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Today's News for 18 March 2008

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2,000 Northern Rock jobs to go

Mar 18 2008

NORTHERN Rock will today announce plans to make a third of its workforce redundant. At least 2,000 staff will be axed over the next three years as the bank changes to conform with European Union rules on state aid....

Mills and boom

Mar 18 2008

HEATHER Mills will walk away from her four-year marriage to Sir Paul McCartney with £24.3m....

Mechanic who had sex with girl, 13, spared jail

Mar 18 2008

A MECHANIC who had sex with a 13-year-old girl after taking her for a McDonald’s meal has escaped a jail sentence because of what a judge described yesterday as “exceptional circumstances”....

North man held in £21.5m drugs bust

Mar 18 2008

A NORTH man was being held in a Spanish police cell last night, accused of trying to smuggle more than half a tonne of cocaine through the Mediterranean....

North ‘loses’ £102m

Mar 18 2008

THE North East faces losing £102m in Lottery funding because the London 2012 Olympics budget has run “scandalously out of control”, it was yesterday claimed....

Drunken teen bit pigeon’s head off

Mar 18 2008

A DRUNKEN teenager who killed a wild pigeon by biting its head off felt ashamed and was physically sick after he sobered up and realised what he had done, a court heard yesterday....

Couple in fear of turbines

Mar 18 2008

A COUPLE who live half a mile from the site of a proposed wind farm fear they could be surrounded by turbines after learning of another possible development near their home....

Sex bias tribunal retires

Mar 18 2008

A FIRM of solicitors specialising in employment law is this morning beginning an anxious wait to discover whether an employment tribunal has judged that it discriminated against a pregnant employee....

Study backs home work

Mar 18 2008

WORKING from home reduces stress in employees but leads to them worrying about career progression, according to research by a North East think tank....

We’re shown smart way to save £50m

Mar 18 2008

HOUSEHOLDS in the North East could save nearly £50m a year and cut carbon emissions by 300,000 tonnes by switching to smart meters, says new research....

Firm faces £½m arson attack bill

Mar 18 2008

THE boss of a family coach firm spoke of her “utter devastation” last night after arsonists caused more than half a million pounds damage to her vehicles....

Teenager punched to death in controversy club

Mar 18 2008

A TEENAGER has been arrested after the victim of a nightclub dance floor attack died of his injuries yesterday afternoon....

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