Apr
2009
Articles from 28th Apr 2009
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Credit card racket foiled at North Shields ferry terminal
Apr 28 2009 | Today's News
A SOPHISTICATED credit card racket was foiled when three Swedish nationals were searched at a North East ferry terminal. Read
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Is this the best view in the North East?
Apr 28 2009 | Today's News
FOR many this view across to Bamburgh Castle is the finest in the region – if not the country. Read
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Flu fear fails to ground Mexico flights
Apr 28 2009 | Today's News
THE first two British cases of swine flu were confirmed last night with another seven people showing possible symptoms of the disease. Read
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Rebuilding project to be heard by planners
Apr 28 2009 | Today's News
EFFORTS to completely rebuild a Tyneside school are to go before council planners later this week. Read
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April the pony saved by RSPCA after horrible ordeal
Apr 28 2009 | Today's News
SHE was a bag of skin and bones when April the pony was found abandoned, malnourished and weighing only half her normal body weight. Read
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Region gets £350m from Esh Group's plan
Apr 28 2009 | Today's News
A COUNTY Durham construction company’s 'buy local' strategy has become worth more than £350m to the North East economy. Read
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'Hard as nails' man impaled in accident
Apr 28 2009 | Today's News
A PLUCKY workman went back to his job only hours after being impaled on machinery, and was hailed by firefighters as “hard as nails”. Read
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Giant artwork is coming to a head
Apr 28 2009 | Today's News
A HUGE head has been lifted into place on a giant piece of artwork. Read
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Detention of youngsters angers North East professor
Apr 28 2009 | Today's News
A NORTH East professor has gained support from major national charities after calling on the Government to stop detaining asylum-seeking children in “prisons”. Read
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Northumberland Council bosses blasted over telephone number
Apr 28 2009 | Today's News
BOSSES at Northumberland's new super council have been accused of failing to comply with an independent regulator's guidance by providing an 0845 number for people who need to contact the authority. Read
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Noisy love-maker remanded for breaching Asbo
Apr 28 2009 | Today's News
NEIGHBOURS of a Washington woman who ended up in court for her noisy love-making are looking forward to some peace and quiet after she was locked up accused of breaking her anti-social behaviour order. Read
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Five years in jail for sneak-in burglar
Apr 28 2009 | Today's News
A TERRIFIED family last night told how they live in fear, after a sneak burglar who ransacked their home of irreplaceable jewellery as they slept was jailed for five years. Read
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Doctor 'massaged woman's breasts'
Apr 28 2009 | Today's News
A WOMAN fought back tears as she described how a North East doctor stroked her hair and massaged her breasts during a visit to his surgery with her young child. Read
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Houses to rent on Holy Island
Apr 28 2009 | Today's News
HOUSEBUILDERS are an unusual sight on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, but next week four homes will be started on the last building plot on the island. Read
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Peterlee man fighting for life after party night out
Apr 28 2009 | Today's News
MYSTERY surrounds an incident which left an epileptic man fighting for his life with a blood clot on his brain following a night out with friends. Read
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Boys discover vital evidence in park
Apr 28 2009 | Today's News
A CHANCE find by two youngsters in a park trapped the brutal killer of a Chinese betting crook and his waitress girlfriend on Tyneside, a murder jury heard. Read
