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North East News for 13 March 2011

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Devastation caused by the Japanese earthquake. Photo by AP Photo/Koji Sasahara

North tourists caught in Japan earthquake Mar 13 2011

THE death toll from the catastrophic tsunami that ripped through Japan was expected to soar as rescuers from around the world headed for the stricken area.Read

Tim Healy has no regrets over ice show outburst Mar 13 2011

“I’VE got no regrets at all.” That was Tim Healy’s declaration last night after breaking his silence over defending his wife’s honour.Read

Justin Bieber fans go wild at Metro Radio Arena Mar 13 2011

BIEBER fever hit the North last night as a teenage global phenomenon blazed into the region to thrill thousands of fans.Read

Air Angels campaign reaches £1m Mar 13 2011

WE’VE DONE IT! Thanks to your extraordinary efforts we’re proud to announce our Air Angels campaign has hit its £1m target.Read

Willington pub landlord held on sex attack allegation Mar 13 2011

A PUB in a North village has closed after the arrest of its landlord following an allegation of sexual assault on a customer.Read

7,000 NHS patients treated privately last year Mar 13 2011

PATIENTS across the North are being forced out of the NHS as health chiefs come under pressure to use more private hospitals, it has been claimed.Read

Drivers save cash with cut-price urban parking Mar 13 2011

CITY dwellers are offering hard-up North commuters a lifeline . . . by renting out cut-price urban car parking spaces.Read

Consett man changes voice for Comic Relief Mar 13 2011

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

Rohypnol prank is blasted Mar 13 2011

A CONTROVERSIAL online advert for a North nightspot event that appeared to promote use of Rohypnol has been branded “disgusting” by a date rape charity.Read

Replies off the scale Mar 13 2011

AS HIS Foreign Secretary gave fresh impetus to Gaddafi’s fight- back in Libya, petrol hit £6 a gallon and 30 cancer charities united to tell his Government the benefits shake-up would push some sufferers into poverty, Prime Minister David Cameron chose to face a “grilling” on The One Show.Read

Zoning in on creating jobs Mar 13 2011

THE Mayor of Middlesbrough Ray Mallon, and the chairman of the town’s football club, Steve Gibson, shared their ‘Field of Dreams’ moment with the media last week.Read

Raoul Moat accomplices face long jail term Mar 13 2011

THE mum of Raoul Moat’s victim yesterday said she will never forgive her son’s killers.Read

£985,000 bill for our injured police officers Mar 13 2011

HUNDREDS of thousands of pounds has been paid out in compensation to police officers injured in the line of duty, the Sunday Sun can reveal.Read

Full cost to taxpayer of health trusts cuts is revealed Mar 13 2011

SAVAGE cuts in the NHS have cost North taxpayers £16m in redundancy payouts in one year, the Sunday Sun has learned.Read

Letter by killer of Caroline Clarke is up for sale Mar 13 2011

A GHOULISH collector is cashing in on the brutal murder of a North backpacker by auctioning a letter her killer penned from behind barsRead

Helping our soldiers get to grips on civvy street Mar 13 2011

LEADING his men into battle as a staff sergeant, Davey Norman was a respected soldier – and witnessed the full horror of the frontline.Read

North actor stars in Zombie computer game Mar 13 2011

AN aspiring North actor has achieved online fame in a new blood-soaked zombie computer game – expected to become an all-time bestseller.Read

Gateshead woman sheds 4 stone by hypnosis Mar 13 2011

DEDICATED dieter Fay Laidler came up with a novel way to fight the flab ... she hypnotised herself into losing weight.Read

Dad skied 10km to raise cash for kids’ heart unit Mar 13 2011

A DAREDEVIL dad has become an internet hit after skiing down a mountain wearing a miniscule mankini . . . and it’s all for the hospital which saved his son’s life.Read

Date with a Calendar Girl Jennifer Ellison Mar 13 2011

ONCE the darling of lads’ mags, these days Jennifer Ellison is more content being a working mum.Read

Sacrificing everything for success Mar 13 2011

THE movie trailer calls them the modern-day gladiators, fighting it out at speeds of up to 200mph.Read

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