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A 62-year-old man is charged with murder after a woman is stabbed to death on South Tyneside.

Northumberland County Council has £11m of its pension fund invested in failed US bank Lehman Brothers, an MP says.
Sir Cliff Richard is raising funds for research into Alzheimer's disease at Newcastle University.


A mystery caller may hold the key to catching the killers of a Chinese couple in Newcastle, police say.
Men in Newcastle come out worst in a national study looking at bacteria from faeces on commuter's hands.

Lifeboat crews are called out to help police search a beach for a missing man on Tyneside.


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