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Tanning salons to blame for cancer rate rises

TANNING salons are to blame for soaring skin cancer rates, medical experts have claimed. New figures show 461 people were being treated for malignant melanomas in the North East and Cumbria in 2006 – a rise of 197% on the 155 cases of the disease in 1986.Read

Poker ace Jack Ellwood scoops £228,000

CARD-sharp Jack Ellwood is having an ace time after winning more than £228,000 in poker games.Read

Tony Blair’s biography on its way to bookshops

THE most eagerly anticipated political biography is on its way to UK bookshops - and Sedgefield is expected to take centre-stage.Read

Ad guru marks anniversary of inspirational idea

HUNDREDS of good deeds have been prompted by a successful internet invention inspired by an advertising guru from the North.Read

International hitman uses forged North passport

AN INTERNATIONAL death squad hitman has been using a forged North passport, the Sunday Sun can reveal.Read

Friends rally round to support Cheryl Cole

NORTH East favourite Cheryl Cole is going through marriage turmoil but she doesn’t have to Fight For This Love when it comes to getting Geordie support.Read

Hunt for man as security guard knifed at Hilton hotel

A KNIFEMAN is on the loose after a security guard was stabbed in the stomach in the grounds of a plush North hotel.Read

British aid organisations quick to help Chile

AID organisations in Britain were last night quick to respond to quake-hit Chile.Read

Man fights for life after blaze horror at Palram DPL

A NORTH plant worker was fighting for his life last night after being caught in a chemical fire.Read

Michael Winner blasts North East restaurants

CALM DOWN Michael Winner, our restaurants are tip top. That’s the message from North foodies after Winner launched a scathing attackRead

Potholes costing councils millions in compensation

POTHOLES on the North’s roads and footpaths have forced councils to cough up millions of pounds in compensation.Read

North York Moors flood victim named as Vanessa Robson

POLICE last night named a woman who died after her car was dragged into torrential flood waters.Read

Routine prostate cancer check saved life of traffic cop

HE thought he was doing his bit helping out with a health study.Read

Electric shock man loses compensation bid

A MAN who lost his leg and suffered horrific burns following a massive electric shock has lost his battle for compensation.Read

North animator Paul Kavanagh hopes for Oscar glory

THE EYES of the showbiz world will fall on Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre next weekend as the glittering pinnacle of the movie world’s calendar takes place . . . The Oscars.Read

Father leads campaign for missing chef Claudia Lawrence

THE FATHER of missing chef Claudia Lawrence says he desperately needs to find out what happened to her, as he spent her 36th birthday without his beloved daughter.Read