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Twenty20 nightmare for Mustard as Durham flop
WITH the talismanic Phil Mustard enduring a night to forget, Durham failed miserably to complete their second double of the week against Lancashire last night. They lost the Friends Life Twenty20 match at Old Trafford by 27 runs after throwing away early
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Quakers reunited - as they turn to cricket
Darlington return for pre-season training next week with last month’s Wembley win still clear in the memory, and recollections of playing at the national stadium will be evoked when Quakers’ class of 2000 reunites tomorrow. The squad that
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Mowbray: Boro is not a selling club
TONY Mowbray has repeated his assertion that Middlesbrough do not have to sell their leading assets this summer. At the end of last season, Steve Gibson outlined a desire to more than halve the club’s wage bill, but with pre-season training
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Pardew to delay naming new Newcastle captain
ALAN Pardew will delay naming Newcastle United’s new club captain until the end of the pre-season period. With former skipper Kevin Nolan having joined West Ham, the Magpies need a new figurehead to take on the armband. The likes of
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Ambition was the catalyst for Larsson's move
SEBASTIAN Larsson claims Sunderlands “ambition” was the key factor behind his decision to snub a number of Premier League suitors and sign for the Black Cats. Both Larsson and Kieren Westwood were officially confirmed as Sunderland players
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Pupils create wartime shelter
PUPILS have had a hands-on lesson in British history after creating their own bomb shelter. Children from Ingleton Primary School, near Barnard Castle have spent months constructing the Anderson shelter as part of a term-long project into the Second
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Local company picks up top accolade
STAFF at a housing provider are celebrating after the company was named as one of the best for apprentices nationally. Sedgefield Borough Homes (sbh) has picked up the accolade of one of England’s top 100 apprenticeship employers. The County Durham-based
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Gymnasts showcase talents at regional show
TALENTED gymnasts are to show off their performing skills as part of a showcase event. British Gymnastics will hold an event at Spennymoor Leisure Centre where gymnasts aged between three and 30-years will take part. It is one of several regional events
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A public conflict of interest
My feelings about glossy council magazines have been made plain enough over the years. It is wrong to use distribution networks, propped up with public money, to compete for advertising revenue with independent local newspapers, while often
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Youth club back in 'home sweet home'
A YOUTH club has reopened almost two years after it had to close for roof repairs. The roof at the Millbank Youth Centre, in West Auckland, has been rebuilt after heavy snow caused supports to collapse. Workers at the centre, which was built in
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Southern Cross agrees extension of banking facilities
CAREHOME group Southern Cross Healthcare has negotiated a second hurdle to its future survival after agreeing an extension of its banking facilities. The Darlington based firm said it had reached agreement with its lenders on the extension until the
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Hill sets scorching pace at Snetterton
TOMMY Hill showed he means business by reeling off the fastest lap in practice ahead of the sixth round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship on the all-new Snetterton 300 circuit. The Swan Yamaha rider had been fourth fastest in the morning
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Award for house with doorway through time
A B&B with a front door that could be described as one of the most significant in history has been bestowed with a top tourism award. Porch House B&B, based on Northallerton High Street, has just been awarded 5 stars by Visit England in recognition
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Music Festival Raises Concerns
A special meeting of Hutton Magna Parish Meeting was held yesterday to discuss the forthcoming “Leave Me Here” festival to be held in the grounds of St Mary’s RC Church near Wycliffe. The Leave Me Here Festival first came to the village’s attention
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NORTH YORKSHIRE: News in Brief
PULLING TOGETHER: York’s Tug-of-War Federation is due to stage its annual competition at the Bay Horse in Murton at midday tomorrow (Sun, 3). The club, which has only been running for three years, has been crowned Yorkshire champion for two years running
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Focus on new play area
NEW volunteers are being sought to help bring about the next phase of a £250,000 play area. The project to build a recreation area for children and young people was the idea of a group of parents who joined together under the banner of Stokesley Park
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North Yorkshire: News in Brief
SMALL WORLD: An Insect Festival is to take place at the Yorkshire Museum in York this Sunday, July 3. The Royal Entomological Society has organised the event, which will take a close-up look at the insect world. There will be mini beast hunts, the
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School games build Olympic legacy
SCHOOL pupils served up an exciting final in the latest leg of the North Yorkshire School Games. North Yorkshire is piloting one of nine School Games projects in the country, as part of the Olympic Legacy. The initiative is designed to build something
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NORTH YORKSHIRE: News in Brief
DIVINE INSPIRATION: An exhibition of art made by parishioners from across the Diocese of York is to go on show in Thirsk. Entitled 'God’s Creation' the display was first shown at York Minster. It was created by professional artists, talented amateurs
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Chernobyl children's farewell to the region
