By Alan Sims WE noted with interest the kind words from Cllr Ken Walker in his letter Travellers Reassured By Terror Response (9.7.07) about the increased police presence at Durham Tees Valley Airport in the wake of recent bomb alerts in London and the dramatic incident at Glasgow airport.

A county Durham GP cleared of murder today told of his relief after police revealed they planned no further action. Dr Howard Martin - acquitted in 2005 of murdering three of his patients with morphine overdoses - was still under investigation by police.

By MARK SUMMERS HEALTH chiefs have gone back on p