New call for road death witnesses
BBC News (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Police renew their appeal for witnesses almost three weeks after an elderly widow is killed on a County Durham road.
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Musical swan is back on display
BBC News (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
A 235-year-old musical swan which has taken three months to restore is back on show at a County Durham museum.
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Allotment blaze kills 130 pigeons
BBC News (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
More than 100 pigeons die when a blaze breaks out in pigeon lofts in County Durham.
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Second charge over driving deaths
BBC News (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
A County Durham man charged with causing death by dangerous driving is remanded in custody.
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Life for mother-of-two's murder
BBC News (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
A man is jailed for life for the murder of a mother-of-two at her home in County Durham.
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No-show truant mother fined £165
BBC News (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
A mother from County Durham who repeatedly failed to appear in court for failing to send her son to school is fined.
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Door Staff in County Durham Provided With First Body Scanners
Coi-Freelance (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Doormen at some of the pubs and clubs in County Durham are among the first to be issued with body scanners to screen customers. The metal detectors that are paddle-shaped have been distributed free to 12 premises in Front Street, and are designed to detect people carrying knifes. Funding for the scanners has been provided by a community safety partnership [...]
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Arrests follow dawn drugs raids
BBC News (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Police arrested 13 people during dawn raids on the homes of suspected drug dealers in County Durham.
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Britons held on Sirius Star say crew are being treated well
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Two British hostages held on the hijacked Saudi oil tanker Sirius Star spoke for the first time last night and said they had not been mistreated by their pirate captors. Peter French from County Durham, the ship's chief engineer, said the hostages' families "don't have too much to worry about" and even asked about Newcastle's result against Chelsea at the weekend in a phone interview with ITV News....
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Further arrests after body found
BBC News (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Police investigating the death of a man in County Durham arrest a man and a woman on suspicion of murder.
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Great-grandmother is back on road
BBC News (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
A great-grandmother from County Durham regains her driving licence, 47 years after passing her test for the first time.
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Great Ball of Fire in County Durham, 1855
The Victorian Peeper (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
From The Times , 12 December 1855 (click for larger image):
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Childhood obesity to be tackled
BBC News (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
A team of health workers will go into schools in County Durham identifying obese children and getting them to exercise.
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Armed burglars target businessman
BBC News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Armed robbers break in to a businessman's home in County Durham but are interrupted when his son walks in.
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Householder robbed by armed men
BBC News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Police seek two armed men who force a householder to hand over cash during a raid in County Durham.
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