Aug
2010
Articles from 23rd Aug 2010
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Isos Housing Group chief hits back over shake-up
Aug 23 2010 | Today's News
THE boss of a major housing association last night rejected claims that rural areas would be damaged by plans to centralise operations in Newcastle. Read
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Disabled boy's mum set to sue RVI hospital
Aug 23 2010 | Today's News
A DEVASTATED mother told last night how she is taking legal action against a hospital trust after her son was left severely disabled. Read
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FIFA officials visit region for World Cup 2018 bid
Aug 23 2010 | Today's News
THE region’s bid to host World Cup football will take a crucial step forward this week as FIFA officials visit Newcastle and Sunderland to assess the two cities’ case for staging matches in 2018. Read
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Ed Balls makes offer to Charles Kennedy
Aug 23 2010 | Today's News
LABOUR leadership candidate Ed Balls said yesterday Charles Kennedy would be “very welcome” should he decide to defect from the Liberal Democrats. Read
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Police search for Willington Quay fight trio
Aug 23 2010 | Today's News
POLICE are hunting three men believed to be at the centre of an organised fight that ended with a man being gunned down outside his home. Paul Borg was wounded in the leg by the blast after a violent disturbance broke out in Willington Quay, North Tyneside, on Thursday evening. Read
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Sacriston war memorial relocated for Tesco supermarket
Aug 23 2010 | Today's News
BUSINESSMEN and women in a former mining village have lost their battle to prevent supermarket giant Tesco from opening in their midst. Read
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Doctor Who fans marry in sci-fi ceremony
Aug 23 2010 | Today's News
IT was the perfect wedding day – the bride was blooming, the groom was beaming and nobody was exterminated. Read
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Union warns of cost-cutting plans for the NHS
Aug 23 2010 | Today's News
THOUSANDS of health workers and hundreds of beds across the region are to be axed over the next four years under multi-million pound cost-cutting plans, a union has warned. Read
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Rape case fugitive George Hoolahan found in Thailand
Aug 23 2010 | Today's News
A RAPE suspect has been found living in the Far East since fleeing before trial 11 years ago. Read
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Parents running Great North Run for daughters rare condition
Aug 23 2010 | Today's News
BROUGHT back from the brink of death more times than her family can remember, little Ellie Cockburn is a born survivor. Read
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How did the Victorians cut benefits burden?
Aug 23 2010 | Today's News
VOLUNTEERS have delved into previously untouched records of life in the workhouse and the fate of the poor in 19th Century Northumberland. Read