CHILDREN treated to a whirlwind North Yorkshire welcome gave a show-stopping farewell yesterday. Ten children from Belarus took part in a performance Northallerton Town Hall yesterday, which included singing and a play which the youngsters performed
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The paw relations
PEOPLE often talk about cats having nine lives, but six toes is a whole different kettle of fish. Woolie and Smudge are two very affectionate and well-behaved cats, but their strange paws may be putting off potential owners. Both cats have ‘thumbs’
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Musician strikes a chord
A NORTH Yorkshire artist has proved a hit with Canadian and American music-lovers. Singer songwriter Jon Sibley, from Northallerton, was recently awarded Artist of the Week on an international music business website. The North Yorkshire musician has
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Police uncover £400,000 cannabis farm
ABOUT 1,000 cannabis plants with a street value of more than £400,000 have been discovered by police in a dawn raid. Officers discovered the haul at a property in Elwick, near Hartlepool today. A 44-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the
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ROMAN MUSEUM ON THE MARCH
A ROMAN museum hopes to get the public rallying behind it before it has to leave its historic building. Malton Museum has decided to allow visitors in for free from this Friday (July 1) until it has to leave Malton Old Town Hall in April 2012. Ryedale
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Spotlight on multi-million pound energy bills
STREET lights may be turned down or turned off in a bid to save hundreds of thousands of pounds a year. The incongruous street light is now the focus of attention across the North-East and North Yorkshire as a way of slashing burgeoning energy bills
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Sea defences
PEOPLE in Hartlepool are being asked for their views on how to defend their coast from the sea. Hartlepool Borough Council is reviewing its existing coastal protection strategy for the area, from Crimdon Dene down to Newburn Bridge. Coastal protection
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Group to hand over 3,000-name petition
CAMPAIGNERS fighting a controversial plan to build a housing estate on a greenfield site are to hand in a petition to the Mayor of Middlesbrough. David Wilson Homes, part of the Barratt Group, wants to build 295 executive homes at Grey Towers Farm
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Warning issued to parking offenders
MOTORISTS who are parking illegally are being warned that a clampdown is being launched to tackle the problem. Recently, residents and traders in Eston have raised concerns with Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council about vehicles parking on double
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Day of fun includes serious message
A ROAD safety event will include a host of familyfriendly activities next Sunday. Cleveland Police are holding their annual Ridewell event at Preston Park in Eaglescliffe, Stockton. It features The Imps, a motorcycle display team whose members are
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Centre name is tribute to Mary's work
A REVAMPED study area is to be named in memory of a long-serving employee. The local studies area at the Central library in York Road, Hartlepool, which assists people with their research into local and family history, is to be named after Mary Hoban
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Lucha Future, The Sage, Gateshead
FIFTEEN masked luchadores crash-landed at the Gateshead Sage as part of the VAMOS! Festival for a death-defying cartoonstyle battle of good and evil, pictured below. The line-up featured some of the biggest stars of Lucha Libre, including the
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Presidential soap opera
The Kennedys (BBC2, 9pm) My Family (BBC1, 9pm) Alan Carr: Chatty Man (Channel 4, 10pm) AN ambitious father and a charismatic son with a beautiful wife have formed the plots of many soap operas. This one is, largely, true as the
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San Diego and the Band Of Joy
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011 was a day like any other day EXCEPT for the fact that I was once again seeing Robert Plant and the Band Of Joy, and this time...with a friend and not alone. We made the road trip from the desert to San Diego and went to eat
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Labour
DAVID CAMERON reckons that Labour is under the control of the trade unions. Hardly, Mr Cameron when you consider Ed Miliband’s plea to the public service unions not to strike. Clearly, the Prime Minister is goading the leader of the
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A golden opportunity
HERE’S a quiz. The UK manufacturing sector is disorientated, weak, and growing at its slowest pace for nearly two years. However, the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games provide a golden opportunity for home businesses to expand. So do
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Young photographers rewarded for quirky photographs
YOUNG photographers have been rewarded for their look at the eccentricirties of local life. The Quirky Ripon photographic competition was held to mark the first national Civic Day, held last month. Young snappers aged up to 18 were asked to capture
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Grandmother swims for free after 30 years of service
MORE than 30 years of dedication to swimming means Richmond grandmother Eveline Pearson can now take the plunge for free. She has been awarded lifelong membership of the town’s swimming pool fort her tireless efforts to promote the sport. It began when
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Tory boy
ON Tuesday, June 28, I went to the Cineworld multiplex, in Middlesbrough, to see Tory Boy: The Movie by the former Conservative candidate for Middlesbrough John Walsh. My overall view was that this was a great piece of work that was more about
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Holidays?
ON behalf of your daily readers, the question has got to be asked: Is Christopher Wardell on his holidays? David Waring, Brompton, Northallerton.
