Apr
2008
Articles from 9th Apr 2008
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Stark warning of problems ahead
Apr 09 2008 | Today's News
FINANCIAL experts have warned that the North East could be the UK’s worst-hit region as the global credit crunch continues. Read
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What you eat ‘can change the climate’
Apr 09 2008 | Today's News
CUT the heat by what you eat. That’s will be the message from a Northumberland lecturer tomorrow who will call on people to reduce greenhouse emissions by changing their diet. Read
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Can coal power make a clean break?
Apr 09 2008 | Today's News
FOR years now it has been touted as the way forward in the polarised debate between supporters of a future for Britain’s mining industry and those who say continuing to produce energy from coal is a one-way street to environmental ruin. Read
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Facial look can be a giveaway
Apr 09 2008 | Today's News
PEOPLE’S attitude towards sex may be given away by the look on their face, according to new research. The study into attractiveness and how we find a mate has confirmed that young heterosexual men and women are looking for complete opposites when it comes to relationships. Read
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Cash blow for museums
Apr 09 2008 | Today's News
ARTS groups in the region are to be hit with a double whammy as a culture quango closes down an office set up to help local museums and cuts funding for projects across the North East. Read
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Mr Big of drugs to pay back £1m haul
Apr 09 2008 | Today's News
AN international drug dealer who indulged his taste for high living has been ordered to pay back almost £1m in assets in the biggest confiscation order ever secured by Northumbria Police. Read
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Two admit killing dad in early morning attack
Apr 09 2008 | Today's News
TWO men are facing jail after admitting killing a Northumberland father in an early morning street attack. Read
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Former council officer in child sex case dies
Apr 09 2008 | Today's News
A FORMER North East council spokesman who took a drugs overdose as he was about to face a child sex trial has died. Roger Neville, who worked for Northumberland County Council and Newcastle City Council, was due to face a jury last week. Read
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Missing walkers found safe by helicopter crew
Apr 09 2008 | Today's News
AN RAF helicopter was mobilised to help search for three police workers who became lost in the Northumberland countryside. Read
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Rivals raise voices to boost new care unit
Apr 09 2008 | Today's News
BUDDING singers yesterday took to the stage for the semi-final of an X Factor-style competition to raise £1.9m for a new teenage cancer care unit. Read
