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Action on housing tops Brown's new priorities

May 15 2008

PRIME Minister Gordon Brown yesterday put reform of public services and welfare at the heart of his legislative programme for the year, promising to give people more control over healthcare, schools and policing....

Bins crisis delays garden recycling

May 15 2008

AN international plastic bin crisis caused by massive orders from Eastern Europe is thwarting the efforts of green-thinking residents in a Northumberland borough....

Brown rejects huge petition for A1 dualling

May 15 2008

GORDON Brown has rejected calls from thousands of people in the North East to fully dual the A1 through Northumberland to boost safety and economic development....

£15,000 system to beat dinner money bullies

May 15 2008

A NORTH Tyneside school is spending £15,000 on the latest fingerprinting technology to curb bullying at lunchtime. Every child attending Churchill Community College in Howdon, has had their thumb prints scanned ahead of the launch of the new cashless payment system....

Veteran loses fight for life after attack

May 15 2008

A WAR veteran who suffered a savage beating in his Newcastle home has died in hospital, police revealed yesterday....

Rock in £2m arts grants shareout

May 15 2008

THE Northern Rock Foundation yesterday announced it was reopening its grants programme for culture and heritage projects....

Eaterie operator to quit the Baltic

May 15 2008

GATESHEAD’s Baltic arts centre was dealt a blow yesterday with the announcement that the operators of its prestigious rooftop restaurant will move across the River Tyne....

School Awards: Double delight for winning primary

May 15 2008

THERE was double success for a Durham primary at the North East School Awards yesterday....

Talks over future of stately home

May 15 2008

THE owner of one of the region’s most famous and impressive stately homes is in talks with the National Trust over its future....

We want a new kitchen

May 15 2008

A NEW kitchen would be on the menu for the children at a Northumberland school if they were to win a cash prize in The Journal’s Tokens for Schools competition....

Lib Dems choose executive line-up

May 15 2008

LIBERAL Democrats have chosen the eight councillors who will take up the key executive posts in the new minority administration which will run Northumberland County Council....

Flat blast teenager lucky to be alive

May 15 2008

A TEENAGER from the North thought to have been targeted in a house explosion is lucky to be alive, her mother said yesterday....

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