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Virtual Rainbow Shines Over Tyneside - PHOTOS

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 01.05.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Tyneside, UK News, Yvette Mattern, Laser Light, Virtual Rainbow, Tech News, Science, UK Tech, Cultural Olympiad, London Olympics 2012, Laser Beams, Lasers, UK Tech News

A laser light display brought a vibrant rainbow to the night skies of North Tyneside, to mark the 2012 Cultural Olympiad celebrations in the north eas...

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Red Faces At Pantomime Over Spelling Mistake

PA | Posted 16.12.2011 | UK
Read More: Tyneside, Aladdin, UK News, Pantomime, Spelling Mistakes, Pantomime Dame, UK News

Theatre staff were left red faced after the letter T was missed out from Widow Twankey's name in their Christmas pantomime programme. The mistake a...

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Turner Prize: Police Arrest Male Streaker With Pink Tutu

PA | Posted 06.12.2011 | UK
Read More: The-Turner-Prize, Tyneside, UK News, Streaking, Turner Prize, UK Culture, UK News

A streaker who tried to disrupt the Turner Prize announcement has been arrested by police on suspicion of disorderly conduct, a force spokesman has sa...

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DWP Offshoring U-Turn a Pyrrhic Victory for British IT Workers

Mark Hillary | Posted 21.11.2011 | UK Tech
Read More: UK, India, Offshoring, Britain, Ibm, Bangalore, Atos Origin, Employment, Cloud, Jobs, Cabinet Office, Outsourcing, Government, Mary Glindon, Capgemini, Tyneside, Unemployment, Pcs, It, Csc, Siemens, Technology, Dwp, Hp, Union, Edm, Atos, UK Tech News
Mark Hillary

It's a week now since technology giant Hewlett Packard (HP) tore up their plan to send 200 IT support jobs for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) offshore to India. Faced with the target of a 40 per cent cut in department costs it seems the DWP was willing to 'offshore' the jobs to a lower cost location, but as the celebrations die down have any jobs really been saved?

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'Vigilante Parrot' Catches Burglar

PA | Posted 06.11.2011 | UK
Read More: Birds, Pets, Weird News, Parrot, Tyneside, Police, Crime, Animals, Weird, UK News

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Police admitted "assistance comes in the strangest forms" after a parrot helped catch a burglar by squawking a warning to his own...

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