Plan to close hospital wards met with dismay

3:00pm Saturday 10th May 2008

PLANS to close mental health wards in Durham City have been greeted with dismay by the family of a resident.

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Woman donates birthday cash to help cancer scientists

1:00pm Saturday 10th May 2008

A WOMAN who had both breasts removed to protect her against inherited cancer has donated her birthday presents to help North-East scientists identify other women who may be at risk.

Firefighters tackle farm blaze

11:09am Saturday 10th May 2008

A FARM fire, in which 22 bales of hay were destroyed, is being treated as suspicious.

Fire sweeps through workshop

11:05am Saturday 10th May 2008

TWENTY firefighters fought a blaze which swept through a workshop on Teesside this morning.

	'I've been kicked in the teeth by Labour'
	7:59am Sat 10 May 08
	Bitter row rages as Durham County Council leader suspended on eve of crucial election
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Court orders for repossessions soar in the region

8:02am Saturday 10th May 2008

AN ALARMING increase in the number of families on the brink of losing their homes because they cannot pay the mortgage, was revealed yesterday, across the region.

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Region’s latest work of art will honour the ‘often undervalued’

8:04am Saturday 10th May 2008

PLANS for the North-East's next striking piece of public art have been unveiled.

Confession to partner over walkway assaults

5:03am Saturday 10th May 2008

A STALKER convicted of a series of sex attacks along a countryside walkway, despite his continued denials, has made a behind-bars confession.

	Shoaib joins cricketing legends with six sixes
	8:11am Sat 10 May 08
	AMATEUR cricketer Shoaib Akhtar lived every batsman's dream when he hit six sixes in an over.

	£300m film studio gets backing from authority
	8:08am Sat 10 May 08
	A COUNCIL has backed plans for a £300m film studio complex in the region.

North-East man in Beirut flight drama

8:15am Saturday 10th May 2008

A NORTH-EAST academic has told how he dodged gunmen to escape Lebanon hours before violence broke out.

	‘He was going when ready, not before’
	8:19am Sat 10 May 08
	THE family of a teenager whose battle with cancer captured the hearts of thousands of football fans have paid tribute to the 17-year-old, who died this week.
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	Mum left traumatised after man grabs baby
	7:50am Sat 10 May 08
	A YOUNG mother has been left traumatised after a man grabbed her nine-week old son as she walked along a North-East beach.

Council overspend projects criticised in damning report

8:34am Saturday 10th May 2008

A DAMNING report says consultants should be brought in to help a North- East council manage large projects after a link-road scheme plunged £1.9m into the red.

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Boat race promises to be a ‘David and Goliath’

8:41am Saturday 10th May 2008

NEWCASTLE and Durham universities will battle for supremacy on the River Tyne tomorrow, in the region's 12th University Boat Race.

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