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Joanne Butcher

Children enjoy Juice Festival Halloween finale

WITCHES, ghosts and devils took over Newcastle’s Quayside yesterday to celebrate Halloween.Read

Partly-built Stanley houses destroyed in blaze

A BLAZE which destroyed nine partially-built houses in the early hours of yesterday is not being treated as suspicious, police said last night.Read

Homes to play part in a carbon emissions project

THOUSANDS of homes and businesses in the North East are being lined up for a £54m project designed to cut carbon emissions.Read

County Hall, Northumberland County Council

Northumberland Council accused of low pay trick

WOMEN battling Northumberland County Council for equal pay will be made deliberately low offers in the run up to Christmas in the hope they will be too desperate to refuse them, it has been claimed.Read

Members of The Fifteen outside The Masons Arms, Warkworth, with Chairman John Nicholls MBE, at the unveiling of their first Northumbrian Jacobite Plaque

Jacobite plaque unveiled at historic Warkworth pub

NORTHUMBERLAND’S turbulent history is being remembered at a historic pub.Read

Security guard hurt in Washington bank raid

CUSTOMERS watched in terror as masked raiders swooped on a security guard delivering cash to a North East bank.Read

Northumberland schoolchildren visit finished Doxford Hall maze

TEN years ago, more than 1,000 Northumberland schoolchildren planted a record-breaking maze as their mark on the millennium.Read

Pitmen Painter Walter Bell

Walter Bell recalls his time with the Pitmen Painters

THEIR story has been made into a Broadway smash hit. And now, one of the last surviving Pitmen Painters has told of his time as miner-turned-artist.Read

Minister Steve Webb issues pension pledge

THE Government has no intention of introducing a “work until you drop” change to pension rules, a minister pledged yesterday.Read

Tayla Murdy

Bedlingtonshire hairdresser Tayla Murdy to show off her style

A TEENAGE hairdresser is set to represent the UK in the World Hairdressing Championships.Read

Raoul Moat taser director in ‘suicide’ tragedy

A COMPANY boss believed to have killed himself was “destroyed” by the furore caused by criticism of his firm for supplying the Tasers used during the stand-off with gunman Raoul Moat, his business partner said last night.Read

Commuters stalled by leak from bus

ASLICK of diesel caused problems for commuters in the North East yesterday when roads were closed for more than two hours.Read

Six arrested after Koran is set on fire in Gateshead

SIX men have been arrested for stirring racial hatred after a copy of the Koran was burnt on Tyneside.Read

Garden that housing bosses wanted dug up wins prize

THEY were set to dig up his flower beds and demolish his ornaments. But after The Journal saved his garden Cestria Community Housing can’t praise green-fingered pensioner John Mackin enough.Read

Golfers dress up to raise cash at Longhirst

GOLFERS are known for their smart attire and strict dress code.Read

Funeral takes place of drowning victim James Willis

THE funeral of a 17-year-old boy who died trying to save a teenage girl off the coast at Whitby has taken place.Read

Fury as British Gas Great North Swim is halted

CHARITY swimmers have told of their fury after the British Gas Great North Swim was called off at the last minute.Read

Rare ducks stolen from Washington Wetland Centre

ELEVEN rare ducks have been stolen from a bird sanctuary.Read

Industrial workers risk their lives, say experts

INDUSTRIAL workers exposed to dust and fumes have a heightened risk of developing a killer lung illness, a study has found.Read

Stars support match

SPORTING heroes Sir Jack Charlton and Glenn McRory are supporting a charity football match in memory of a Northumberland soldier killed in Afghanistan.Read

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Joanne Butcher joined us as a reporter in January 2009. She heads up our Give Them Justice campaign, aimed at bringing justice to Tyneside asbestos victims.

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