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Horror crash victim is rebuilding her life

BATTLING Lucy Ohlson today tells of her amazing escape after she was impaled on a piece of farm machinery in a road smash.Read

Geordie Shore stars banned from six city bars

GEORDIE Shore stars have been banned from six Newcastle nightclubs after shocking the nation with their drunken antics, the Sunday Sun can reveal.Read

Chester-le-Street model Rachael Marsden misses out on title

GEORDIE lass Rachael Marsden missed out on being crowned a beauty queen but she is determined not to let it get in the way of her modelling career.Read

Chester-le-Street 18-year-old Rachael Marsden in Miss Natural Curves 2011final

GEORDIE lass Rachael Marsden is proving curvy women have what it takes to break into the modelling industry.Read

Byker fashion designer Julie Tocker meets Scott Henshall

FROM single-mum to fashion designer, Julie Tocker has come a long way.Read

North East makes the most of the lovely weather

SUN seekers will enjoy the most of the scorching temperatures today as the North experiences one of the hottest days of the year so far. Read

Gazza's drink-drive friend is sentenced

A FRIEND of ex-England football star Paul Gascoigne was given a four-month suspended prison sentence and told to do 200 hours unpaid work today after he was caught drink-driving.Read

Consett man changes voice for Comic Relief

SPEAKING of Comic Relief, how’s this for a challenge?Read

Wingate girl Emily Williams to perform in Billy Elliot

SHE loves to boogie . . . and soon talented performer Emily Williams will be wowing crowds in London's West End.Read

Philippa Tomson in charity climb for COCO

ADVENTUROUS TV weathergirl Philippa Tomson is steadying herself to scale new heights.Read

Driving charge for Toon star Leon Best

NEWCASTLE United star Leon Best has landed himself in court again.Read

30 gigs in 30 days for busker Derek Allan

LONG-PLAYING busker Derek Allan is out to beat the musical milestone achieved by Live Aid when he takes on a marathon 180 hours of gigs for charity.Read

Royal Air Force jets collision just missed

TWO Royal Air Force jets narrowly avoided a mid-air collision, an official report has revealed.Read

Determined star to play for England

AS HE pulls on his England shirt for the fifth time, Dan English seems just a normal teenager living out his childhood dreams.Read

Billy Elliot star Nicola Blackwell speaks of time in the limelight

FORMER child star Nicola Blackwell has told how she loved her time in the limelight . . . even if her role as Billy Elliot’s ‘love interest’ left her red-faced.Read

Injured schoolboy Reece Tudor praises air ambulance

SCHOOLBOY fun and games sparked a huge rescue mission when little Reece Tudor took a tumble in the playground.Read

Families enjoy Rothbury music festival

ONE of the region’s biggest visitor attractions welcomed the crowds back for the right reasons yesterday after becoming notorious as the final destination of killer Raoul Moat.Read

Weapons and drugs seized from Frankland Prison

WEAPONS, drugs and booze have been seized in a powder keg prison Spikes, DIY weapons, heroin, cocaine and amphetamines have been discovered at troubled top security Frankland Prison in County Durham. Read

Two North men arrested after police swoop plane

ARMED police yesterday swooped on a plane full of holidaymakers before arresting two North men, the Sunday Sun can reveal. Read

Comedy book’s the name of the game

SOME of the world’s most comical real names have been complied in a new book. And many of the names listed include gems from our region. Read

Author Profile

Katie Davies joined ncjMedia in 2009 as a trainee reporter. She recently attended the Press Association course, where her patch was Durham City. Since joining the company Katie has covered various stories across all three titles.