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RT @SimonPryde: #totalsport IS on all summer (including tonight!) - don't abandon us!

RT @SimonPryde: Right, pick an England team using only #nufc and #safc players. #totalsport. Well? Go on then...!

Part 2 starts with tunes by Cyndi Lauper and London Boys #timeofourlives

10cc,the Sweet and Wizzard but what’s the year #timeofourlives

Jonathan: how do you start a conversation about something everyone is scared of talking about? We're talking taboos until 12.

RT @BBCRichardMoss: That rise follows two months of decline. The North West saw another rise of 11,000 to 9.6%, but Yorkshire saw a sign ...

RT @BBCRichardMoss: Unemployment rose in the North East by 6,000 to 148,000 between January and March. The unemployment rate is now 11.5 ...

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Jonathan: Conservation - can we afford it?

In the news at 10 on @bbcnewcastle - Unemployment levels in the North East are up again and 9 arrests in County Durham after drugs raids.

Coming up after 10, Jonathan asks if spending cash on saving animals like pandas is really a good use of our money.

Conservation: can we afford it? One hundred years ago today saw the birth of the modern-day Wildlife Trusts. It started with just one man - and now the Trusts have 800,000 members. But in this age of austerity, can we afford to keep spending so much on nature? Or is it time to prioritise human beings? * Is spending millions trying to get two pandas to mate in Edinburgh a good use of money? * Do you see conservation as protecting our future - or holding us back, when we need more houses built, for example? * are we protecting the right things - or spending too much time on "cuddly" species? *do YOU give to conservation charities?

RT @alfiejoey: Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority want to know what YOU think an MP is worth.
- How much do you think an MP ...

RT @alfiejoey: Employment figures out later on @BBCNewcastle. NE continues to have highest unemployment rate. How do you make yourself m ...

The NHS claims the north east is ahead of the game when it comes to cancer medicines - as 5 new drugs are being offered to patients here.

RT @alfiejoey: It seems we don't have enough space at home - some keep groceries in the boot of their car.

- What have you got stored ...

The Royal Institute of British Architects says many people don't have enough space at home for even basic household things. It cites one couple forced to keep their vacuum cleaner at a parent's house and groceries in the boot of their car. - What have you got stored somewhere else?

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Part 2 of time of our lives from 12.30 with KWS,The Cure & Richard Marx,but what's the year #timeofourlives

Simon Logan - Time Of Our Lives from 12. From the year that Spitting Image got to number one #timeofourlives

Jonathan: Is on-street grooming of children something we need to worry about in the north east? Listen live:

RT @bbcnewcastle: Simon Logan - some great memories on Time Of Our Lives from 12 midday.From the year that Spitting Image got to number...

Simon Logan - some great memories on Time Of Our Lives from 12 midday.From the year that Spitting Image got to number one and Maradonna...

Does special needs labelling help or hinder? "Outdated and not fit for purpose" is how the children's minister Sarah Teather has described the system for children with special educational needs. The government's proposing changes that would give parents more control over the money that's allocated for their childs needs - and the changes could also mean fewer children being labelled. More than one in five school pupils is now identified as having some kind of special need. - Has being categorised a 'special needs' meant your child now has a label? Is that a good or a bad thing? - Would you like more control in how money is spent on your child's requirements? - Have you had to battle to get your child recognised as needing extra help? - Are parents a better judge than the experts?

Jonathan: Does special needs labelling help or hinder a child? Listen live:

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BBC Tyne&Wear VIDEO: Wallsend telephone mast protest: Residents in a North Tyneside housing estate have vowed to...

RT @alfiejoey: The law's about to get much tougher on owners who's dogs injure people.
- What do we need to do about dangerous dogs?
@B ...

The government says too many school children are being wrongly identified as having special educational needs. More in the phone in after 9

Banana, tomato, fig, beans, carrot. 9 years on from the start of the 5 A Day campaign Alfie&Charlie ask if it’s worked

Police are continuing to investigate after a woman died in a house fire in county Durham yesterday

Tony Blair reportedly wanted to end a televised address to the nation with the words "God bless Britain" but civil servants forced him to drop the idea as it was too American. - How do you sign off? (either verbally or in writing)

RT @alfiejoey: Less than one in five of us in the North are eating the recommended 5 pieces of fruit and veg a day. Why aren't you doin ...

RT @alfiejoey: Tony Blair wanted to end a speech "God bless Britain" but it was deemed too American.
- How do you sign off?
@BBCNewcastle

BBC Tyne&Wear Pardew picks up LMA manager award: Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew is named LMA Manager of th...

BBC Tyne&Wear Cup win proves point - Flournoy: Newcastle Eagles player-coach Fab Flournoy says his players "had ...

BBC Tyne&Wear Bulford's Vase record a 'relief': Dunston UTS striker Andrew Bulford describes his relief at compl...

BBC Tyne&Wear Lifeboat base construction starts: Blyth's volunteer lifeboat crew will have a new base as work st...

BBC Tyne&Wear Newcastle sign second row MacLeod: Newcastle Falcons sign second row Scott MacLeod from Japanese c...

As a country we give something like £8billion in overseas aid. Is that the right amount? Times are tough in the UK, there's no question about that. Yet if you compare our situation to many other countries, we are pretty lucky. We are a wealthy country. Do we give the right amount to help other countries?

What is the British sense of humour? Is it a bit of a carry on? Or is it something different? Del Boy actor David Jason says our British sense of humour is being lost because of political correctness. Many of the jokes that made 'Only Fools and Horses' so well loved would not be allowed today, he says. One storyline involved a singer with a speech impediment but these days it would probably end up on the cutting room floor. - Are we too sensitive these days? - what makes British humour different? - is comedy less funny than it used to be, because of political correctness or over-sensitivity? - is anything fair game as long as it makes you laugh?

Coming up in the news at 10am on @bbcnewcastle the latest on a house fire after a sixth child dies and appeals for a missing Sunderland man.

RT @alfiejoey: Overdue changes to Disability Allowance or are you one of the half a million claimants that will miss out? @BBCNewcastle

RT @_AshleighPudsey: RT @Helsyrich: An Alnwick dog trainer tells @bbcnewcastle more people are wanting to train their dogs to dance ... ...

BBC Tyne&Wear Communities' lottery fund boost: Lottery funding of more than £2m is announced to support communit...

A North East dog trainer reports a rise in people wanting to train their dogs to dance after dancing dog Pudsey won Britain's got talent

Police say they're increasing concerned about Paul Wilkinson. The 38 year old disappeared from home in Marley Potts on Sunday morning.

Newcastle cabbie Matty Nolan misses out on £10k from Robbie Savage after NUFC miss place in champions league and he loses his bet

RT @alfiejoey: Thousands of children will be taking their SATS this week.
(7 & 11 yr olds) - Are school children under too much pre ...