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£130m push for new jobs and homes as leaders bid to kickstart Northumberland Line regeneration boost

Council chiefs are due to set aside £10m that they hope will help encourage investment in towns like Blyth and Ashington to "maximise the impact" of new rail services

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Sir Bobby Charlton's boyhood Bible to be sold at auction

The Bible is thought to date back to the football great's childhood in Ashington

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Ashington drug dealer back in jail after driving cars he hadn't declared to police

Stephen Brown was made subject of a serious crime prevention order after he was released from prison for his part in a class A drugs gang

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Panicked passengers fled for lives after bus erupted into horror blaze after crash

Fire crews battled the Metrobus bus blaze near Ashington, West Sussex, which closed several roads including the busy A24 which connects the area with London and the south coast

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Bedlington bank robber made off with over £3,000 cash after handing cashier shotgun note

James McPhail stole from a Halifax branch in Ashington after attempting to carry out another robbery at a Post Office

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Prolific thief jailed after repeatedly stealing petrol from Northumberland service stations

John Walton has been sentenced after committing a number of petrol thefts in Blyth, Ashington and Morpeth

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Ashington's Wallaw Cinema and the last picture show 40 years ago

The post-World War II years marked cinema's golden age - it was a time when nearly every North East town had a cinema, and often more than one

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Huge dog-sized rabbits rescued after being 'fattened for slaughter on the black market'

The RSPCA have saved 47 huge rabbits from slaughter after being found at an allotment in Ashington, Northumberland

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Giant rabbits 'bred to be eaten' rescued from Ashington allotment

The RSPCA found the bunnies cramped together in small, dirty hutches. They believe that the giant rabbits were being bred to be eaten by their owners.

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Struggling high streets in Ashington, Wallsend, and Newcastle East End to get £6m regeneration boost

Local councils will be given £1.9m each to help breathe new life into failing shopping areas

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Forest Hall mum with hearing impairment left terrified after armed intruders raid her home

Lewis Knowles, of Blyth and Dominic McDonald, of Ashington, left their victim petrified by targeting her son against an apparent background of drugs

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Plans revealed for new waste plant in Ashington – as bosses pledge to control vile smells and noise

Suez wants to build a new anaerobic digestion plant on its site in Ellington Road that could open by 2025

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Ashington pervert said he 'loved things he shouldn't like' in sickening chats during police sting

Benjamin Parr, of Ashington, admitted distributing and having indecent images of children

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Six new railway stations and half-hourly trains: What you need to know about the Northumberland Line

The plans to restore passenger train services between Newcastle and Ashington passed another critical milestone on Monday and construction will begin soon

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Ashington sex offender jailed for breaching ban by giving two women lifts in his car

Munawar Hussain, of Ashington, was not allowed to have lone female passengers under the terms of a sexual harm prevention order

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Jailed Ashington pensioner accused of 'mercy killing' begging to visit wife's grave

David Hunter, from Ashington, is awaiting trial for "mercy killing" his terminally ill wife Janice

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Ashington man 'confessed' to killing terminally ill wife while high on drugs in Cyprus

It is alleged David Hunter killed his terminally ill wife Janice following a suicide pact. It is understood he made the admission to police while heavily intoxicated

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Ashington man accused of murdering wife in suicide pact is now 'all skin and bone' in jail

Retired miner David Hunter is awaiting trial in Cyprus after being charged with the pre-meditated murder of his wife

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Councillor raises fears over £1.6 million cost of biodiversity site on Ashington former mine

The site will be developed as part of the planning permission granted to Britishvolt for their gigafactory

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New Starbucks drive-thru opens in Ashington creating 15 new jobs

Starbucks' new drive-thru opened in Ashington on Friday

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Ashington teenager's quirky illustrations bring to life kids' book with vital mental health message

'The Magic Inside of Me' teaches children aged three to seven how to cope with 'big emotions' and worries

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Ashington woman who went missing in Manchester found safe and well

Chantelle Williams has now been found and has returned home

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Ashington man who almost died from blood clot to climb Mount Everest to prove doctors wrong

The devoted dad is taking on Mount Everest to raise funds for charity Autism Awareness and make his son proud

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Ashington drug driver was still over limit two days after eating cannabis in Amsterdam

Aaron Tuck thought he was fine to get behind the wheel having been back in the UK for 48 hours

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Ashington man jumped dock at Newcastle Crown Court and assaulted security staff after sentencing

George McDonald, 24, was sentenced for contempt of court

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