Jul
2011
Articles from 27th Jul 2011
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Calls for help from George Osborne after recovery stumbles
Jul 27 2011 | Today's News
NORTH East industry chiefs have urged the Chancellor to intervene and ensure the region’s economy does not sink back into recession. Read
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Kirkley Hall team prepares to climb Himalayan peak
Jul 27 2011 | Today's News
STUDENTS and staff from a North East college have arrived in India for a once-in-a-lifetime charity expedition, which includes them scaling a Himalayan peak. Read
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Six-year-old Cramlington girl finishes eighth in world junior golf championships
Jul 27 2011 | Today's News
GOLFING prodigy Rachel Gourley is relaxing on home soil after finishing in the top 10 in the world’s biggest junior tournament. Read
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Ashington teacher downloaded porn videos at school
Jul 27 2011 | Today's News
A MIDDLE school teacher collected more than 400 pornographic images on his work computer and watched explicit videos during school hours, watchdogs have ruled. Read
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North East will be involved in future muscular dystrophy trials
Jul 27 2011 | Today's News
REASSURANCES have been given that clinical trials in the North involving children with a deadly muscle wasting disease will be followed up. Read
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Future of Northumberland forests in hands of business
Jul 27 2011 | Today's News
REPRESENTATIVES of the UK timber industry confronted a special Government panel planning the future of forestry as it visited Northumberland yesterday. Read
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Northumberland County Council to review ban on roadside signs
Jul 27 2011 | Today's News
COUNCIL bosses in Northumberland have started a review of planning rules after growing anger over a clampdown on rural businesses and voluntary groups. Read
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Plea for help after assault on teenage girl in Sunderland
Jul 27 2011 | Today's News
DETECTIVES hunting a man who tried to pull a teenager into his car have just released details of possible witnesses they need to trace. Read
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Research shows Northerners have bigger brains
Jul 27 2011 | Today's News
PEOPLE living in the North have bigger brains, new scientific research suggests. Read
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St Mary's Church at Felton to be sold at auction
Jul 27 2011 | Today's News
A NORTHUMBERLAND church is to be sold at an auction conducted from its own pulpit. St Mary’s Church in Felton – which has been out of use as a place of worship for a number of years – will be sold next month when an auctioneer will overlook a congregation of potential buyers. Read
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Mother criticises Cramlington Sainsbury’s after petrol blunder
Jul 27 2011 | Today's News
A MOTHER left stranded after a petrol pump blunder has criticised supermarket giant Sainsbury’s after it took four weeks and thousands of pounds to fix her car. Read
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Sir Bobby Robson's legacy lives on at Freeman Hospital cancer centre
Jul 27 2011 | Today's News
SIR Bobby Robson’s widow has opened a new facility that aims to help people cope when they are diagnosed with cancer. Read
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Claim Kirkharle wind farm plan will destroy landscape
Jul 27 2011 | Today's News
WIND turbines planned for a scenic area in the heart of Northumberland would “overwhelm and destroy” the landscape, a public inquiry was told yesterday. Read
