Oct
2010
Articles from 25th Oct 2010
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Shock figures on diabetes in the North East
Oct 25 2010 | Today's News
THE number of people in the North East registered as obese has risen by more than 21,000 in the last year, shock new statistics reveal. Read
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Concern over plans to sell off forests
Oct 25 2010 | Today's News
PLANS to sell off Government-owned forests have raised concerns in an isolated North East village. Read
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Fab Flournoy gives sports teachers coaching tips
Oct 25 2010 | Today's News
SPORTS teachers in Northumberland have been getting coaching tips from one of the region’s top sportsmen. Read
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Bishop Auckland FC get new home ground
Oct 25 2010 | Today's News
ONE of the region’s best known non-league football teams is gearing up for its first home game in eight years after completing a £1.2m project to develop a new ground. Read
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Row brewing over a former Durham pub conversion
Oct 25 2010 | Today's News
A DEVELOPER given permission to create eight student bedrooms from a city centre pub is facing a rap after squeezing 10 rooms into the property. Read
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Rowers rescued from Tyne Green weir in Hexham
Oct 25 2010 | Today's News
FIREFIGHTERS had to launch a rescue yesterday after five people became trapped on a fast-flowing river. Read
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Wind turbine company has radar solution
Oct 25 2010 | Today's News
ANTI-wind farm protesters in Northumberland have been dealt a major blow by a development that could pave the way to many more turbines being erected in the county. Read
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100 artistes compete in Lion Dance competition
Oct 25 2010 | Today's News
CHINESE dragons and Kung Fu fighters dazzled spectators in a physically demanding competition that brought the Far East to the North East yesterday. Read
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Parents fear for future of crucial childcare project
Oct 25 2010 | Today's News
THE mother of a severely disabled boy is urging the Government to save a vital childcare fund which allows her to continue working. Read
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Merger plans for Castington and Acklington prisons
Oct 25 2010 | Today's News
PLANS have been announced to merge two Northumberland prisons. The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) said that prisons at Acklington and Castington are to merge Read
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Schools projects in Durham face 40% budget cut
Oct 25 2010 | Today's News
PROJECTS to build new schools that escaped the axe earlier this year could still be hit by massive budget cuts, it has emerged. Read
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MPs and union chiefs to lobby Government
Oct 25 2010 | Today's News
NORTH East Labour MPs and trade union leaders have formed a united front to campaign for the region. Read
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Inquiry follows Whitley Bay care home lift shaft fall
Oct 25 2010 | Today's News
AN investigation has been launched after an elderly woman died in a fall at a nursing home on North Tyneside. Read
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Hope flows after Tynemouth fountain is rescued
Oct 25 2010 | Today's News
THOUSANDS of people poured on to a beach at the weekend to back a bid to excavate a Victorian fountain hidden beneath hundreds of tonnes of sand. Read
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£1m-a-year Newcastle walk-in clinic likely to close
Oct 25 2010 | Today's News
A CITY centre walk-in clinic looks set to close after health chiefs decided it is not good value for money. Read
