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Community spirit praised in Morpeth floods

A MAJOR review of the flooding which devastated a Northumberland town four months ago has highlighted a number of deficiencies. Read

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Transfer Window Watch

Latest Transfer News

Click here for a special section running throughout January bringing you up to the minute transfer gossip and news for NUFC, SAFC and the rest of the footballing world. Read

NUFC web chat

Next NUFC webchat Monday at 12.30

The next live NUFC webchat will be on Monday, January 12 at 12.30pm, to discuss the match against West Ham. View our webchat archive or Read

North East news from The Journal

Morpeth flooding review highlights flaws of authorities

A MAJOR review of the flooding which devastated a Northumberland town four months ago has highlighted a number of deficiencies in the multi-agency response to the catastrophe. Read

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Local Northumberland news

Select a town above to view local Northumberland news. Read

Kinnear may land Ferguson for £3m

JOE Kinnear could be on the verge of making his first signing as Newcastle United manager after Glasgow Rangers slashed their asking price for midfielder Barry Ferguson to just £3m. Read

Football highlights

Watch football highlights online

Watch goal highlights from selected Premier League matches online. You can still see highlights of Newcastle v Liverpool and Everton v Sunderland, plus selected European League games and darts action. Read

UK & World breaking news

Culture quiz

Culture Quiz of the Year

Take part in our Culture Quiz of the Year, with five questions for each month and the chance to win a prize. Read

Seaton Delaval Hall

Save Seaton Delaval Hall

Click here to find out how to get involved with the Seaton Delaval Hall fundraising appeal and click here to give your opinion on the Hall's future. Read

Weather news

North East weather latest

Keep up to date with all the latest weather news from around our region. We'll bring you details of all the school closures, the latest on the roads and other travel news. Read

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Business news from nebusiness.co.uk

Punitive bank rates hit North takeovers

THE seizing-up of bank credit lines and the economic downturn has seen the value of company acquisitions in the North East fall from £6bn to £1bn in a year. Read

Journal Blog Central

Ethical store sales

Don't limit yourself to the high street in the hunt for bargains. Read

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The Journal Culture

Chance to meet pop star Andy Abraham

CULTURE Club members have the opportunity to attend an audience with Andy Abraham, who, during his time on The X Factor, won the hearts of over nine million TV viewers each week with his vocal talents and personality. Read

Sport

Caddick approves of KP exit

Former England paceman Andrew Caddick believes the resignation of captain Kevin Pietersen was the right thing following the turmoil of the past week. Read

Bingo

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Play our great bingo game, win prizes, chat with friends, new games every 15 minutes. Read

North East Wedding Fair

Virtual wedding fair - online now

The North East Wedding Fair is an online exhibition bringing together some of the region's best wedding product and service providers under one virtual roof. Click here to visit. Read

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Buy unique photos from the pages of The Journal, all taken by award winning photographers. Read

City Living

City Living - January

Here at City Living we're putting the doom and gloom of 2008 behind us with a juicy January edition packed with fabulous new office fashion, lots of laughs from comedian Steven K Amos and tips for getting in shape. Click to read the latest edition online. Read

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