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Jonathan Wallace (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
I found out this morning when I was phoned by the Evening Chronicle on the way to work that Gateshead Council is exposed to the tune of £4.5 million in the Icelandic banking meltdown. The cash is with the Heritage Bank which is now in administration. From what I hear within local government sources reasonably close to the centre of things, the government is not guaranteeing the local government...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Det Insp Derek Barrett, of Gateshead Area Command, said: "I'd like people to be extra vigilant when using cash machines and take general precautions including making sure they cover the keypad when entering their pin and taking extra care when putting their card into the machine."
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BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Police make a number of arrests after three men suffer stab wounds during a disturbance in Gateshead.
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ecolocal.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Quite tricky to track down details about this, but it seems there are a few in the Gateshead area... this information has come from: http://www.thebestof.co.uk/gateshead/events/146582 it may be worth checking nearer the time to see if they have moved it to a weekend. ": 05 November 2008 To: 05 November 2008 Location: Various, Saltwell Park Oliver Henderson Park, Felling Other Venue to...
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IMS_Blog (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
I'm currently in my home town of Gateshead, and see that the local authorities and public transport organisations are showing their usual togetherness......
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Gateshead Council confirms it has cash invested in a UK subsidiary of troubled Icelandic bank, Landsbanki.
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Northumberland and Gateshead councils confirm they have invested in troubled Icelandic banks.
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Keith Bradley, one of the architects, said: “The principal concept is about living in a large garden.” Hugh Pearman, the Sunday Times architecture critic, said: “The judges are trying to send out a message that volume housebuilders can create high-quality homes. But this is Cambridge; it’s not exactly Gateshead.”
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Forest Murmurs (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
So I spent a week in Tuscany in the company of Frs Zielinski and Donaghue. We used to be parish priests of neighbouring parishes in Gateshead and would have Sunday lunch together occasionally. Now we are more scattered but still meet up now and again for lunch and generally have good conversations. To put us in rather crude pigeon-holes I would say Fr Z is a conservative, Fr D a liberal and...
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whitley bay (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
... banks hit by global economic turmoil have also seen a £4.5m investment by council chiefs in Gateshead, along with £7m from Derwentside and £6m from Redcar and Cleveland. Northumbria Police invested £3.5m in a bank owned by the troubled Landsbanki. Hopes of getting money back may prove difficult as Iceland slides towards bankruptcy as its banks have run out of cash. Financial turmoil, sparked...
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Disaster Area (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
... and this past Sunday just happened to be the Great North Run - a half Marathon that starts in Gateshead (south side of the River Tyne) and goes all the way to... South Shields. I think there were about 50,000 runners this, it's 28th year, and somewhere this year was the 1,000,000th runner. So you can imagine that a quiet little pub in South Shields was not going to be the place to go. Instead...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Stone-built homes near a house in Gateshead which partially collapsed after rain could also be at risk, council bosses warn.
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Boogie Street (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
... or secretly pleased.Posted by harrybell at Labels: , 0 comments: Subscribe to: About Me harrybell Gateshead, North East, United Kingdom Welcome to my blog. I'm a professional artist whose work is mainly derived from the study of towns and cities. Light and shadow on buildings is a major fascination while colour and I wrestle regularly. I work mainly in oil paint, but am trying to revive...
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Liberal Burblings (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
... Lindsey District Council £4m:: East Staffordshire Borough Council £1m:: Exeter City Council £5m:: Gateshead £4.5m:: Gloucester City Council £2m:: Haringey:: Havering £12.5m:: Hertfordshire County Council £17m:: Hillingdon Council £20m:: Ipswich Borough Council £2m:: Kent £50m:: Kinross £1m:: Kirklees Council £1m :: Lancashire County Council £10m:: Lancaster City Council £6m:: Lewes District...
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