A 120% rise in youth unemployment in the North East has created an emergency that must be tackled, a commission chaired by David Miliband said yesterday.Read
ONE-PUNCH attack victim Richard Elgie has told of the terrifying moment his jaw shattered and left his dream of taking over the family business in tatters.Read
OH Buoy! There is a surprise in the pipeline for Tyne Tunnel drivers. Three 10-foot tall former marine buoys are to be sited at the north exit of the tunnel as a welcoming feature to North Tyneside.Read
THEIR exploits at Wembley have once again made them the pride of the North East, and now Whitley Bay FC will celebrate with an open-top bus parade.Read
NORTH East actress Melanie Hill is taking on a supporting role to help officially launch a university’s creative partnership with a popular theatre.Read
AFORECAST for warm, sunny weather saw us heading for the coast – along with about 10,000 other people who’d seemingly made a beeline for the same stretch of coastline.Read
ARMCHAIR detectives are helping The Journal get to the bottom of a seaside riddle. We appealed to readers for help to identify a mystery object which has been perplexing people in the coastal village of Cullercoats.Read
A MURDERER has written a letter from his prison cell to apologise to his victim’s family. Ryan Leck, who was convicted of killing father-of-two Andrew Smart last month sent the six-page confession to our sister paper, the Chronicle, from Durham jail.
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