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13 hours ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Jonny Manning |Ollie Rawlinson
Image caption, Friends Ethan, 12, and Kaelan, 13, want new equipment installed at their local playgroundBBC News, North East and CumbriaBBC News, North East and CumbriaTwo boys who describe their local playground as "broken, boring and full of graffiti" are campaigning to have it improved. Twelve-year-old Ethan, and Kaelan, 13, have been knocking on doors and asking people to sign a petition calling for Flimby Playground in Cumbria to be upgraded.
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15 hours ago | 
bbc.com | Jonny Manning |Ollie Rawlinson
Boys collect 600 signatures to improve playgroundJonny Manning & Ollie RawlinsonBBC News, North East and CumbriaBBCFriends Ethan, 12, and Kaelan, 13, want new equipment installed at their local playgroundTwo boys who describe their local playground as "broken, boring and full of graffiti" are campaigning to have it improved. Twelve-year-old Ethan, and Kaelan, 13, have been knocking on doors and asking people to sign a petition calling for Flimby Playground in Cumbria to be upgraded.
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2 weeks ago | 
aol.com | Daniel Holland |Jonny Manning
A petition to prevent a new football stadium for Newcastle United being built on the city's oldest park has been presented to councillors. More than 28,000 people have opposed rumoured plans that would see the club build on Leazes Park, next to St James', despite NUFC not announcing the move.
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2 months ago | 
bbc.com | Nathan Bevan |Jonny Manning
Rare coin man must pay £103k or face jail againNathan Bevan & Jonny ManningBBC News, North East and CumbriaCrown Prosecution ServiceRoger Pilling has been ordered to pay £103,000 for two missing treasure coinsA metal detectorist who planned to sell a hoard of Anglo-Saxon coins has been ordered to pay £103,000 or face being jailed again. Roger Pilling, 77, from Loveclough, near Rawtensall, Lancashire, was told he had three months to come up with the six-figure crime proceeds settlement.
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2 months ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Jonny Manning |Mat Trewern
Image caption, Arthur Ferguson still plays an active role in the business he started with his wife 70 years ago BBC News, North East and CumbriaA 100-year-old shopkeeper who has been in business for more than seven decades says he may consider retiring "in a year or two". Arthur Ferguson and his wife Cicely turned a former bakery in Millom, Cumbria, into a haberdashery in the 1950s, and since then it has become a steadfast part of the community.
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Mar 17, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Jonny Manning |Bill Edgar
A former town hall is to be brought back into use after a council agreed to hand over the building to a community group. Stanley Civic Hall, in County Durham, will now be run by Lamplights Arts Centre Ltd, which is to turn the site into a venue for sports, stage productions and events. The building, also known as the Lamplight Arts Centre, requires significant investment to bring it back into use after falling into disrepair, Durham County Council said.
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Mar 14, 2025 | 
bbc.com | Jonny Manning |Martin Emmerson
Ex-police officer accused of inappropriate conductJonny Manning and Martin EmmersonBBC News, North East and CumbriaGoogleA number of the alleged instances of inappropriate conduct took place at Bishop Auckland Police StationA former police officer has been accused of pursuing a relationship with a woman he met on the job and inappropriate conduct towards a female colleague.
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Feb 24, 2025 | 
bbc.com | Jonny Manning |Mark Denten
Record number of artworks submitted to exhibitionJonny Manning & Mark DentenBBC News, North East and CumbriaBBCExhibition visitors will have the chance to vote for their favourite artworkAn art exhibition showcasing works produced by artists from across the north-east of England has attracted its largest ever number of submissions. The Northumberland Open Exhibition at the Woodhorn Museum, in Ashington, received 458 submissions from 197 amateur and professional artists.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Jonny Manning |Jim Scott
Northumbrian Water is working to fix the burst water main, which flooded the road on Tuesday [BBC]A residential street has been flooded by a burst water main. Chester Road in Sunderland has been closed while engineers repair the leak at the Western Hill junction. Bakhtiar Ali, who owns the Sultan Halal Superstore, said the street had flooded before but on Tuesday evening the water was just a few centimetres away from entering his shop.
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Jonny Manning |Matt Bailey
When six-year-old Blake threw a message in a bottle into the sea, he hoped it would reach far away shores. But when the person who found it had no way of contacting him, it was not the end of the tale. The problem with finding a mysterious message in a bottle is there is often no way to reply to whoever sent it. Six-year-old Blake thought he had solved the problem by including an email address when he threw his into the sea at South Shields.
