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Today's News for 3 April 2008

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Family win 11-year compensation battle

Apr 3 2008

A FAMILY were yesterday celebrating the end of an 11-year battle to gain compensation for the mistakes that led to their son being born severely disabled....

£2m award for boy disabled at birth

Apr 3 2008

A MOTHER who says her son was born disabled because of a six-hour delay in transferring her to a general hospital during labour received £2m compensation yesterday....

Pitiful – what we’re given for transport

Apr 3 2008

LABOUR transport spending boasts have been exposed as a sham after research revealed North road and train standards have made the region’s cities among the worst in Europe....

Judge rejects case for speed loophole

Apr 3 2008

A POTENTIAL legal loophole which could have allowed hundreds of motorists to have their speeding convictions rescinded was closed yesterday by a court ruling that a temporary speed limit imposed on the A1 road was valid....

Nude TV appearance is just what the part demanded

Apr 3 2008

APPEARING nude in front of a television audience of millions was all in a day’s work for a Northumberland woman....

Mum hits out in ongoing education row

Apr 3 2008

A MOTHER is accusing a council of denying her son his right to a proper education after he was refused access to a Northumberland middle school....

‘She’s too good for Sir Alan’

Apr 3 2008

THE boss of one of this year’s Apprentice con- testants has begun his own appraisal of her performances on the show....

Stand Rock solid – TUC

Apr 3 2008

EUROPEAN competition chiefs were yesterday urged to support Northern Rock after launching a formal probe into whether its business plan meets state aid rules....

North MP backs anti-terror plans

Apr 3 2008

A NORTH MP has backed the Government’s anti-terror plans after being caught up in the 2005 suicide bombings in London and not knowing if his stepdaughter was alive....

Ridiculous cycle lanes sighted

Apr 3 2008

SIGHTINGS of ridiculous cycle lanes have flooded in, all vying to be the country’s shortest bike route. In The Journal yesterday, we reported how triathlete Karl McCracken discovered a 10-metre cycle lane outside the new Gateshead College campus....

We must have a public inquiry into care home

Apr 3 2008

A FORMER nurse who blew the whistle on shocking conditions in a North East care home has demanded assurances that standards are better at the new centre....

Bobby’s delight at appeal support

Apr 3 2008

SIR Bobby Robson yesterday revealed he has been overwhelmed at the early support for his new cancer foundation....

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