- 'Sharp drop' in degree courses
- Travellers 'hit by rip-off charges'
- Probe into sex-selection abortions
- UK urged to support tar sands ban
- GPs 'over-paid for ghost patients'
- Action urged on hip fracture costs
- Clegg reveals £1bn jobs fund boost
- RBS set to unveil £400m bonus pot
- Tributes to 'jolly jester' Carson
- Fast-track asylum delays criticised
- Korean firm wins MoD tankers deal
- Mother and daughter given Asbos
- 'Exceptionally' mild weather on way
- Teenager 'repeatedly raped by gang'
- Man quizzed over women's murders
- Cherie Blair makes phone hack claim
- Man accused of murdering vicar
- Peacocks saved, but 3,000 jobs go
- Sex attacker was under surveillance
- RBS set to unveil £400m bonus pot
Music
Martin’s back on home turf
THE Renowned Martin Stephenson has teamed up with The Daintees again and have announced a UK tour performing their acclaimed and most celebrated album, Boat To Bolivia, in its entirety, 26 years since its debut.
Review: Field Music, The Cluny, Newcastle
IT’S TESTAMENT to the talents of Field Music that an extra night had to be added to the Newcastle leg of their Plumb tour to quell the public’s appetite for their sound.
Review: Kaiser Chiefs, 02 Academy, Newcastle
ENERGISING guitars, climbing on bars and na-na-na-na-nas were the order of the day as the Kaiser Chiefs brought their brand of punky-indie-rocky-type stuff to the O2 Academy.
Nothing beats live music!
Nic Wright brings us the monthly local music column from The Bunker studios in Stockton Road, Sunderland.
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Storm is coming
FROM struggling uni band to international big-hitters, Snow Patrol are ready for the latest part of their journey. Ian Laws spoke to drummer Jonny Quinn.
Unique sound
GRAHAM Coxon is celebrating the release on new album, A+E, which will be released on April 2, with a UK tour.
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Weather for Sunderland
Thursday 23 February 2012
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