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Joanne Butcher

George Hoolahan

North's most wanted found in Bangkok bar

LOUNGING in the midday sunshine, this is fugitive rape suspect George Hoolahan enjoying the high life in Thailand.Read

Fist fight over home extension in Newcastle

A DISPUTE over building work spiralled into a fist-fight. Builder Shahid Din was left with a split lip and a black eye when he was attacked by disgruntled customer Raza Sharif.Read

Children injured in two-coach smash

MORE than 20 people were injured in a coach crash involving North schoolchildren on a day trip yesterday.Read

Model Laura in line for M&S role

THIS is not just a model... this is, potentially, a Marks and Spencer model.Read

Group re-enacts battle that sparked football rivalry

ROUNDHEADS and cavaliers once again clashed in Sunderland yesterday.Read

Running on inspiration

THOUSANDS of runners from across the North are limbering up for the world’s most popular half-marathon.Read

Baby loss inspires charity Sweet Dreams Our Angels

A YOUNG mum has told of the devastation of losing her baby son.Read

Police reveal whole story of fraudster John Darwin

AN insight into how canoe fraudsters John and Anne Darwin’s elaborate hoax came crashing down around them is today revealed.Read

West End Girl

A TALENTED schoolgirl has taken a step closer to her West End stage dream after winning a scholarship to a prestigious performing arts school.Read

Couple rescue pig that thinks it’s a dog

THIS is Kevin Bacon, the pig who thinks he’s a dog. Kevin, a three-week-old large white piglet, is the real-life version of Babe, the sheep-pig.Read

Mini Miss UK is axed from ball

A TEEN beauty queen is caught in the middle a furious pageant spat.Read

New disabilty laws are widely ignored in region

DISABLED people in the North are being let down, a charity has claimed. Livability, the national disability charity, reviewed the region’s services ahead of new social care funding laws set to come in 2011. Read

Author Profile

Joanne Butcher joined us as a reporter in January 2009. She heads up our Give Them Justice campaign, aimed at bringing justice to Tyneside asbestos victims.