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Today's News for 28 April 2008

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Rural art projects funding slashed

Apr 28 2008

RURAL arts projects have been hit with massive funding cuts to pay for London’s 2012 Olympic games, it emerged yesterday....

Entrepreneur soaring up the region's rich list

Apr 28 2008

GENEROUS businessman and television star Duncan Bannatyne is the region’s biggest climber in the latest rich list, which was released yesterday....

Durham graduate a victim of the ‘road of death’

Apr 28 2008

A BRITISH student killed on Bolivia’s Road of Death had graduated from Durham University last year....

Critics hit back at the town hall spies

Apr 28 2008

NORTH East council bosses are today accused of using powers designed to fight terrorism to spy on their own taxpayers....

Taste food festival crowd have fine appetites

Apr 28 2008

FOOD fanatics turned out in their droves on Saturday to support The Journal Taste North East England Food and Drink Festival....

North East people fear the worst on old age care

Apr 28 2008

MORE than eight in 10 people in the North East are “very concerned” about the quality of care they will receive when they get old, a survey by Age Concern revealed last night....

Drivers don’t trust congestion tax vow

Apr 28 2008

MOTORISTS across the region would oppose road pricing because they do not trust the Government to treat them fairly, the AA has revealed....

Music Means Life: Karen hits right note with judges

Apr 28 2008

THE first-ever winner of the North East’s huge new X-Factor-style music contest has told The Journal that her dreams have come true....

Farne Islands puffins likely to bite the hand that counts them

Apr 28 2008

A THREE month Puffin count on the Farne Islands is under way in an effort to find how many breeding pairs live there....

Give us longer to decide

Apr 28 2008

A THIRD Northumberland council has called for communities to be given more time to have their say on possible post office closures. ...

RSPCA in plea over dumped animals

Apr 28 2008

MORE and more animals are being abandoned by their owners in the region, new figures have shown....

Mast fight flares again

Apr 28 2008

FAMILIES who won a campaign to remove a phone mast are outraged after two mobile phone giants re-applied for planning permission....

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