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Speed cameras challenged thanks to vehicle tracking technology


A driver has successfully challenged a speeding ticket thanks to vehicle tracking technology installed in his van.

711155789 W7kiy M Speed cameras challenged thanks to vehicle tracking technologyGareth Powell was clocked doing 61mph in a 50mph limit on A4174 near Bristol in November last year, while he was working as an employee of MD Building Services Ltd.

Gareth doubted

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Moody moos research lands international award


Newcastle scientists who found that cows with names produce more milk have won a major international award.

Dr Catherine Douglas and Dr Peter Rowlinson of Newcastle University have won the Ig Nobel Prize for Veterinary Medicine for their work looking at reducing stress levels in dairy cattle.

671031289 TntYZ M Moody moos research lands international awardIn a paper published earlier

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Green giant heads for Teesside


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The shape of things to come – the proposed Teesside bio plant.

A £500m biomass plant on Teesside that will burn woodchip has been backed by the Government and looks likely to establish a first in the UK. The Tees Renewable Energy Plant, located

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North East gets £3.85m to tackle youth crime


A £3.85m anti-yobs fund has been allocated to the North East.

The cash will be used to tackle youth crime and help clear-up antisocial behaviour and is part of the Government’s £100m Youth Crime Action Plan (YCAP).

Funds have also been earmarked to make schools and communities safer and provide support for young people and families who want to turn their lives around.

Regionally 11 areas have each been handed £350,000 to implement seven

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War declared on doorstep conmen


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Bogus caller victims 83-year-old Jenny and Doug Burnip with Northumbrian Water's John Mowbray (R) and Durham Constabulary Chief Constable Jon Stoddart.

THEY ARE RUTHLESS, greedy and make a living from preying on the most vunerable in our communities.

Now a campaign, designed to step up the war against the bogus callers and rogue traders

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