Mar
2009
Articles from 30th Mar 2009
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Public to vote on community service schemes for criminals
Mar 30 2009 | Today's News
A WEBSITE will allow the North East public to vote on community service schemes for criminals from today. Read
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Ofsted issue Coquet High School with 'notice to improve'
Mar 30 2009 | Today's News
A SCHOOL in Northumberland has been issued with a “notice to improve” following a poor Ofsted inspection. Read
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Opera bow makes Sparkie the budgie talk of the town
Mar 30 2009 | Today's News
SPARKIE the budgie was back in his native North East last night after bringing the house down in Berlin. Read
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Calls to postpone Berwick wind farm inquiry
Mar 30 2009 | Today's News
OPPONENTS of three proposed wind farms in Northumberland last night called for a public inquiry to be postponed, after plans for a new scheme were submitted. Read
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Battling runner George Nicholson is up for award
Mar 30 2009 | Today's News
FOR George Nicholson, missing a Great North Run is unthinkable. The 61-year-old has taken part in every single run since the event was launched in 1981. Read
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Councillor braced for Northumberland council reorganisation
Mar 30 2009 | Today's News
On Wednesday, the bFORMER miner John Devon has been through the two biggest town hall reorganisations in Northumberland’s history – but he describes the current shake-up as ‘mayhem’ compared to the last one.iggest local government shake-up for decades comes into force in Northumberland and Durham when the current councils merge into two unitary authorities. In the first of a three-day series, Dave Black talks to one man braced for his second council reorganisation. Read
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Bring Lindisfarne Gospels back home, says Bishop of Durham
Mar 30 2009 | Today's News
THE Bishop of Durham has backed calls for the Lindisfarne Gospels to be permanently moved back to their “natural home”. Read
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Betrayed wife of Ian Suffield tells of her 'living hell'
Mar 30 2009 | Today's News
A BETRAYED ex-wife spoke of her anger last night after her former husband was convicted of forging her signature to pay legal fees in a bitter divorce case. Read
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Think North East First campaign asks for more ideas
Mar 30 2009 | Today's News
THE Journal is calling on its readers to suggest 50 more ways to support the Think North East First campaign. Read
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Parents battle for children’s futures at Durham Johnston
Mar 30 2009 | Today's News
PARENTS from three villages have vowed to fight to keep their children at a popular school after its new £25m campus opens next month. Read
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Property fraud firm boss lives in luxury as customers face eviction
Mar 30 2009 | Today's News
HER thousands of customers face losing the modest homes they have worked their whole lives to pay for. Read
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Teenager left fighting for life after fall from taxi
Mar 30 2009 | Today's News
A TEENAGER was last fighting for life after falling from a moving taxi. The 18-year-old was among a group of four or five teens who jumped from the black cab as it slowed to take a bend. Read
