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'More children reaching their five-a-day target'
A STUDY of children's eating habits in the North-East has shown the number of children eating five portions of fruit and vegetables a day has risen by 17 per cent. A report by the Department of Health said the number of youngsters achieving the target
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Armed police in village
Armed police laid siege to a flat in a North Yorkshire village today. It is thought that officers were called to one of two blocks of flats in Hilton Square, Brompton near Northallerton, early this afternoon. Officers were still on the scene tonight
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Councillors vote to get rid of Yorkshire
A LABOUR group of councillors is hoping to place its stamp on the future of a town - by suggesting the word Yorkshire be dropped from its postal address. Members of Redcar and Cleveland Council will this week be asked to support the motion that Yorkshire
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Music festival faces axe
A FLEDGLING music festival may be axed after only three years - due to lack of support. The Pig Pen Music Festival on Saturday proved a big hit with the 1,100 revellers who turned out to watch a number of local bands play. However, Alex Morris said
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Residents' fears over hazardous waste plans
CONCERNED residents are expected to attend an exhibition to voice their fears over plans for a new hazardous waste plant on their doorstep. Augean plc is hoping to submit plans to Stockton Borough Council to transform part of its land at Port Clarence
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Boy rescued in car park drama
A teenager was rescued by police officers when it seemed he might jump from the top of a Darlington town centre car park. Officers were called to the Cornmill multi-storey shortly before noon today when the 17-year-old was spotted on CCTV cameras. Fearing
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Councillor to appeal assault conviction
A COUNCILLOR convicted of assaulting his wife during a drink-fuelled argument will next week bid to clear his name. Trevor Rogan will have an appeal considered by a judge and two magistrates sitting at Teesside Crown Court on Friday, September 14. The
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Fuchsia display rivals country's best
THERE was more flower power than steam or diesel at a railway museum this weekend. Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon, in County Durham, hosted Durham and Northumberland Fuchsia Society's 26th annual show on Saturday. Around 240 plants
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Police investigate indecent assault on 13-year-old
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an alleged indecent assault last weekend. Officers are appealing for two passengers who travelled on a bus to Spennymoor, in County Durham, on Saturday August 25 to get in touch. The men may have witnessed what
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Club members keep old traditions alive
CLUB stalwarts from across County Durham proved they are keeping old traditions alive by staging an impressive produce show. Durham CIU Horticultural Show was held at Chilton & Windlestone Club, in Chilton, County Durham, yesterday. Of the 228 social
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Boy dies in caravan park accident
A BOY has died while playing on his bike at a caravan park. Emergency services were called to the Caravan Club, next to Rowntree Park, in Terry Avenue, York, after the four-year-old boy, who had been riding a pedal cycle, was hit by a car towing a caravan
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Hollywood sets sail for the North-East
A REPLICA of one of Naval history's most famous ships sails to the North-East this week to help conserve another well-known vessel. The full-rigged ship built for the 1960 MGM film, Mutiny on the Bounty, berths on the Tyne in Newcastle, on Thursday,
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Teen arrested in murder inquiry
A TEENAGER was arrested today by police investigating the death of a man in an early hours' street disturbance. Detectives launched a murder inquiry after the victim died shortly after arrival at hospital. Police were called to a report of a disturbance
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Murder inquiry launched
POLICE are treating the death of a man in the North-East in the early hours of today as a murder. Officers were called to an address in Beechbrooke, Ryhope, Sunderland, following reports of an assault, shortly after 3.30am. A badly injured man was taken
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Bowes Show goes ahead
AN agricultural show in County Durham will go ahead next weekend - but without its usual Swaledale sheep. The committee of Bowes Show, near Barnard Castle, "regretted" that Thursday's announcement that livestock could return to shows from tomorrow, September
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Gym gets WOW factor
THE latest pioneering North-East gym to be given a WOW factor has opened at a day centre for people with learning disabilities. The facility at the Aucklandgate Centre, in Tindale Crescent, Bishop Auckland, County Durham is the sixth Legacy gym to open
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Sky's the limit for Dave's big day
TRUCKER Dave Sayers is just plane crazy, quite literally. Since he was just a boy, aircraft have been his great passion. So when it came to a landmark birthday his wife Diane knew just what he'd like as a really special present. And on the day he celebrated
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Ex Downing Street cop named UK's top pipe man
A TOBACCONIST to the rich and famous has been named the country's top pipe retailer. Jim Humberston, who runs Durham Pipe and Tobacco Shop, beat off competition from more than 250 rivals to scoop the prestigious title of UK Pipe Retailer of the Year
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Sea cadets' pub and club quest for cash
EVERY club and pub on Teesside has been thrown a challenge in a bid to help raise £650,000 to revamp a youth group's new headquarters. Middlesbrough sea cadets is facing the massive task of raising the cash, but is hoping licensed premises across the
