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North holds key to survival of Labour

GORDON Brown could lose seats in his North East strongholds and face defeat at the next general election, a new analysis by The Journal reveals today. Read

Battling with the stars for film award

A TEENAGE student is going up against Hollywood A-listers in an international film festival. Read

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Get on your bike

Parents are being urged to halt a generational decline in cycling. Read

Inspiration
First of all, let me apologise for my lack of blogging of late....Read
May Day Morning
Dancing at Dawn on Town Moor on May Day morning went well....Read
May seasonal food - the true season of love
Asparagus, long regarded as one of the foods of love is back! The season of that infamous phallic stick -Asparagus, officially started in England on May 1st....Read

Journal cartoonist Nick Whitmore has proved a huge hit this year with Journal readers and now you have the chance to have the best of his work in one book. Levity is an 80 page compilation of the best topical Journal cartoons of 2007. Read

Support The Rock

Savers return as crisis eases

THE Northern Rock fightback began in earnest yesterday, as bosses declared themselves “delighted” with the public response to their battle for survival. Read

Support the Rock

GOOD causes in the North have received £175m from Northern Rock in the past 10 years – and now is the time, The Journal believes, to help repay that support. Read