Dec
2009
Articles from 21st Dec 2009
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Armed raiders are caught on camera in Sunderland
Dec 21 2009 | Today's News
YET another North East bookmakers has been targeted by armed raiders. Read
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Lockerbie victim's family want answers
Dec 21 2009 | Today's News
PARENTS of a North East victim of the Lockerbie bombing say the long-running campaign for a public inquiry into the atrocity will continue, although optimism is fading that it will ever happen. Read
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Anger at decision to go ahead with mast in Ponteland
Dec 21 2009 | Today's News
A TELECOMS giant has sparked anger by deciding to put up a mobile phone mast outside a popular primary school - despite only getting planning approval because of a council blunder. Read
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Administration means holiday woe at Newcastle airport
Dec 21 2009 | Today's News
HOLIDAYMAKERS from the North East looking forward to having Christmas in the sun were left distraught after another tour operator went into administration. Read
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Tributes paid to Jack Hixon the man who 'found' Shearer
Dec 21 2009 | Today's News
ALAN Shearer last night paid tribute to the man who 'discovered' him. Read
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Joe McElderry refuses to see red over Christmas number one
Dec 21 2009 | Today's News
POP mogul Simon Cowell said he was "gutted" at losing the battle for Christmas number one as Rage Against The Machine beat X Factor winner Joe McElderry in the fight for the top spot. Read
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Passion for TV show Doctor Who brought to North East school
Dec 21 2009 | Today's News
IT'S not the teachers the pupils need to watch out for at this North East school... but the life-size Dalek roaming the corridors. Read
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Emergency services struggle as blizzards hit the North East
Dec 21 2009 | Today's News
AMBULANCE services were pushed to their limits during a weekend in which blizzards fell across the North East. Read
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Theatre Royal restoration dream is now a step closer
Dec 21 2009 | Today's News
PLANS to recapture the original grandeur of Newcastle’s historic Theatre Royal have received a vital endorsement from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Read
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Civil service jobs bypass the region
Dec 21 2009 | Today's News
LONDON's civil service elite have refused to send thousands of jobs to the North East, despite ministers ordering them to relocate work nearly six years ago. Read
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North East Lib Dem apologises for blog post
Dec 21 2009 | Today's News
AFTER attacking the way MPs were dressed and making sexual references to people speaking in Parliament, an aspiring North East MP has been forced to apologise for his embarrassing behaviour. Read
