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North East News for 6 November 2011

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Shocking cost of North East metal theft revealed Nov 06 2011

BRAZEN bandits have stolen £2m of metal in just one year, the Sunday Sun can reveal.Read

Riverside promoters axed over sex act flyers Nov 06 2011

LEWD leaflets depicting sleazy sex acts sparked a council probe and landed club promoters in hot water, the Sunday Sun can reveal.Read

Roxanne Pallett joins cast of Waterloo Road Nov 06 2011

SHE may turn 29 next month but actress Roxanne Pallett can still pass for a teenage schoolgirl, say telly producers.Read

Crooked Durham families tab empire busted Nov 06 2011

PILED box on box, these packages are a crooked duo’s spoils after officers busted their network and caught them smuggling cigarettes into the North.Read

Council leader hits back over MP's comments Nov 06 2011

PESSIMISTIC? No chance ... That’s the message from a North council chief as he hits back at his town’s own MP.Read

Bomb plot grandad set to renew wedding vows Nov 06 2011

BOMB plotting grandad Nick Smith has asked his wife to marry him again after realising she was the love of his life while banged up on remand.Read

Vintage wedding for Chester-le-Street couple Nov 06 2011

SHE’S got the new, the borrowed and the blue – but for this bride it’s the something old that sets her apart.Read

James Cook University Hospital midwife struck off Nov 06 2011

A MIDWIFE who failed to check patients’ medical records before administering medication has been struck off.Read

The 2011 Jarrow Crusade arrives in London Nov 06 2011

TIRED but triumphant, determined young protestors recreating the famous Jarrow March arived in London yesterday.Read

X Factor stars Little Mix vow to stay together Nov 06 2011

RUMOURS of in-house fighting by both the judges and contestants have rocked X Factor in the past couple of weeks.Read

Teesside 'Mr Bigs' cash is claimed by police Nov 06 2011

COPS clawed back more than £400,000 in crooked cash from the ‘Mr Bigs’ of Teesside’s criminal underbelly, the Sunday Sun can reveal.Read

Celebrity vet backs campaign for abandoned dogs Nov 06 2011

CELEBRITY vet Steve Leonard has put his name to a fundraising campaign for abandoned dogs. He explains to Ian Robson why he refuses to have a man’s best friend of his own.Read

Artist inserts his own name for that of Jesus Nov 06 2011

A STUDENT who put on a sex show in the name of art has raised eyebrows again, this time with artwork of biblical proportions.Read

Settle soldier killed after only 'a few months' on duty Nov 06 2011

A SOLDIER shot dead in Afghanistan while “standing firm” against an insurgent attack had only been in the Army for a few months, it emerged last night.Read

Firefighter tells of North heroes' blaze of glory Nov 06 2011

THESE pictures show how the hard work and bravery of firefighters often goes unnoticed.Read

Newcastle pub listed in Great British Pubs guide Nov 06 2011

PACKED with good food, drink and top quality entertainment, this North pub is toasting its entry in a new boozer bible.Read

Forest Hall man stabbed pal in a row over noise Nov 06 2011

A KNIFEMAN plunged a blade into his house mate’s chest in a row over noise. Stephen Potter lost the plot with a man he lived with after accusing him of being too rowdy. Read

North surf champ offers to host Chilly Pepper Nov 06 2011

ROCKER Anthony Kiedis will take some time out of his UK tour… to catch a wave in the bracing North Sea.Read

Newcastle lowlife took from stricken woman Nov 06 2011

A MAN posed as a Good Samaritan to steal from a semi-conscious woman outside a city centre bar.Read

Who is to blame for the UK economic crisis? Nov 06 2011

WHO is to blame for the UK economic crisis, Margaret Thatcher, greedy bankers, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown . . . or the Anglos Saxons? Mike Kelly reports.Read

North councils gave Southern Cross £200m Nov 06 2011

CASH-STRAPPED councils in the North ploughed more than £200m into stricken Southern Cross care homes in just three years, the Sunday Sun can reveal.Read