Dec
2012
Articles from 20th Dec 2012
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Top businessman Sir Lawrie Barratt dies at 85
Dec 20 2012 | Today's News
TRIBUTES have been paid to prominent North East businessman Sir Lawrie Barratt after his death, aged 85. He died at home after a long illness. Read
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Grammy hope for Northern Sinfonia is a massive honour
Dec 20 2012 | Today's News
STING has won 11 of them, Dire Straits four and even Brian Ferry was in the running in 1999. Read
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Fears for future of hard-hit North East councils
Dec 20 2012 | Today's News
WARNINGS have been sounded that some councils may end up going to the wall after the Communities Secretary announced millions of pounds more in spending cuts. Read
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Wansbeck MP shows Northumberland man's suicide note to PM
Dec 20 2012 | Today's News
DAVID Cameron has been urged to look again at disability benefit changes after a Northumberland man committed suicide when told he would lose all support. Read
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Ex-Durham police chief Jon Stoddart to lead new Hillsborough inquiry
Dec 20 2012 | Today's News
RECENTLY-RETIRED Durham chief constable Jon Stoddart is to lead a new inquiry into the Hillsborough disaster. Read
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North East councils to share £11.8m road budget funding
Dec 20 2012 | Today's News
THE North East has been handed an £11.8m road budget boost by the Government. Read
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Seaton Delaval villagers’ joy as Tesco plans rejected again
Dec 20 2012 | Today's News
VILLAGERS cheered as councillors again rejected Tesco plans that would see their community pub turned into a supermarket. Read
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Northumberland headteachers in meeting with MPs over pension rules
Dec 20 2012 | Today's News
HEADTEACHERS and MPs have met with ministers to discuss “punitive” pension rules preventing schools converting to academies. Read
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Berwick Tory councillor accused of hypocrisy over wind farm opposition
Dec 20 2012 | Today's News
A CONSERVATIVE politician in Northumberland has been accused of hypocrisy after campaigning against wind turbines despite one being in place on her farm. Read
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Sunderland University students help produce pilot quiz show
Dec 20 2012 | Today's News
STUDENTS from the North East have helped to film and produce a pilot for a quiz show being developed for TV. Read
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Bishop Justin Welby to visit Durham Prison inmates on Christmas Day
Dec 20 2012 | Today's News
THE new Archbishop of Canterbury is planning to spend Christmas morning in jail – and he will have a police chief for company. Read
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Sir Alan Beith seeks urgent meeting over ending salmon drift netting
Dec 20 2012 | Today's News
THE GOVERNMENT is being urged to justify an “irrational” decision to end the region’s traditional salmon drift net fishery by 2022. Read
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Newcastle University receives £1m towards age research
Dec 20 2012 | Today's News
A NORTH East university has been given a £1m donation for medical research into ageing, human genetics and neurodegenerative disease. Read
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Richard Morgan gets seven years jail for killing baby Slater Sharkey
Dec 20 2012 | Today's News
A FACTORY worker from County Durham who shook his girlfriend’s poorly baby son to death while she went shopping has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years. Read
