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No compensation over Newcastle Airport noise

LEVELS of noise pollution caused by the region’s biggest airport are today revealed for the first time. Read

Falcons stars and models in fashion fundraiser

THEY all dressed to impress. Newcastle Falcons rugby players and Geordie beauty Sophie Gradon, the current Miss Great Britain, took to the catwalks to raise the cash for breast cancer care. Read

Harry Potter crashes car into River Blyth at Cambois

HE MIGHT be called Harry Potter but he doesn’t have a flying car. So when this particular Harry drove his Vauxhall Corsa off a jetty into the River Blyth it was hardly a magic moment – he nearly drowned himself and his teenage son. Read

Rock sell-off would be a disaster say Lib Dems

ANY early Government sell-off of Northern Rock would be “disastrous”, Liberal Democrat treasury spokesman Vince Cable said yesterday. Read

Questions to be asked over East Coast Main Line

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Plans to extend Egger plant in Hexham

COUNCILLORS are being asked to back controversial plans to expand a Northumberland town’s biggest employer. Read

Smoke Free North East campaign wins award

THE country’s first regional office for tobacco control has won a prestigious national award. Read

North East Schools Awards ceremony held yesterday

The ceremony for the third North East Schools Awards was staged yesterday at the Centre for Life, in Newcastle. Read

Mystery of man’s death isn’t solved at inquest

MYSTERY surrounds the death of an apparently healthy man who plunged from a tower block balcony, an inquest heard. Read

Newcastle Airport RAF Tornado crash landing report

THE combination of a bird strike and pilot error resulted in a fighter jet crash landing at a North East airport. Read

Craster residents launch campaign for mobile reception

PEOPLE in a Northumberland seaside village which has no mobile phone coverage have launched a campaign to get a signal. Read

Consett sports centre plans thrown into jeopardy

PLANS for a new £15m sports centre for a former steel town have again been thrown into jeopardy. Read

A van driving through a flash flood in Newcastle

Chaos as weather goes from heatwave to flash floods

FLASH flooding caused chaos over parts of the region yesterday, as bolts of lightning struck trains and caused a bridge to crumble. Read

A National Express train

Crisis after £1.4bn East Coast rail franchise collapse

BRITAIN faces a transport cash crisis after the £1.4bn East Coast rail franchise collapsed. Read

Vaux brewery shrine created in Sunderland garage

EVERY picture tells a story. So does every clock, each ashtray and all 100 beer mats. Read

Sir Ian Wrigglesworth steps down as Baltic chief

THE search for a new chairman of Baltic has begun after Sir Ian Wrigglesworth stood down at yesterday’s board meeting. Read

Newcastle Council introduces animal cruelty food policy

FREE-RANGE eggs, local veg and ethically-sourced meat will soon be on the menu in schools and care homes. Read

Three Berwick heroin dealers win sentence cuts

THREE Berwick heroin street dealers – jailed after an undercover police swoop in the town – all won cuts in their jail terms yesterday after a top judge ruled they should have been given more credit for owning up. Read

Sanofi-Aventis sale creates Alnwick jobs fear

ONE of a Northumberland market town’s biggest employers has been put up for sale, sparking fears over the future of more than 150 jobs. Read

Edna rewarded for 40 years of RNLI fundraising

FOR more than 40 years, she has tirelessly helped to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds to help save lives at sea. Read