Award winner.(News)
A DISABILITY rights campaigner has been nominated for an award.
Steve Wilkinson, of Kingston Park, Newcastle, was born with the
condition spina bifida.
But he has never let it stop him . . .
WUFF JUSTICE; Credit crunch is putting the bite on police dog
training.(News)
Byline: By ALASTAIR CRAIG
POLICE dogs and trainee pups could be under threat in a cost and
structure review of the canine unit.
The Northumbria force has confirmed its dog squad is . . .
Chamber treat.(News)
AN award-winning musician is launching a festival that will bring
internationallyrenowned performers to the region.
Cellist Jonathan Bloxham, 20, who grew up in Whickham, is planning
to hold a . . .
Green homes in blast street.(News)
RESIDENTS in a street devastated by a huge gas blast are looking
forward to their neighbourhood returning to normal after work finally
started on two new homes.
Householders in Twentieth Avenue, . . .
Fantashtic trio can't help smiling.(News)
THESE three Tyneside dentists took the bold step of growing
moustaches to raise awareness of prostate cancer.
Tim Peach, Peter Thompson and Dave Robinson, all in their 40s, of
Laburnum Avenue . . .
Gang jailed after beating former pal; Girls brutally kicked
victim in the head.(News)
Byline: By ROB KENNEDY
A GIRL gang has been locked up for a brutal attack on a former
friend.
Kimberly Office, Samantha Richards and Tamla Davidson had just made
friends with their victim after . . .
I thought I was going to die. When I hit the car the pain was
horrific.(News)
Byline: By SOPHIE DOUGHTY
LYING with her bones shattered and unable to move, Michelle Logan
has set herself an ambitious target.
The mum-of-five was horrifically injured in a motorbike . . .
Falling short.(News)
PLANS to build hundreds of new rail carriages have been ridiculed
after it emerged the North East may get just four coaches.
Chancellor Alistair Darling announced earlier this week that
funding . . .
Lease of life for old church.(News)
ONE of Gateshead's most important churches has finally been
saved from demolition.
St Cuthbert's Church, a Grade II listed building on Bensham
Road, is to enjoy a new future as a museum and . . .
Royal portrait.(Features)
AN ARTIST is painting pictures of the Royal family to raise money
for charity.
John Allsop, 53, of Washington, has studied photos and videos of
the Queen to produce a portrait of Her Majesty.
. . .
Home helpers.(Features)
A HOME advice team has helped 100,000 callers.
The milestone has been reached by Home, a provider of affordable
homes in the North East, two years after it first launched its telephone
advice . . .
Staying safe; CABBIES WARN OF DANGEROUS BOGUS
DRIVERS.(Features)
Byline: By PETER YOUNG Political Editor
PARTYGOERS are being warned to beware of rogue cabbies in the runup
to the festive season.
Taxi bosses have launched a safety campaign to warn people . . .
Evening Chronicle COMMENT: Remain cautious.(Leaders)
IT SEEMS like stating the obvious that people should take care as
they head home from their Christmas celebrations.
Women, in particular, are rightly cautious with regard to personal
safety.
. . .
Family from hell are evicted at last; NEIGHBOURS WHO WERE PLAGUED
BY TEENAGE YOBS TELL OF RELIEF AFTER HOUSE IS EMPTIED.(Feature
Byline: By ROB PATTINSON
AND they're out! Standing at a bus stop this family from hell
have finally left the neighbourhood they have tormented for years.
Marie Durham had been given a deadline . . .
World Tonight: Under-insured.(Features)
THE average Briton has under-insured the contents of their home by
pounds 9,000, a survey showed today.
Households have home contents insurance to cover an average of
nearly pounds 29,000 worth . . .
World Tonight: Pervert jailed.(Features)
A FOUNDING member of a worldwide paedophile network has been jailed
indefinitely. Christopher Stubbings was described by prosecutors as
"second in command" in the online organisation. . . .
World Tonight: Brit's back.(Features)
BRITNEY Spears will grace the X Factor stage tonight for her first
UK television performance in more than four years.
The pop singer, who turns 27 on Tuesday, will perform her current
single . . .
World Tonight: Arrest flack.(Features)
SENIOR police officers and politicians continued to face serious
questions today over the controversial arrest of Tory immigration
spokesman Damian Green. The frontbench MP was held on Thursday and . . .
World Tonight: Protest fears.(Features)
THE plight of stranded Britons trapped in Thailand has been
described as "deeply concern-ing" by a Foreign Officer
minister. An estimated 3,000 people, including several hundred Britons,
have been . . .
World Tonight: Get parents into work.(Features)
SINGLE parents of children as young as two should be forced to seek
work, Labour modernisers said today despite fears such moves could push
more people into poverty during the recession.
Savings . . .
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