Northumbria

American

[nawr-thuhm-bree-uh] / nɔrˈθʌm bri ə /

noun

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

Northumbria British

/ nɔːˈθʌmbrɪə /

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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Jane reported it to Northumbria Police who confirmed the callers were scammers, after which Jane revealed the whole nightmare to detectives.

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She was living in Durham while studying at the University of Northumbria and believes the eviction was partly due to complaints about the property's condition.

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The Northumbria force said the case had been dropped due to "evidential difficulties" but inquiries into criminal damage outside the premises were ongoing.

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Northumbria University contributed through a UK consortium that designed cameras for the telescope's Visible Broadband Imager, building on the institution's strong background in solar research.

From Science Daily

He also sits on the Northumbria Police and Crime Panel.

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