Delivery driver robbed of takings
19/12/2009 12:15:09
A delivery driver is robbed of hundreds of pounds by two men carrying a machete and suspected firearm.
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Same sex hospital wards complete
19/12/2009 15:44:15
Men and women no longer have to share some ward facilities after NHS North East completes a programme of improvements.
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Travel firm enters administration
19/12/2009 10:56:18
A travel firm, which operates package holidays and flights out of Newcastle airport, goes into administration.
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Pair jailed for killing seabirds
18/12/2009 19:47:50
Two men are jailed for illegally killing rare seabirds at a South Tyneside beauty spot.
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Fujitsu staff in strike action
18/12/2009 12:22:46
Workers at Fujitsu in Newcastle are among UK staff staging the first of a series of one-day strikes over pay.
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Plan to extend opencast colliery
17/12/2009 19:32:23
A mining firm reveals plans to extract a further two million tonnes of coal from an opencast site in Northumberland.
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