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Vince McMahon Toon rumours are slammed

AS takeover rumours go, this one became a tag team of false speculation and spiralling gossip.Read

Miss Galaxy Hexham prepares for grand UK final

STUNNER Felicity Corke is bidding to put her tiny North village on the international beauty map.Read

Fresh grief for widow after barracks break-in

ALREADY haunted by grief, war widow Lisa Campbell is now battling for answers to a crime which robbed her of her husband’s possessions.Read

Community unites to pay tribute to brave soldier

A HEARTBROKEN community gathered as one to remember a hero who died in Afghanistan.Read

Steven Campbell's widow tells of his death

LISA Campbell heard her absent husband’s voice at her bedside...and knew then she would never see him again.Read

No end in sight for snow and ice

THE North was last night braced for a fresh surge of icy blasts as the November cold snap showed no sign of ending.Read

Faye Scope hopes to win Miss Great Britain

NORTH stunner Faye Scope is heading for the South West this week to see if she can turn her Miss Newcastle City title into a national crown.Read

Alex Reid to become honorary Geordie

CELEBRITY fighter and Jordan beau Alex Reid will became an honorary Geordie on his first visit to Tyneside.Read

Sol Campbell becomes patron of North's Show Racism the Red Card campaign

HE has faced ugly racism from the terraces, and now Sol Campbell will battle it in society as a whole.Read

Watchdogs rule Directski.com advert not offensive

WATCHDOGS have ruled a national ad which implied North families are too poor to ski was “tongue in cheek”.Read

Casino cheat Bahram Sahami is jailed

LUCK ran out for a North gambling addict when he was jailed for cheating casinos out of cash.Read

Sacked DJ Chris Hakin drops legal bid

A FORMER radio star caught contacting a schoolgirl on Facebook has dropped a legal fight for damages.Read

Mum warns young people of drink dangers

WITH another drunk reveller dead, heartbroken Jane Hales has revealed the alcohol tragedy which tore her family apart as a warning to others.Read

Power plant firearms officer couldn't use gun

A FIREARMS officer employed to protect British nuclear power plants was sacked for being "a danger to himself, his colleagues and national security", a tribunal has ruled.Read

Middlesbrough teen beats darts pro at event

BULLY for him! Teenage darts prodigy Jordan Evans has scored a double-top of prize victories.Read

'Sacked' radio DJ Chris Hakin in bid for damages

A FORMER radio star is seeking damages after claiming he was forced to quit his show after using Facebook to contact a girl of 14.Read

Victory in job row at Sunderland museum

A FORMER Royal protection officer accused of making death threats against his boss has won his case for unfair dismissal.Read

Nuclear plant gun policeman in fight for his job

HAUNTED by flashbacks of his son’s traumatic birth, firearms officer Mark O’Brien begged bosses to give him a second chance to save his career.Read

Ex-Royal soldier’s ‘chilling threats’ to his boss

AN EX-SOLDIER who once protected the Royal family made chilling threats to “ambush and murder” his boss and torch the museum where he worked, a tribunal was told.Read