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Best burgers
WHEN I was a kid, my mates and I often enjoyed a delightful burger at the Wimpy restaurant on High Row, in Darlington. It was often full with diners, and we could never understand why it closed. The nearest Wimpy to Darlington is 33 miles further
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Public sector
I HAVE read with interest the views of your readers regarding the current teachers’ strike and would like to bring some facts into the debate. Firstly, the final salary pension schemes held by teachers and civil servants are not under threat and
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Leisure centres
HAVING resubmitted our initial business plan to run Abbey Leisure Centre as a community steering group I hope Durham County Council’s Labour cabinet will not underestimate our vision for Abbey and the community as a whole. If we can pull it off
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Three-day musical extravaganza starts today
A WEEKEND of outdoor live music featuring chart-toppers The Hoosiers and soul diva Beverley Knight begins today. The three-day BACstage Music and Arts Festival, hosted by Bishop Auckland College, features artists from all genres and age groups, based
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Euthanasia
I CANNOT let Ellie Cunnington’s letter (HAS, June 28) go unanswered as her remark about the Nazis was so uncalled for. I do not think any victim of Nazi cruelty was suffering an incurable illness and asked to be killed. That was not euthanasia,
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Tax change will cost us all dear
I SUPPOSE that if you spend your working life in policing and then turn to politics, it’s no surprise that you acquire a suspicious, maybe at times cynical mindset. Maybe that’s why when I hear some Government minister proclaiming they’ve got
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It's good to talk
IT was inevitable that a Government intent on driving through unprecedented public sector cuts would face industrial action sooner or later. And yesterday’s strike by hundreds of thousands of public sector workers over proposed pension changes is
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As one door closes...
A 200 year-long chapter of North-East history came to an end yesterday, as Ushaw College’s Catholic seminary closed for the final time. Mark Tallentire reports. USHAW College was founded on a cruelly-exposed hillside three miles west of Durham City
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Nish to make a big impact at Pools
COLIN NISH will meet his new team-mates for the first time this morning but he already has his eyes on the Championship with Hartlepool United. Nish, a 6ft 3in striker, arrived after his release from Hibernian and starts pre-season training with
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Sunderland confirm arrival of Larsson and Westwood
SUNDERLAND have completed the signing of midfielder Sebastian Larsson and goalkeeper Kieren Westwood on free transfers.Larsson arrives at the Stadium of Light on a three-year deal after leaving Birmingham City at the end of a four-year contract,
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Newcastle confirm Abeid signing
NEWCASTLE United have confirmed the signing of teenage midfielder Mehdi Abeid on a five-year deal.The 18-year-old arrives from French club Lens, having completed a successful trial at St. James' Park last season. Abeid has represented France at
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Mollie dances down the years
A CENTENARIAN with a passion for dancing celebrated her milestone birthday yesterday. Mollie Strathern, who only gave up dancing when she was 95, turned 100 at Willow Green Care Home, in Darlington. She celebrated her birthday with friends
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Priest celebrates his ordination
A CHURCH marked the 25th anniversary of a priest's ordination during a mass this week. Father Ray Burr became a priest in 1986 and served across the area before he returned to his home town after retirement. Born towards the end of the
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Antique glass sells for £10,000
A PRIVATE collection of antique glass was sold at auction for more than £10,000. Thomas Watson Auctioneers, in Northumberland Street, Darlington, said its summer antique sale was very successful and included an increase in online bids. A spokesman
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Sunderland follow Newcastle's model and invest in the future
IN Connor Wickham, who completed a £12m move from Ipswich Town on Wednesday, Sunderland have signed one of the most exciting attacking prospects in English football. The 18-year-old caught the eye of just about every chief scout in the country
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Body identified as that of missing North-East woman
POLICE have launched an investigation after a woman's body was found in Northumberland. Officers closed a section of the A196 near the town of Morpeth following the discovery at 5.25pm yesterday. The woman was this afternoon named as Valerie
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Falcons add McRae to coaching team
Newcastle Falcons chief Alan Tait has bolstered his backroom staff with the addition of coach, Calum MacRae. MacRae, 31, joins on the back of a distinguished playing career, having plied his trade in the Celtic league for the Borders. The former
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Moxon accepts Tykes must win last six t20 games
Director of professional cricket Martyn Moxon admits Yorkshire face mountainous task to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Friends Life t20. But the ex-England opening batsman has urged his players not to throw the towel in just yet.
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Northumbrian Water receives takeover offer
NORTHUMBRIAN WATER has confirmed that it has received a takeover proposal from Hong Kong-based Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings (CKI). Northumbrian said there was "no certainty" that CKI would move ahead with a formal bid CKI is part of
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National school hopefuls head for Gateshead
SHILDON AC's fast-rising middle-distance athlete Cameron Boyek is expected to be one of the North-East's leading medal contenders in the English Schools Championships, being staged today and tomorrow at Gateshead International Stadium. The 17-year-old
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On the march ‘just like the good old days’
IF it had been a pantomime there was no doubt who the villains of the piece were. The names of Prime Minister David Cameron, Education Secretary Michael Gove, along with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander
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‘How come the bankers still have their jobs and pensions?’
