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2009
Articles from 19th Sep 2009
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Ant and Dec back home for new book signing
Sep 19 2009 | Today's News
TV DUO Ant and Dec are back home in Newcastle today to sign copies of their autobiography. Read
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Port of Tyne’s Reflect award winners announced
Sep 19 2009 | Today's News
THESE stunning shots have won their creators a place in a competition designed to show the best of the North East. Read
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Two businessmen in court over Darras Hall shooting
Sep 19 2009 | Today's News
TWO businessmen appeared in court yesterday in connection with an incident in which a man was shot on an upmarket residential estate. Read
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Parents of Nikita Battye praise life-saving air ambulance
Sep 19 2009 | Today's News
THE parents of a schoolgirl whose skull was fractured when she was kicked in the head by a horse told last night of their terror that they would lose their "gorgeous" daughter. Read
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David Miliband backs Journal’s Go Global campaign
Sep 19 2009 | Today's News
FOREIGN Secretary David Miliband has backed The Journal’s campaign to boost North East exports and called on some of the region’s largest institutions to do the same. Read
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Gateshead Millennium Bridge bollards could go
Sep 19 2009 | Today's News
UNPOPULAR bollards which are said by many to ruin the look of the Gateshead Millennium Bridge could finally be removed. Read
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Dehydration warning to participants of Great North Run
Sep 19 2009 | Today's News
For our live online coverage of the event tomorrow, go to www.journallive.co.uk/greatnorthrun Read
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Fears over body found in Spain played down
Sep 19 2009 | Today's News
BODIES found in Spain are not expected to include missing Durham walker Michael Egglestone. Read
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Bouchon Bistro chefs set for Gordon Ramsay’s The F Word
Sep 19 2009 | Today's News
A TEAM of North cooks are set to showcase their talents on TV with celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. Read
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HMS Ocean steams into Sunderland for visit
Sep 19 2009 | Today's News
THE biggest ship in the Royal Navy has paid a visit to the biggest city in the region. Read
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Palestinian refugees arrive in region to perform Peter Mortimer play
Sep 19 2009 | Today's News
MOST actors prefer not to crawl out of bed until around 11am. For our young Palestinian thespians – aged 12 and 13, rehearsals start at 7.30am, one of this writer’s attempts to combat the effects of Ramadan where from sun up to sunset Muslims are allowed neither food nor drink – not even water. Nor is sex allowed, nor tobacco. Christians used to have a watered-down version of abstinence called Lent, a word most of us only now associate with what happens to a library book. Read
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Ambulance chief: how we’re fixing eight-minute target failings
Sep 19 2009 | Today's News
THE ambulance service is an easy target for critics who point to response times in rural areas as a perceived “failure”. Read
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Put People First campaigners fly blimp to protest at Todd Hill windfarm
Sep 19 2009 | Today's News
FAMILIES fighting plans to erect four giant wind turbines in their rural Northumberland community have taken their protest campaign into the skies. Read
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Lib Dems go south – but eye gains in the North
Sep 19 2009 | Today's News
LIBERAL Democrats will use their autumn conference to stake their claim as the “main challengers” to Labour in the North. Read
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‘Don’t sink plans to fight binge culture’
Sep 19 2009 | Today's News
ANORTH East alcohol office is urging the Government not to delay plans to tackle binge drinking. Read
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More becoming aware of Secret Kingdom
Sep 19 2009 | Today's News
ONLY 3% of people surveyed in the UK were aware of the existence of Northumberland National Park. The figure comes from a State of the National Park report, which will be considered by the Northumberland National Park Authority next week. Read
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An up-and-under down under for stalwart Ray
Sep 19 2009 | Today's News
HE might be 67 but Ray Timson is a strong believer in the old adage that you’re never too old to get involved. Read
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Peter and Sean Hodgson horrified as killer is revealed
Sep 19 2009 | Today's News
MURDERER David Lace was last night branded a “monster” by his family after it emerged he strangled and raped a barmaid 30 years ago. Read
