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Today's News for 11 March 2008

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Experts claim turbines bad and coal power good

Mar 11 2008

NATIONAL air traffic control bosses are to tell a Northumberland wind farm inquiry that allowing the turbines to be built would be disastrous for the environment....

Cousins in bid to buy Jackson’s Neverland

Mar 11 2008

TWO North East property tycoons claim to have launched an audacious bid to buy Michael Jackson’s fantasy estate, Neverland....

Multi-million pound bill for Rock advice

Mar 11 2008

MINISTERS were last night blasted over a “shocking” bill for consultants hired to advise on Northern Rock and missing data....

North / South divide widens on Facebook

Mar 11 2008

A BIT of banter between two pals about whether the North is better than the South has sparked off a worldwide web war of words, with nearly 200,000 people taking sides....

‘Tackle rural homes crisis’

Mar 11 2008

COUNTRYSIDE campaigners are urging the Chancellor to think rural as he puts the final touches to his first budget....

Produce on show to tempt the trade

Mar 11 2008

FOOD-BASED businesses from across the region descended on north Northumberland yesterday to meet the cream of local producers....

Region’s smokers are urged to quit

Mar 11 2008

ONE in five of smokers in the North East have cut down since the introduction of smoke-free legislation and millions more plan to quit, new research suggests....

Attacker knifed three of his own family members

Mar 11 2008

A KNIFEMAN who attacked three members of his own family was told by a judge yesterday he was lucky not to be facing a life sentence for murder....

Outrage as thieves take war memorial plaque

Mar 11 2008

THIEVES have vandalised a war memorial and stolen a plaque which lists the names of a village’s heroes....

Accolade for Vardy school

Mar 11 2008

A SCHOOL sponsored by a business leader at the centre of a political row over education in the North has been officially recognised as the most improved academy in the country....

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