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May 10 2008
A £300m film studio and education complex, on land near where Billy Elliot danced, came a step nearer yesterday.
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May 10 2008
POLICE chiefs in the region have denied going soft on Asbos after new figures revealed the number issued has more than halved in some areas....
May 10 2008
AN accounts manager was behind bars last night after repaying her employer’s trust by swindling him out of more than £200,000 in a carefully-worked fraud....
May 10 2008
THE biggest names in North East football last night came together to back Sir Bobby Robson’s fundraising mission....
May 10 2008
THIEVES risked their lives and caused commuter chaos when they stripped huge lengths of copper cable from the side of a Tyneside Metro station yesterday....
May 10 2008
URBAN housing pressures are at an all time high, whether renting or trying to buy your first home. As the Government looks for ways of solving the nation’s housing woes, Northern housing organisations are facing increasing pressure on their dwindling resources. Adrian Pearson reports....
May 10 2008
LAST Saturday, I wrote in this column that despite Labour’s abysmal performance in the local elections, I did not detect any appetite in the party for another change of leadership....
May 10 2008
NEWSCASTER George Alagiah was in the North East yesterday to spread the message of ethical trading. Speaking in his role as patron of the Fairtrade Foundation, the renowned journalist spoke to business people, children and families as part of the EAT! Newcastle Gateshead Festival....
May 10 2008
THE number of North East families losing their homes under a Labour Government is rising, with some parts of the region seeing the number of court orders for repossessions increase by more than 100%.
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May 10 2008
TOMORROW’s 12th University Boat Race on the Tyne promises to be a classic. As rowers from Newcastle and Durham Universities prepare for their annual battle for supremacy, confidence in both camps is high following outstanding performances by rowers at the recent national British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) championship....
May 10 2008
UNIVERSITY chiefs in Sunderland yesterday revealed £75m plans to transform its city centre campus. The scheme on Chester Road includes a sport and recreation facility, hotel and conferencing facilities, student accommodation and University Square....
May 10 2008
A NORTHUMBERLAND man injured in an explosion at his remote rural home yesterday admitted a string of explosive and firearms offences....
May 10 2008
CONTROVERSIAL transport charges for hundreds of A-level and college students in Northumberland are to be scrapped as soon as practically possible following the shake-up of political control in the county....
