Northumbria

[nawr-thuhm-bree-uh]

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noun

an early English kingdom extending N from the Humber to the Firth of Forth.

Northumbria

/ ��ɔːˈθʌ��ɪə /

noun

(in Anglo-Saxon Britain) a region that stretched from the Humber to the Firth of Forth: formed in the 7th century _ad , it became an important intellectual centre; a separate kingdom until 876 _ad
an area of NE England roughly corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon region of Northumbria

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Northumbria Water said 10 organisations had played a part in the robot's development, including councils in Sunderland, Gateshead and Newcastle.

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In November 2015, sensing there was more to uncover, the couple holed themselves up in a hotel in Lindisfarne, off the Northumbria coast, and started piecing together their suspicions.

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It is particularly hard to bring corporate manslaughter charges against a large, complex organisation, says Dr Victoria Roper – an associate professor at Northumbria University, who studies this area of the law.

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She went on to become the police and crime commissioner for Northumbria Police and then the victims commissioner for England and Wales between 2019 and 2022.

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Supt Kevin Waring of Northumbria Police said no explanation had ever been offered for the felling, but "there never could be a justifiable one".

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