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Council branded 'ludicrous' for handing i¿½12,000-a-year CLOTHING allowance to authority's chairwomen
Shildon :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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A cash-strapped council gives 12,000 of taxpayers' money a year to its chairwoman and vice chairwoman so they can spend the cash on clothes. Durham County Council has refused to axe the perk despite critics saying the money would be better spent on
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Durham, NH car crash leaves 74-year-old man dead, injures two 22-year-old men
Durham :: NH :: USA | 3 months ago
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According to Durham authorities, a 22-year-old man driving a 2004 Chrysler was passing the car in front of him when he collided head-on with the 2000 Buick being driven by the 74-year-old man, whose identity and residence is being held pending family
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'I thought I had been hit by a car': Man loses one third of his skull after attack by love rival that left him in hospital for almost six months
Newcastle :: Australia | 3 months ago
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John Eccles, 35, was left with a concave skull after being attacked by former best friend Andrew Dodds in Consett, County Durham A man had to have one third of his skull removed after he was attacked by his former best friend turned love rival.
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Senior police officer blows the whistle on suspected criminals while refereeing football match as he tackles hooded teenager who was fleeing from officers across pitch
Hartlepool :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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18 February 2013 An off-duty police superintendent who was refereeing an amateur football match tackled a suspected criminal when he ran onto the pitch chased by other officers. Paul Beddow was officiating a Sunday league game when two men ran across
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Anthony Eden: Council defends sale of home for i¿½241,000
London :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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One of several ornate ceilings within the beautiful building In 2010, English Heritage refused the proposals by a developer who wanted to build luxury homes on the site Opulent fashion: Classical mouldings shaped like swirling leaves and baskets of
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Farmer, 32, 'was killed by hungry cattle which charged his quad bike' as he carried hay bales to feed them
Durham :: NC :: USA | 3 months ago
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Father-of-one Lee Jameson's body was found partially beneath his quad bike in the middle of a field in County Durham A farmer may have been killed by hungry cattle he was trying to feed, an inquest has heard. Father-of-one Lee Jameson's body was
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The i¿½14m new police HQ stalled by an endangered newt found hibernating on the site
London :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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The construction of a new multimillion-pound police headquarters has been halted to protect a newt that is hibernating on site. Durham Constabulary began work on their new base last October but work has come to a standstill after a great crested newt
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Young dancers learn together with "Billy Elliot" performers in Hoover (photos)
Hoover :: AL :: USA | 3 months ago
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Young local dancers got a chance to learn with dancers from the national touring company of the "Billy Elliot" production Friday. The children dancers from the production took ballet and tap dancing lessons with students from the Alabama Dance
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The great property divide: a tale of two halves
Hartlepool :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
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how they compare Photograph: Google Ten years ago, a budget of £150,000 would pay for a new-build executive detached home in Hartlepool, or a run-down terrace in Hackney, east London. In December 2002 the buyer of the Hartlepool house, which is in
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Was Off-Side Britain's first newspaper football columnist? And who was he?
Auckland :: New Zealand | 4 months ago
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Who was the first newspaper football columnist and where did he write?...In an article for The Blizzard , he argues that the man (surely it was a chap) worked under the pseudonym Off-Side and was published in the Darlington -based daily, the Northern
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