51.   DETECTIVES are joining forces after a series of similar bank raids in the North-East.

52.   TWO Darlington councillors are joining forces to banish the menace of midnight car racing from an otherwise peaceful neighbourhood.

53.   A HEADMASTER has called on schools to join forces in a bid to stamp out the menace of solvent abuse in the North-East.

54.   Members of the Northern Regional Health Authority have backed proposals to create seven powerful purchasing authorities by allowing districts to join forces.

55.   OIL COMPANIES were urged yesterday to join forces with environmental groups and governments to find scientific solutions to global warming problems.

56.   TWO teams of UN weapons inspectors joined forces yesterday in an apparent hunt for Scud missiles which the United Nations suspects Iraq is hiding.

57.   SCOTLAND arrived in Hong Kong last night and soon joined forces with Doddie Weir, summoned as a replacement for the injured Iain Morrison.

58.   Shooting raises fear of sectarian bloodbath Cardinals on either side of the Irish Sea yesterday joined forces for the first time to condemn the IRA, reports Gary Duncan.

59.   What can you remember about your first week, or when you joined the force?

60.   Lothian SWD is to join forces with the education department, health board and police to commission a five-month research study into the use of drugs.