10 YEARS AGO DJ BLACK BELT: Wayne Allen, a former Metro Radio presenter, used his karate skills to carry out a citizen’s arrest during a terrifying attack on the Dr Syntax pub, in Prudhoe. OFFICE SALE: Northumberland County Council started a fire sale of its redundant properties, such as Hexham House, Prospect House, the Old Grammar School and the old swimming pool in Gilesgate. PAY ACTION: Senior politicians and officers at Northumberland County Council met with trade unions after talks on pay and employment conditions collapsed. BOGUS CALLER: Northumbria Police conducted house to house inquiries in Bellingham after a bogus caller targeted the home of an elderly couple in their 70s in the village.
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