Today's current North East news from The Journal Newspaper

You’re finished with us, fans tell Ashley

NEWCASTLE fans last night warned owner Mike Ashley he could never again join them at a football match. Read

Whole city is in mourning

NEWCASTLE is like a city in mourning after Kevin Keegan’s departure, a leading expert warned yesterday. Read

Coup for Baltic as Yoko Ono signs up

THE Yoko Ono exhibition at the Baltic will be her biggest UK show for a decade – and the artist will be on hand to open it. Read

Brains behind rural brewery set for award

THE man behind a Northumberland brewery has been shortlisted for a national award for young entrepreneurs. Tom Hick, 28, set up Allendale Brewery in 2006, building a business which now supplies more than 100 pubs across the region. Read

Threat hangs over Stephenson works

DIRECTORS of a trust which saved the world’s first locomotive factory say a £135,000 rent rise could shut them down. Read

Caretaker exposed to asbestos

ANORTH council was ordered to pay more than £20,000 yesterday after it emerged a school caretaker had been exposed to 100 times the safe level of asbestos. Read

Planners change minds on turbines

COUNCILLORS have withdrawn three of their four objections to plans for a wind farm in Northumberland. Read

Month’s rain could fall today, region is warned

THE region is bracing itself for another wet weekend, with almost a month’s worth of rain expected to fall in some places today. Read

Do you want to get across in real style?

THE people of Sunderland will be asked to decide on the design of the new bridge for the River Wear – and how much they want to spend on it. Read

Skate park row clerk goes

THE clerk of a council at the centre of a row over a skate park that was built on the wrong site has left his post. Read

Court hears therapist deny sexual assaults

AREFELXOLOGIST has denied passionately kissing a woman teacher while her mother sat in the waiting room next door. Read

Dancer sets up a blog appeal to launch career

A TALENTED North East dancer with “unbelievable potential” has launched her own blog in a bid to attract sponsorship for an exclusive London school. Read

Pacific railroad takes a major share in Weardale

AN American rail company has bought a majority share of a troubled North East tourist railway. Iowa Pacific Holdings, which operates 700 miles of track in the USA, has taken a 75% stake in Weardale Railway. Read

Police renew appeal for key witnesses

MAJOR lines of inquiry into the murders of two Chinese graduates in Newcastle remain unresolved, police said yesterday. Read

Keegan resigns and fans turn their anger on Ashley

KEVIN Keegan last night quit as manager of Newcastle United. His resignation was confirmed by the League Managers Association (LMA) just before 7pm. Read

Ashley has to bear brunt of fans’ fury

NEWCASTLE fans reacted to the news that King Kevin Keegan had gone with anger and sadness last night. And the finger of blame was pointed firmly at the directors’ box. Read

NUFC fans leave furious and sad messages on website

JOURNAL web forums erupted last night as Newcastle fans flocked to our website to express their anger. Hundreds of posts were logged within an hour of the dramatic resignation notice. Read

Murder squad in raid on house

DETECTIVES hunting the killers of a Chinese couple in Newcastle have raided a house in the street where they lived. Read

Errors that led to mother’s murder

SAFTEY experts last night admitted a string of errors leading up to the sadistic murder of a Northumberland mother. Read

PM snubs invitation to discuss post office axe

THE Prime Minister has turned down an invitation by residents of a Northumberland village to discuss the closure of the local post office. Read

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