Mar
2008
Articles from 19th Mar 2008
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Double celebration for Ylana
Mar 19 2008 | Today's News
THERE was icing on the celebration cake yesterday as campaigner Ylana First travelled to London to receive her MBE award at Buckingham Palace. Read
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Showtime for the big breakfast
Mar 19 2008 | Today's News
WHAT’S your preferred foodie start to the day? Muesli and milk? Toast and marmalade? Or are you a coffee and croissant on the run type of person? Read
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‘Picture is rosy’ for staff seeking work
Mar 19 2008 | Today's News
THE man tasked with finding work for the thousands of Northern Rock staff facing the axe has said the North East is “remarkably well placed” to handle the redundancies. Read
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Planners say back these wind farms
Mar 19 2008 | Today's News
COUNCILLORS in Northumberland will next week be advised to approve two controversial wind farm applications but refuse a third. Read
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Mother’s tribute to popular, caring son
Mar 19 2008 | Today's News
THE mother of a man who died after being felled by a single punch on a dance floor paid tribute to her son yesterday. Read
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Staff escape as blaze hits revamped hotel
Mar 19 2008 | Today's News
FIRE has ripped through upper floors of a hotel and restaurant in a Northumberland town, days before it was to reopen following a refit. Read
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Heather Mills hammered in judge's verdict
Mar 19 2008 | Today's News
HEATHER Mills’s evidence at her divorce hearing against Sir Paul McCartney was branded inaccurate and less than candid yesterday. Read
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Reward for passer-by blaze hero
Mar 19 2008 | Today's News
A PASSER-BY who put his life at risk to rescue a depressed mother-of-two after she set fire to her home has been praised by a court for his bravery. Read
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Suspected murderer is still on the loose
Mar 19 2008 | Today's News
A DRUG dealer wanted for a gangland shooting on Tyneside has gone to the top of a Most Wanted list after becoming one of just two villains on the run from police on the Costa del Crime. Read
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Rock boss tells of vision for a trouble-free future
Mar 19 2008 | Today's News
NORTHERN Rock boss Ron Sandler is today reviewing his workforce as he decides which staff members will be among the thousands set to leave the company. Read
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Villagers boosted by memorial offer
Mar 19 2008 | Today's News
A GOOD Samaritan has come forward to help replace a war memorial plaque stolen from a Northumberland village. Read
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Blood clot from injured ankle killed motorbiker
Mar 19 2008 | Today's News
A KEEN motorcyclist died from an extremely rare medical complication less than two months after breaking his ankle in a biking accident, an inquest heard yesterday. Read
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Pleasures and pitfalls of being born into a business
Mar 19 2008 | Today's News
The problem with family businesses these days can be keeping them in the family, as Karen Dent discovers from some of the biggest corporate families in the region. Read