Two workers affected by the proposed changes explain why they are taking action. THE COLLEGE LECTURER ALAN CHAPE, the chairman of the Stockton Riverside College branch of the University College Union (UCU), came into teaching at the age of 32,
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Bresnan fires Sri Lanka a warning
Tim Bresnan has warned Sri Lanka "in-your-face" England will be unrecognisable today from the team trounced by the tourists on their last visit to Headingley. Bresnan yesterday had to deal with several unwelcome reminders of his part in England's
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United in anger
PUBLIC sector workers from across the region took part in marches and demonstrations yesterday as they joined the national one-day walkout in protest at Government plans that will reduce their pensions. In Durham City, 400 members of the Public
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Collingwood back for Durham's T20 assault
DURHAM will have Paul Collingwood back in place of David Miller when they resume Twenty20 action at Old Trafford this evening. Miller joined up with South Africa A this week and will also miss Sunday's home match against Worcestershire.
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Elected police chiefs' powers to be curbed
THE powers of new directly elected police chiefs will be curbed after protests by peers, but the rethink was immediately condemned as inadequate in the North-East. The commissioners, to be elected in May next year, will need the backing of more
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Alcoholic wiped blood on officer
AN alcoholic who smeared her blood on a police officer’s face while being stripsearched has been jailed for 13 weeks. Catrina Jennie Holland told officers she was unable to squat for the search because of her period, magistrates in Newton Aycliffe
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Jail for pair in drugs swoop
TWO men were last night starting three-year jail sentences after police swooped on a car following a drugs run to London. Cocaine courier Louis Mc- Quade was picked up at Darlington train station by friend Marc Gofton on his return from a day-trip
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Hitachi will bid for second train contract
HITACHI has unveiled plans to win a second contract for its North-East train-building factory – securing its future for at least 20 years. The company will bid to design and maintain the fleet that will run on the planned £34bn high-speed line
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Region's firms urged to bid for Brazil billions
NORTH-EAST businesses have been urged not to miss out on £45bn-worth of contracts to supply the upcoming football World Cup and Olympic and Paralympic Games in Brazil. UK Trade & Investment held seminars this week for businesses interested in bidding
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Pension protest hits the nation
BRITAIN is bracing itself for a fresh round of industrial action after the biggest strike for five years closed thousands of schools and disrupted courts, driving tests and job centres. Union leaders predicted that up to four million workers
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Living the dream thanks to her fairy godmother
A TEENAGE goth who has an inoperable heart condition was given a dream start to her school prom after being driven to the party in a horse-drawn hearse. In a Cinderella story with a twist, 16-year-old Sandra-Lee Prewitt had her fairy grandmother
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Housing group to pay £65k after coal fire death
A NORTH-EAST housing association has been ordered to pay £65,000 in fines and costs after a pensioner died in his home from carbon monoxide poisoning. Gentoo Group Ltd, of Emperor Way, Sunderland – formerly known as Sunderland Housing Company
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Injured son was 'living the dream'
THE family of a critically-injured North-East man say their son was “living the dream” in Australia. Daniel Moore suffered a fractured skull and internal bleeding. He was found unconscious in the road in Sydney, in the early hours of
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Debt wiped out after pair buy stadium
TWO businessmen have relinquished a debt of more than £2m to become owners of a football stadium and development site. Philip Scott and Graham Sizer are the latest owners of The Northern Echo Arena stadium site in Darlington after no other
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Labour demands bank tax to boost jobs fund
LABOUR has called for a bankers' bonus tax to help fund the Government's flagship job creation fund. Round two of the Regional Growth Fund (RGF) closes today with about £950m up for grabs. The first round of the RGF was hugely oversubscribed with
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Storm front! Graeme leads in France
England's Graeme Storm is in the hunt for a second Alstom French Open victory after starting with a six-under-par 65 at Le Golf National near Paris. Back on the course where the 2018 Ryder Cup will be played, the 33-year-old from Hartlepool
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Oliver lines up some quality
Newton Aycliffe manager Alan Oliver is hoping to add some quality to his Second Division winning squad in the next few days. Aycliffe have climbed from nowhere up to the first division of the Northern League in the last five years, but Oliver is aware
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National Competition Winners
A group of our pupils of Roseberry Sports and Community College in Chester-le-Street have won a national competiton. Bethan Oakes, Jessica Wright, Laura Lawson and Bethan Wray- won the Best Students'Award at the RBS Personal finance Education Awards for
