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Stalker jailed indefinitely 1:08pm today A STALKER who targeted vulnerable females on a countryside walkway was today jailed indefinitely.
Man arrested over former Army captain's death 11:16am today A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a former Army captain who was found battered and bleeding in his own home, police said today.
Darren plays fast and loose at Indy 9:40am today RACING driver Darren Manning was born in North Yorkshire, but now lives in the USA where he races in the IndyCar series. In the second of a series of columns, he writes exclusively for The Northern Echo website as he prepares to take part in one of the world's most famous motorsports events.
"WE ended up waving off our first attempt to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 on Pole Day last Saturday.
Tributes follow death of bike ace Dunlop 9:21am today TRIBUTES were paid across sport and politics last night after former Isle of Man TT winner Robert Dunlop died following a horrific crash during a practice race in Northern Ireland.
Postscript8:27am today It was announced this week 37 Post Offices across the
region will close between July and September. Owen
Amos visited one of them, in Simpasture, Newton
Aycliffe, to see what will be lost
CHERYL Clark's Post Office name badge
is clipped - the wrong way round - to a
grey teddy bear behind the counter.
Bradford and Bingley asks for £300m8:24am today
MORTGAGE bank Bradford and Bingley yesterday
asked shareholders for £300m in a bid
to bolster its balance sheet.
Can Gordon turn the tide?9:30am Thu 15 May 08 As rumours of a challenge to Gordon Browns leadership
begin to circulate, Ashok Kumar explains why he thinks
Mr Brown is the right man to take the Labour Party into the
next General Election
IT IS almost a fortnight since the political
earthquake of the disastrous local election
results shook the foundations of the Labour
Party. Now that the dust has settled, Labour
members and activists like myself have had the
opportunity to reflect.
‘Involve people to address stem cell concerns’8:23am today ALL efforts should be made to
keep the public involved in
biotechnology developments to
allay concerns, a panel of North-
East experts has warned.
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