Updated 5:16am 17 May 2012

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Stephanie Curtis and Laura Medlan fail in contempt of court appeal

TWO young mothers jailed after they were found guilty of openly discussing their friend’s court case on a bus have failed in a bid to have their sentences cut.Read

Tributes paid to Middlesbrough murder victim Colin Dunford

TRIBUTES have been paid to a pensioner who was one of two people battered to death in separate murders that sparked a huge manhunt.Read

SAS Big Spring Beach Clean calls on volunteers for support

COASTAL communities are being called on to help with an annual beach clean-up.Read

Journal competition gives chance to win 10% house deposit

JOURNAL readers have started building their ‘houses’ to be in with a chance to win a 10% deposit on a new house from the Dunelm Homes collection.Read

Ponteland residents write message to the Queen

RESIDENTS and schoolchildren of Ponteland will write and sign a Loyal Address to the Queen for the Diamond Jubilee.Read

Search for body after man throws himself off Tyne Bridge

POLICE were last night still scouring a river for a man who threw himself off the Tyne Bridge on New Year’s Eve.Read

Alnwick joiner jailed for attack on former girlfriend

A JEALOUS joiner with a history of violence who knocked his former girlfriend unconscious in a drunken rage has been jailed.Read

St James's Park

Newcastle United board issues mission statement

NEWCASTLE UNITED have released a mission statement which sets out their long-term plans.Read

North Tyneside Council plans privatisation of services

A COUNCIL is planning to privatise some of its services in a bid to save money. North Tyneside’s elected mayor Linda Arkley has told officers to look at almost every part of the authority to see if the private sector can do it better and for less.Read

Shamed Newcastle verger Colin Adams fails to clear his name

A SENIOR churchman convicted of indecently assaulting a child has failed in a bid to clear his name.Read

World's heaviest leek unveiled at Stanley show

IT was the land of the giants yesterday at a top North East horticultural show.Read

Figures show dangers for North East NHS staff

EVERY day, four NHS hospital workers in our region are physically or verbally attacked while doing their jobs, the Journal can reveal.Read

Enthusiasts flock to see steam trains at Tanfield Railway

TRAIN enthusiasts turned back time to reunite two Newcastle-built locomotives back in the region for the first time in more than 60 years.Read

Benefits fraudster pocketed more than £60,000

AN ASYLUM seeker who pocketed more than £60,000 by falsely claiming benefits over a period of seven years has been spared jail.Read

Graeme Jarman

Where did it all go wrong for Graeme Jarman?

LOOKING relaxed and happy, this is Graeme Jarman, prime suspect in the murder of Northumberland spinster Judith Richardson.Read

Neighbours shocked over killer suspect Graeme Jarman

COMMUNITIES have told of their shock that murder suspect and convicted sex offender Graeme Jarman had been living among them.Read

North East counts the cost of too much cheap alcohol

MORE people are admitted to hospital because of alcohol-related problems in the North East than any other region, new figures have revealed.Read

Daredevil takes on Gateshead Millennium Bridge stunt

DAREDEVIL freestyle motorbike rider Julien Dupont took on one of the North’s most iconic structures when he drove across the elevated Gateshead Millennium Bridge.Read

Police patrol in rural Northumberland

Police cracking down on rural crime in Northumberland

POLICE are cracking down on rural crime after figures showed rising numbers of thefts in Northumberland.Read

Newcastle oil worker ordered to resume job in Libya

A NORTH East oil rig worker has been told he must return to war-torn Libya or face being sued by his employers.Read