The bigger and more aggressive American species could "out-compete" the native white-clawed crayfish on the neighbouring River Wansbeck.

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Bedlington Magistrates Court issued the Asbo after he was convicted of a public order offence at Wansbeck Hospital.

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Wansbeck MP Ian Lavery said he wanted government assurances of financial help to find a buyer for the entire plant.

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They were taken to Wansbeck District General Hospital in Ashington, and one of the girls was transferred to North Tyneside Hospital on Saturday.

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The side-car racing at Druridge Bay and seriously dangerous water battles on the River Wansbeck in the Morpeth regatta would surely be banned today.

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Retired Northumbria Police traffic officer Keith Lamb, who was a former colleague of PC Rathband, told the inquest he identified his body at Wansbeck District Hospital.

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