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Chiefs fire warning after weekend of seizures
CUSTOMS chiefs fired a stern warning to organised crime gangs last night after smashing audacious bids to smuggle more than 750,000 cigarettes through North-East airports. A series of dramatic swoops by anti-smuggling officers culminated at Teesside Airport
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Police bid to stamp out 'cruises'
POLICE blocked the entrance to a town centre car park last night to stop Sunday night car 'cruises' - which have led to illegal racing on public roads. Dozens of drivers regularly congregate in the North Bondgate car park, in Bishop Auckland, County Durham
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Investigation into fire which took lives of mother and child
AN investigation was continuing today into the cause of a fire which claimed the lives of a mother and her three-year-old daughter. The victims, who have not yet been formally identified, are believed to have been living with members of a peace collective
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Organisation's last-gasp bid to save fox hunting
SUPPORTERS of fox hunting are being urged to infiltrate local Labour parties in the region in a last-gasp bid to save the bloodsport. A new organisation, called the 'Rural Army', has set up a website to persuade activists to take out constituency membership
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Firefighters tackle major blaze
MORE than 40 firefighters spent Sunday afternoon tackling a major warehouse blaze in the heart of a busy shopping area. Thick black smoke billowed 150 feet up into the air from Portrack Workshops on North Tees Industrial Estate in Stockton and could be
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Police in bizarre chase
QUICK-thinking police commandeered a golf buggy in their pursuit of a drunken man who took an angler hostage, holding a pair of scissors to his throat. Officers chasing the man across Riverside Park in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, called for back-up
