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Cell research centre work begins

6:10pm Wednesday 15th October 2008

WORK has begun on a new £18m building to provide a unique and world-class centre for bacterial cell biology at a North-East university.

Tragic footballer was upset over son, inquest told

6:03pm Wednesday 15th October 2008

A former Sunderland Football Club goalkeeper who killed himself had a ‘‘difficult time’’ following the birth of his son who had cerebral palsy, an inquest heard today.

Trains delayed after tragedy

5:52pm Wednesday 15th October 2008

A WOMAN has died after being hit by a train near a railway station.

Man withdraws murder plea

4:47pm Wednesday 15th October 2008

A man who admitted murdering a loving mum-of-two now wants to protest his innocence.

Petrol price war raging on region's forecourts

4:43pm Wednesday 15th October 2008

A petrol price war is raging on Britain's garage forecourts today after supermarkets slashed the price of a litre below £1.

Tornado to become TV star

The Tornado in steam

3:58pm Wednesday 15th October 2008

THE construction of the first steam locomotive to be built in this country in nearly 50 years is to be featured in a BBC documentary tonight (THURS).

"Piracy" led to financial meltdown - academic

Pirates - forerunners of today's market speculators?

2:04pm Wednesday 15th October 2008

An academic claimed today how the global financial meltdown can be traced back to the golden age of pirates and buccaneering on the high seas.

Body find not suspicious, say police

12:26pm Wednesday 15th October 2008

THE discovery of a man's body on a Teesside path is not being treated as suspicious, say police.

Man hurt in death crash still in "serious condition"

11:44am Wednesday 15th October 2008

THE man injured in Saturday's fatal accident in Bishop Auckland remains in a serious condition.

Couple who ran brothel face jail

Stephen Hodgkiss and partner Waraporn Dodds arriving at court yesterday

10:11am Wednesday 15th October 2008

A HIGH-FLYING businessman and his Thai mistress are facing jail for setting up a brothel only months after her massage parlour was closed by police.


National News

Woman 'crashed into pair at 113mph'

Mark Crompton and his 19-year-old girlfriend Jodie Brown

Updated 6:33pm Wednesday 15th October 2008

A businesswoman crashed her partner's Jaguar in to a young couple at 113mph before telling police she had "killed someone", a court has heard.


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