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Boxing champion turned poet helps town tell tales
BBC via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoThe project will end with a street celebration of all the women of Barrow. Follow BBC Cumbria on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and Instagram. Send your...
Visitors asked to help track sand martin nesting
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoTheir previous attempts to dig natural nesting chambers in the banks of the River Wear were unsuccessful. Follow BBC North East on X (formerly Twitter),...
Northumberland veteran remembers D-Day comrades
BBC News· 17 hours agoA World War Two veteran says he was "prepared to die" while taking part in the D-Day landings. William Wake, 98, from Morpeth, Northumberland was an...
North Shields Normandy veteran to pay tribute to fallen comrades
BBC News· 3 days agoA 99-year-old Royal Navy veteran who took part in the Normandy Landings is planning a journey to...
Labour targets traditionally Tory rural seats
BBC via AOL· 7 days agoBut the Liberal Democrats are also unconvinced. They have ambitions themselves in Hexham, as well as other parts of Northumberland and Cumbria. Julia...
Labour’s battle to convince Britain it can be trusted on defence
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 days agoOn a cloudy morning in April, Sir Keir Starmer donned a high-vis jacket and hard hat to tour a...
Morpeth man takes restored wartime jeep to Normandy 80 years on
BBC News· 4 days agoA man with a passion for military vehicles has restored a jeep used in the Normandy landings....
North Pennines lead and silver mining honoured through art
BBC News· 6 days agoFive artists are to hold workshops across the North Pennines to tell the story of the region's...
10 British woodland wonders to discover this summer
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIf you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a big… treat. Britain’s ancient forests are magical realms, carpeted with nodding bluebells and gleaming...