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Residents to be given right to veto excessive council tax rises
12:10am Friday 30th July 2010
A REFERENDUM will be triggered if any town hall tries to hike council tax by more than inflation, under government plans to be published today.
Proceeds of crime hearing against former teacher
10:50pm Thursday 29th July 2010
INQUIRIES are taking place to see how much money can be recouped from a former teacher caught with a cache of cocaine.
40,000 pupils in North-East and North Yorkshire excluded from schools
8:40pm Thursday 29th July 2010
MORE than 40,000 pupils were excluded from schools in the region in the last academic year, according to figures from the Department for Education.
Raoul Moat funeral to be held on Monday
6:40pm Thursday 29th July 2010
The funeral of fugitive gunman Raoul Moat will be held next week, sources said today.
Whitby Tesco protestors claim victory
6:31pm Thursday 29th July 2010
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to halt supermarket giant Tesco building a £40m superstore look to have claimed victory - after councillors dramatically threw out the application.
Mum recalls moment she was told her son had been found hanged
6:16pm Thursday 29th July 2010
A devastated mother has recalled the moment she was told her son had been found hanging in woodland alongside his friend.
Police called after men fight with poles in street
2:37pm Thursday 29th July 2010
A FIGHT broke out between men brandishing metal poles today in County Durham.
Twelve arrested in East Durham drugs raids
11:24am Thursday 29th July 2010
TWELVE people have been arrested in a series of early morning raids on houses in east Durham today.
Darlington man rescued from Wainstones
10:04am Thursday 29th July 2010
A DARLINGTON man had to be rescued after falling 15 feet from rocks.
End of Asbos
9:02am Thursday 29th July 2010
HOME Secretary Theresa May called time on the controversial Asbo last night after stating the measure – one of Tony Blair’s flagship policies – had failed.
Driver, 79, escapes after car smashes into house
8:23am Thursday 29th July 2010
AN elderly driver escaped serious injury after his car left the road and crashed into the living room of a house.
Claudia Lawrence investigation to be scaled down
7:42am Thursday 29th July 2010
THE investigation into the disappearance of North Yorkshire woman, Claudia Lawrence, is to be scaled down, police have revealed.
Lifeboat rescues Wear teen castaway
12:48am Thursday 29th July 2010
A 13-year-old boy who was cast adrift on the River Wear as part of a prank had to be rescued by a lifeboat.
Dancing for joy after arm donation
9:07am Thursday 29th July 2010
A TEENAGE dancer who was born with one arm has been fitted with a prosthetic limb thanks to her performing arts group and local school.
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