May
2010
Articles from 1st May 2010
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No trial for former police chief Mike Craik
May 01 2010 | Today's News
RETIRED Northumbria Police chief constable Mike Craik will not be facing trial by jury on a false imprisonment charge. Read
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Let's keep power in the North says peer Shirley Williams
May 01 2010 | Today's News
LIBERAL Democrats would push for a new regional assembly in the North East to hand back power to councils, if elected to seats in the region, a veteran party member has said. Read
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Tyne and Wear crime figures best in the country
May 01 2010 | Today's News
CRIME fell more in Tyne and Wear and Northumberland than anywhere else in the country over the last 12-months. Read
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Hundreds prosecuted for using High Level Bridge
May 01 2010 | Today's News
HUNDREDS of drivers are finally being prosecuted after the authorities initially ignored them flouting a ban. Read
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Gordon Brown - we want to create jobs, not cut them
May 01 2010 | Today's News
GORDON Brown last night promised North East jobs would be safest in the hands of a Labour government as he prepared to hit the campaign trail in the region today. Read
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Disabled driver Dave Athey 'hounded' by bailiffs
May 01 2010 | Today's News
DISABLED driver Dave Athey says he is being “hounded” by text messages from bailiffs in the latest twist in a five-year parking dispute. Read
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Daughter relives Dreamspace tragedy
May 01 2010 | Today's News
THE daughter of one of the Dreamspace victims told yesterday of the devastating moment she realised her mother had died in the tragedy. Read
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Teenager Nicky Davison found guilty of terror charges
May 01 2010 | Today's News
A TEENAGER who helped form an extreme neo-Nazi group that wanted to overthrow the Government has been convicted of possessing terrorist manuals. Read
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Experience taste of the exotic at Raby Castle show
May 01 2010 | Today's News
SINCE Victorian times orchids have carried an air of exotic, faraway lands. But today it is in a County Durham market town that three million orchids are germinated and grown each year. Read
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Woman who drove over Sunderland fan escapes jail
May 01 2010 | Today's News
A MOTORIST who killed a football fan out celebrating Sunderland staying in the Premier League has been spared a prison sentence. Read
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Wear bridge architect Stephen Spence tells of dream build
May 01 2010 | Today's News
TYNESIDE-BORN architect Stephen Spence is a bridge short of a dream hat-trick. Read
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Ant and Dec host Slaley Hall charity golf tournament
May 01 2010 | Today's News
IT was a case of tee for a lot more than two yesterday as TV presenters Ant and Dec hosted their annual charity golf tournament in their native North East. Read
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Firefighters take on charity bike ride
May 01 2010 | Today's News
WHILE others take it easy over the Bank Holiday weekend, a group of North East firefighters are showing off their pedal power on a long-distance bike ride to raise funds for charity. Read
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Survey reveals hospital parking charges cause stress
May 01 2010 | Today's News
HIGH parking charges at NHS hospitals are making people ill with stress, a new survey has shown. Read
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Warship HMS Dauntless makes first trip to Tyneside
May 01 2010 | Today's News
THE Royal Navy’s newest and most technologically advanced warship has arrived for its first visit to Tyneside. Read
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Whitley Bay FC hope for repeat FA Vase win
May 01 2010 | Today's News
FOOTBALL fans have painted their town blue and white ahead of their club’s big Wembley game next week. Read
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Carville Hotel in Wallsend badly damaged by fire
May 01 2010 | Today's News
INQUIRIES are under way to establish how an historic building was gutted by fire. Read
