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Special charter in bid to reopen service to town

A FORMER pit town in Northumberland will welcome its first passenger trains for 40 years when a long-running campaign to reopen a lost railway line is stepped up. Read

Refugees in unfit homes, says group

REFUGEES and asylum seekers from some of the world’s most notorious troublespots are being exploited once they reach the North East, campaigners say. Read

Wildlife and heritage by charter trip

A TRAVEL company in the North East has launched a series of themed coach trips centred on the region’s rich wildlife and film heritage. Read

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Rural art projects funding slashed

RURAL arts projects have been hit with massive funding cuts to pay for London’s 2012 Olympic games, it emerged yesterday. Read

Entrepreneur soaring up the region's rich list

GENEROUS businessman and television star Duncan Bannatyne is the region’s biggest climber in the latest rich list, which was released yesterday. Read

Durham graduate a victim of the ‘road of death’

A BRITISH student killed on Bolivia’s Road of Death had graduated from Durham University last year. Read

Critics hit back at the town hall spies

NORTH East council bosses are today accused of using powers designed to fight terrorism to spy on their own taxpayers. Read

RSPCA in plea over dumped animals

MORE and more animals are being abandoned by their owners in the region, new figures have shown. Read

Drivers don’t trust congestion tax vow

MOTORISTS across the region would oppose road pricing because they do not trust the Government to treat them fairly, the AA has revealed. Read

North East people fear the worst on old age care

MORE than eight in 10 people in the North East are “very concerned” about the quality of care they will receive when they get old, a survey by Age Concern revealed last night. Read

Music Means Life: Karen hits right note with judges

THE first-ever winner of the North East’s huge new X-Factor-style music contest has told The Journal that her dreams have come true. Read

Mast fight flares again

FAMILIES who won a campaign to remove a phone mast are outraged after two mobile phone giants re-applied for planning permission. Read

Give us longer to decide

A THIRD Northumberland council has called for communities to be given more time to have their say on possible post office closures. Read

Farne Islands puffins likely to bite the hand that counts them

A THREE month Puffin count on the Farne Islands is under way in an effort to find how many breeding pairs live there. Read

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Taste food festival crowd have fine appetites

FOOD fanatics turned out in their droves on Saturday to support The Journal Taste North East England Food and Drink Festival. Read

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Huge rise in eating disorder admissions

HEALTH experts have warned the region is struggling to cope with a huge rise in the number of people admitted to hospital with eating disorders. Read

From running for office to cash goal

TONY BLAIR touched base in Tyneside yesterday to hand over £50,000 from his own pocket to those raising cash for his sports foundation. Read

Bishop offers solution to post office closures

MOVING post offices to churches instead of shutting down rural services is an option that should be considered, a North East MP has said. Read

Thieves strip bandstand

WORK on a £450,000 project to restore a Northumberland seaside bandstand to its former glory has been dealt a major blow by lead thieves. Read

Bar bosses to up sticks

THE end of an era dawned yesterday as a company inextricably linked to Newcastle’s reputation as a party city announced it was moving its headquarters out of the North East. Read

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