Apr
2010
Articles from 1st Apr 2010
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Auctioneer Jim Railton fined over advertising wild birds' eggs
Apr 01 2010 | Today's News
A WELL known Northumberland auctioneer has been ordered to pay more than £1,000 after admitting advertising 19th century wild birds’ eggs for sale. Read
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Kate has a day to remember at memory competition
Apr 01 2010 | Today's News
IT was a journey down memory lane for scores of youngsters during a national competition. Read
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Banned driver sent texts before fatal smash
Apr 01 2010 | Today's News
A BANNED driver sent texts to a girlfriend bragging of being drunk and driving at high speed minutes before his car ploughed into a tree and a lamppost, killing a father. Read
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Elderly skin cancer cases soar
Apr 01 2010 | Today's News
CHEAP package holidays and the introduction of sunbeds in the 1970s has meant pensioners are now more than five times more likely to be diagnosed with skin cancer, a leading charity has warned. Read
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Morpeth householders hit by flood waters again
Apr 01 2010 | Today's News
FLOODS once again wreaked havoc on families’ homes and train services were thrown into chaos yesterday as torrential downpours swept the region. Read
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High Bridge Studios and Gallery close to completion
Apr 01 2010 | Today's News
IT’S millions of pounds over budget and delayed by five years, but an art gallery due to open in Newcastle will attract cultural visitors to the city for years to come, leaders say. Read
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Michael Floyd preparing for his 26th Great North Run
Apr 01 2010 | Today's News
WHEN multiple sclerosis cast a shadow over his family, Michael Floyd knew he had to find a way to help. Read
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Police won't reveal IDs of missing sex offenders
Apr 01 2010 | Today's News
THE family of a boy who was murdered by a convicted paedophile have criticised a North East police force’s decision not to reveal the identity of two missing sex offenders. Read
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Marie Curie appeals for Grand Canyon trekkers
Apr 01 2010 | Today's News
ADVENTURE seekers from the North East are being given the chance to tackle one of the natural wonders of the world in aid of a good cause. Read
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Police make raids on suspected drug dealers
Apr 01 2010 | Today's News
MORE than 100 police officers swooped on suspected drug dens across the region yesterday as part of a war against “parasites who blight and belittle communities”. Read
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Opera singer Graeme Danby leads pupils to performance
Apr 01 2010 | Today's News
IT takes a big voice to control an excitable group of seven to 11-year-olds. But that wasn’t an issue in the sports hall at Newcastle Preparatory School yesterday afternoon as 90 members of the aforementioned age group filed in for final rehearsals. Read
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Science Museum hosts Stephenson’s Rocket replica
Apr 01 2010 | Today's News
A TOUCH of Tyneside engineering history will be making its mark in London’s Kensington Gardens this Easter. Read
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Stress is blamed for council sick figures
Apr 01 2010 | Today's News
STRESS is keeping thousands of council employees off work. In the past nine months, employees at Northumberland County Council took more than 50,000 days off through illness. Read
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Punk band The Lady Killers launch cerebral palsy appeal
Apr 01 2010 | Today's News
PUNK rockers in the UK had a justified reputation for being violent, anti-authoritarian and anarchic during the late seventies and early eighties. Read
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Row intensifies as rail strike court date is delayed
Apr 01 2010 | Today's News
NETWORK Rail claimed to have uncovered scores of “inaccuracies and deficiencies” yesterday in a ballot of signal workers which it will challenge in the High Court in a bid to avert industrial action. Read
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Uproar as plans made to close Bedlington Community Centre
Apr 01 2010 | Today's News
FEARS are growing that a town which lacks indoor leisure and sports facilities could lose its main community centre to council cost-cutting plans. Read
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Duke of Northumberland's plans may finally get go-ahead
Apr 01 2010 | Today's News
THE Duke of Northumberland has launched a ninth bid to build houses on green space in his home town. Read
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Chris Peacock bangs the drum for cancer race
Apr 01 2010 | Today's News
A BATTLE to survive childhood cancer left Chris Peacock with a lust for life. The dad-of-two was diagnosed with cancer of the kidney when he was just four years old. Read
