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Today's News for 27 March 2008

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La Sagesse private school in Jesmond

La Sagesse private school forced to shut down Mar 27 2008

ONE of the North East’s leading private schools will close this summer after the group of nuns who founded it tripled the rent, The Journal can reveal.Read

Watchdog’s failings let bank slide into crisis Mar 27 2008

THE crisis that engulfed Northern Rock was compounded by unacceptable failings by the country’s financial industry regulator, it yesterday admitted.Read

Champions of local food are abandoned Mar 27 2008

A FOOD agency set up to promote the best in regional produce has been scrapped by Government cuts.Read

Ministers told to back Metro system revamp Mar 27 2008

BUSINESS leaders will urge the Government to put plans for an improved Metro system in the region’s economic masterplan.Read

Parkinson's victim offers to be guinea pig Mar 27 2008

A NORTH businessman who suffers from Parkinson’s disease has condemned the use of hybrid embryos for medical research, even though scientists claim the technique could eventually lead to a cure for the condition.Read

Call for probe into charity Mar 27 2008

FINANCIAL watchdogs have been urged to investigate a registered charity tasked with providing facilities for a former steel town after it failed to submit accounts for the past three years.Read

Council closes door on Corbridge skate park row Mar 27 2008

A PARISH council accused of trying to cover up a blunder that saw a new skateboard park built in the wrong place last night turned residents away while members discussed the matter in private.Read

'Don't let our far horizons be spoilt' say wind farm protesters Mar 27 2008

COUNCILLORS who will today vote on three wind farm applications in Northumberland are being begged not to allow the Secret Kingdom to become a turbine landscape.Read

Lessons to be learned from Rock says FSA Mar 27 2008

THE Financial Services Authority yesterday promised to “learn lessons” from failings over Northern Rock.Read

Dog-free beach success Mar 27 2008

OBEDIANT dog owners have been given a pat on the head for not flouting a controversial ban on taking their pets onto a Northumberland beach.Read

Shilly-chaleting about Mar 27 2008

A CHALET that teeters on the edge of an eroded cliff has been pulled out of an auction amid a planning wrangle.Read

GNR founder supports new fitness drive Mar 27 2008

ORGANISERS of one of the region’s biggest events have thrown their weight behind a £2m campaign encouraging Britons to get fit and stay healthy.Read

Proud to have Sir Bobby on her team Mar 27 2008

Sir Bobby Robson has launched a £500,000 cancer fundraising mission in thanks to Newcastle doctor Ruth Plummer for saving his life. Chief reporter Paul James meets the future director of the football legend’s cancer research centre.Read

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