Dec
2009
Articles from 28th Dec 2009
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Cambois villagers left in the dark on their future
Dec 28 2009 | Today's News
FAMILIES in a seaside village are wondering what the future holds for them amid growing uncertainty over a raft of major development plans which would transform their struggling community. Read
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Thousands of shoppers flock to region’s sales
Dec 28 2009 | Today's News
BARGAIN-SAVVY shoppers flocked to the region’s stores over the weekend as sales fever hit the North East. Read
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Family growing desperate in hunt for Myles
Dec 28 2009 | Today's News
THE family of a North East student who vanished whilst holidaying at a Swiss ski resort are continuing their desperate search to find him. Read
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Appeal for help with Parkinson’s research
Dec 28 2009 | Today's News
THIRTY-three people from the North East have donated their brains for research, following an appeal from a leading health charity. Read
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3,000 firearms taken off North East's streets
Dec 28 2009 | Today's News
MACHINE guns, rifles and shotguns are among nearly 3,000 firearms taken off the streets of the North East in the past two years, The Journal can reveal today. Read
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North detectives aim for disruption of ‘Mr Bigs’
Dec 28 2009 | Today's News
DETECTIVES tasked with smashing dozens of multi-million pound crime empires have revealed the methods of constant disruption needed to take on the North East’s organised crime leaders. Read
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Lttle fighter Benjamin celebrates 1st birthday
Dec 28 2009 | Today's News
LITTLE Benjamin Helyer’s life hung in the balance after he was born almost four months prematurely. Read
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Still guarding River Tyne a century after repairs
Dec 28 2009 | Today's News
TODAY the piers guarding the mouth of the Tyne offer – weather permitting – a bracing outing for thousands of strollers. Read
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Climate changes could affect region's wildlife
Dec 28 2009 | Today's News
THE region’s wildlife could be affected for ever by climate changes, conservationists have warned. Read
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Council set to back Ponteland revamp developer
Dec 28 2009 | Today's News
A DEVELOPER chosen by local people to deliver a multi-million pound revamp for an ageing North East town centre looks set to get council backing. Read
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Hundreds take the plunge in boxing day dips
Dec 28 2009 | Today's News
THE cold air failed to chill the spirits of hundreds of swimmers who took part in the traditional Boxing Day Dip in the North Sea. Read
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Party Voices: Cameron argues for new direction
Dec 28 2009 | Today's News
THIS year, people in the North East and across Britain will have a massive chance to change our country. Within months there has to be a general election. It’s going to be the biggest in a generation. Read
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Party Voices: Brown makes his case for support
Dec 28 2009 | Today's News
AT the start of 2009 we faced a stark choice. Whether we should intervene to save jobs or let the recession take its course as the Conservative’s argued. We chose to act. Read
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Party Voices: Clegg wants to set different course
Dec 28 2009 | Today's News
AT this time of year it’s natural to look back, not just at our own lives, but at the way things have gone for our communities too. Read
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Journal's review of the year: January to June
Dec 28 2009 | Today's News
IT'S been a year of triumph and tragedy, heartache and joy, despair and hope in the North East, all covered extensively by The Journal. In the first of our two-part News Review of the Year, Mike Kelly looks at events from January to June. Read
