woman, 51, punched as bag is stolen
Feb 27 2008 | Today's News
POLICE moved to quell neighbours’ fears in Sunderland yesterday after a woman was repeatedly punched in the face for her handbag in broad daylight. Read
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This isn’t a very public humiliation
Feb 27 2008 | Today's News
Days after Northern Rock was returned to public ownership, Journal business writer Karen Dent asks why has nationalisation got an image problem? Read
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Tesco admits defeat over Alnwick store
Feb 27 2008 | Today's News
SUPERMARKET firm Tesco has admitted defeated after a long-running battle to open a store in a Northumberland market town. Read
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Reeves enjoys a Big Day Out with apprentices
Feb 27 2008 | Today's News
COMEDIAN Vic Reeves put himself at the mercy of a man with a cut throat razor when he enjoyed a Big Day Out in the North East yesterday. Read
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Man jailed for string of sex attacks on children
Feb 27 2008 | Today's News
A WOMAN subjected to a series of childhood sex attacks has spoken of her relief after her tormentor was jailed indefinitely for the protection of the public. Read
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Why we need to get up to speed
Feb 27 2008 | Today's News
PRESSURE was mounting on regional spending chiefs last night to hand out cash that could bring an ultra high speed link to the North. Read
