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North East family await DNA tests


FIVE S North East family await DNA testsDNA tests that will determine the next moves of a Chester-le-Street family’s fight for justice for their dead son could be completed in a matter of days.

The remains of 24-year-old Christopher Rochester were exhumed from Ropery Lane cemetery earlier this week (June 27), 11 years after he fell 40ft from a hotel balcony in Rhodes.

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June 28th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Lead, NE Region, Newcastle | Leave a comment

A sparkling occasion for Tyneside


neville S A sparkling occasion for TynesideRenowned TV anchor man Mike Neville has come out of retirement to launch a diamond anniversary appeal for what is thought to be the oldest hospital radio station in the country.

Award-winning Radio Tyneside, which broadcasts to the hospital communities on Tyneside and beyond, was formed 60 years ago, initially to bring live reports of Newcastle

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May 3rd, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Lead, NE Region, Newcastle, North East News | Leave a comment

Digging deep to find new power


1232762383 Lzwr9 S Digging deep to find new powerA borehole in the centre of Newcastle that could hold the key to future low carbon emissions power has been inspected by Energy Minister Chris Huhne.

The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change ran the rule over pioneering work being done by Newcastle University scientists.

They are attempting to drill

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March 29th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Lead, NE Region, Newcastle, North East News | Leave a comment

A recycling scheme with a difference


1215898573 4xbBK S A recycling scheme with a differenceCharity worker Austen Hempstead has a ‘can do’ attitude when it comes to getting things done.

Since launching the I Can Feed initiative – a scheme operated through Cyrenians FareShare North East to eliminate food poverty in the region – he has opened up a lifeline for those in need.

I Can Feed

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March 20th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Lead, NE Region, Newcastle | Leave a comment

Theatre Royal stages historic auction


1198963911 Kw8ts S Theatre Royal stages historic auctionTheatre Royal Newcastle is to host a grand auction to sell off a wide range of its interior furnishings, including auditorium seats, before it ‘goes dark’ for its anniversary restoration this Summer.

The auction will take place on Sunday 6 March in the Theatre itself, and is open to the public.

Successful bidders on

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March 2nd, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Lead, NE Region, Newcastle, North East News | Leave a comment

Learning hands-on gives lessons for life


1066011739 UKygY S Learning hands on gives lessons for lifeOver the years students spend hours in their classrooms but often it’s the learning they do outside the classroom they remember. Next week (Nov 3-4) thousands of students, teachers and families will have have the chance to learn about skills and careers at the region’s biggest careers event, being held at

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October 27th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Lead, NE Region, Newcastle, North East News | Leave a comment

Foundation backs leukaemia research


1036512790 E3CCN S Foundation backs leukaemia researchA £20,000 contribution from the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation is helping further research into leukaemia in the north east. Funding from the charity to the Leukaemia Research Cytogenetics Group has purchased an Olympus BHX6 fluorescence microscope, which is connected to a highly sophisticated image analysis system.

Professor Christine Harrison says: “This top of the range microscope is

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October 6th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Lead, NE Region, Newcastle, North East News | Leave a comment

Council fined after child injured at Tyneside museum


998115152 9AyfJ S Council fined after child injured at Tyneside museumNewcastle City Council has been fined after a five-year-old girl needed surgery when she was injured by an interactive exhibit at one of its museums. The child was visiting the Discovery Museum in Newcastle with her family when she placed her hand in an opening of the “Floating on

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September 7th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Lead, NE Region, Newcastle, North East News | Leave a comment

Age no barrier to learning says graduate granddad


972747284 SC6yD S Age no barrier to learning says graduate granddadDon’t try tell Terry O’Neil that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. This graduate granddad has just completed his PhD at the grand age of 73 years and received his doctorate at Northumbria University.

Terry carried out research into smoking and its negative effects on memory. His

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August 17th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Gateshead, Lead, NE Region, Newcastle | Leave a comment

Sweet moves for business development


841368844 inLCS S Sweet moves for business developmentAn ambitious £6m scheme will convert a derelict former toffee factory into a new centre for creative businesses on Tyneside. The former Maynard’s factory in Newcastle’s Lower Ouseburn Valley is being revitalised to provide approximately 2,600 sq mtrs of workspace in 25 new units of semi-managed office space, and a central meeting space in a

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April 19th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Lead, NE Region, Newcastle, North East News | Leave a comment
 
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