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Angela Middleton Christmas with dad in Afghanistan
Sgt Leo Middleton is on a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan with 39 Regiment, Royal Artillery. His family explain what it's like to have Christmas without dad.

Mary Grant with her parents in 1940 Remembering wartime with granny
Mary Grant, from Bishop Auckland, is inspired by her grandchildren to write about how World War II affected life in the North East.


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Gary Bankhead with a coin Bishop's gifts
Divers find gifts for a former Bishop in the Wear
PEOPLE & PLACES
Grace French Grace is 'lucky'
Grace gives back to those who helped her through illness
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Barney, the one metre long lobster at the London Aquarium in central London Tuesday August 28 2001 Local lobster
Lobsters lurk all around the UK's coastline

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