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Head hoping to set up free school

New opportunity: Headteacher Kevin Dodd

8:10am Friday 27th August 2010

A HEADTEACHER from Consett is looking to set up one of the first free schools in the region that will be accountable to parents.

Sign up to tackle speeding

8:10am Friday 27th August 2010

PEOPLE are being asked to step forward to help tackle speeding in their community.

Woman injured in three-car collision

8:10am Friday 27th August 2010

A WOMAN was airlifted to hospital with back injuries after a crash involving three cars in Consett, last Friday.

Police and council HQ could move under new masterplan

8:10am Friday 27th August 2010

DURHAM police force and the county council both face losing their headquarters, under a multi-billion pound economic masterplan being drawn up.

Charity lends an ear to students

8:10am Friday 27th August 2010

A LISTENING charity is bracing itself for an increase in calls from youngsters worried about their A Level results.

Victim of loan shark faces losing her home

Debra Wilson and her husband, Kevin

8:30am Friday 20th August 2010

A MOTHER-of-four who was bullied into repaying £88,000 on a £500 loan faces losing her family home due to the crippling debt.

Trip down Memory Lane

Care home resident, 100-year-old Stan Gunby and manager Pat Scott, take a look at the museum display

8:30am Friday 20th August 2010

RESIDENTS at a care home took a step back in time to reminisce about the town they live in thanks to an exhibition.

Pitman treads path to the stars

Real-life Billy Elliott: Jackie Toaduff

8:30am Friday 20th August 2010

SEVERAL times Jackie Toaduff interrupts one of his fascinating showbiz stories to say something along the lines of: “When I was a boy running around barefoot in Stanley…”

Axe to fall on hundreds of NHS jobs

8:30am Friday 20th August 2010

MORE than 500 North-East jobs are to be axed as part of an NHS cost cutting drive – and hundreds more are under threat, it has been revealed.

Life-saving teenager in line for award

2:34pm Friday 6th August 2010

A QUICK-thinking teenager who saved the life of an elderly man is to be honoured for his actions.



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