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Study says deaths could be avoided
6:10am Monday 8th February 2010
ACCIDENT victims are dying unnecessarily at some of the region’s hospitals, according to a study that condemned the lack of care at night and at weekends.
Anger at renewed plans for retirement village
6:00am Monday 8th February 2010
REVAMPED plans to create a retirement village in the heart of North Yorkshire have outraged villagers.
Pensioner made to repay 1p
6:00am Monday 8th February 2010
A COUNCIL has apologised after demanding that a frail pensioner return a council tax benefit overpayment of 1p.
Candidates on attack after Milburn expenses order
6:00am Monday 8th February 2010
CANDIDATES hoping to replace Alan Milburn as Darlington MP have gone on the attack after it was revealed he had to pay back thousands of pounds in expenses.
Milburn claimed £11,000 in error
8:01am Friday 5th February 2010
ALAN MILBURN blamed “careless administration” last night, after it was revealed he had repaid more than £11,000 of wrongly-claimed expenses.
One GP caring for 191,000 patients
6:00am Friday 5th February 2010
A SINGLE out-of-hours doctor is responsible for more than 190,000 patients in some areas of the region, it has emerged.
Protest on doorstep in quest to save care home
6:00am Friday 5th February 2010
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save a closure-threatened care home have staged a doorstep protest.
Sobering facts about rise in hospital cases
6:00am Friday 5th February 2010
ALARMING new figures reveal drink-related admissions to the region’s hospitals have increased by 12 per cent in only one year.
Debt crisis swamping region's advisors
6:00am Friday 5th February 2010
MORE people have sought help in the North-East because they are drowning in debt than almost anywhere else in the country, a report reveals today.
Why Terry should not be England’s captain
10:03am Friday 5th February 2010
BEFORE we discuss John Terry’s position as England captain, let’s get one thing straight. None of us has any right to demand that he is a role model.
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