Oct
2006
Articles from 23rd Oct 2006
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CV
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Frank Nicholson Read
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Questionnaire
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
What car do you drive? Read
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A man of unquenchable enthusiasm
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
The last ever boss of Vaux Breweries in Sunderland now has a more diverse business career. Frank Nicholson talks to Graeme King about pubs, the nature of enterprise, his Sunderland roots... and a move into recycling. Read
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I'm not to blame
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
The former boss of GNER owner Sea Containers, James Sherwood, has refused to take responsibility for the company's woes - and pledged to claim his full £1m severance payment. Read
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Cash machine boost for 100 post offices
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Post offices struggling for survival were given a boost today after the Royal Bank of Scotland pledged to install cash machines at 100 sites. Read
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We're having a laugh again
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Northern Pride, Mr Lynch's, Newcastle Read
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Hot ticket
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Whirlwind Read
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Outsider draws us all in
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Keith Haring died nearly 17 years ago. David Whetstone talks to the woman who continues to carry a torch for him. Read
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Clocking on for top drama
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
The Night Shift, Northern Stage, Stage 2 Read
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Reviews
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Barbara Nice, Rex Boyd and compère Christian Steel, Saville Exchange, North Shields Read
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We must keep calm
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Tranquillity is something which, says Lynney Holden, she enjoys "in bucketloads". Read
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Let us all thank our lucky stars
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Farmer John Riddle is well placed to appreciate the value of tranquillity. Read
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In a stressful world, this land is at peace
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Environment Editor Tony Henderson reports on how the North-East is tops for tranquillity - and the issues that raises. Read
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Archives take on national status
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Best place to study shipbuilding Read
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Dresses take a jump into the winter
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Vicky Pepys can't wait for a cold spell. Read
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400 homes hit by cut
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Hundreds of homes were left in darkness last night after an electrical blackout. Read
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Ofsted gives school a gold star
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
A village school has been widely praised by Ofsted inspectors. Read
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Apples, tractors and torchlight
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Vintage tractors, the great British apple and the 200th anniversary of a major flood were celebrated in Northumberland over the weekend. Read
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Linda's in charge of guarding the wall
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
The company set up to manage Hadrian's Wall has a new chief executive at its helm - Linda Tuttiett. Read
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Historic setting for shops
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
One of the oldest parts of a Northumberland market town has been transformed into a new shopping centre. Read
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Boost for depot plans
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Ministers set to back new homes Read
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Survivors stride out to beat cancer
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Five breast cancer survivors - representing the number of women diagnosed each day with the disease in the North-East - led the way at a charity walk yesterday. Read
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If you go down the mine this weekend
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
A record number of people have visited the Nenthead (CORR) Mines Heritage Centre this year with figures up 22% on last year. Read
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End delays to vital upgrades
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
The Go For Jobs campaign is backed by The Journal, the Evening Gazette, on Teesside, and the North-East Chamber of Commerce. We called on the Highways Agency to lift Article 14 notices which block developments that, the Agency says, could put extra traffic on the A1 or A19. Read
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Millionaire John roughs it for TV
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
A millionaire businessman pretended to be penniless when he took part in a television reality show, due to be aired month. Read
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Dead soldier's family barred from hearing
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
The family of a North-East recruit who died at the Deepcut army barracks in Surrey has attacked a decision to hold an internal investigation into their son's death - and to exclude them from proceedings. Read
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The Monday Question: Do you have any confidence in Britain and America's policy on Iraq?
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
There were few supporters of the Government's stance on Iraq among the shoppers enjoying the autumn sunshine in Newcastle City Centre yesterday afternoon. Read
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Opt-in is just for those who can afford it
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Regarding your report on two GPs offering a private, out-of-hours service in Newcastle (The Journal, October 17), I was deeply disappointed by Alan Beith's comment about it being "inevitable"; perhaps "disgraceful" would have been a more appropriate first response. Read
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Rescuers in own drama
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
A rescue helicopter taking a stricken diver to a decompression chamber was forced to make an emergency landing yesterday[Sun]. Read
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Cable thieves blank mobiles
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Thieves caused chaos for thousands of mobile phone users yesterday after they stole a vital section of fibre optic cable from a North-East factory. Read
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Chance to see plans
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
An exhibition is being held on proposed changes to schools in Cramlington. Read
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G8 bomb hoaxer must serve jail term
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
A man jailed for making hoax bomb threats while world leaders made their way to last year's G8 summit has failed in a bid to get his prison term cut. Read
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Detective spurred by extra motivation
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
In the 22 years he has been a police officer, Det Chief Insp Jim Napier has never had to deal with a more complex and upsetting case than Peter Voisey's rape, abduction and sexual assault of a six-year-old girl. Read
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Kidney trouble advance
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
A quicker and more accurate method of detecting kidney problems has been developed by scientists in the North. Read
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Health bosses want fluoride gaps filled
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
The debate over using fluoride to protect children's teeth was reopened yesterday as North-East health bosses called for the chemical to be added to water supplies across the region. Read
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Transfer of control at advanced stage Browne
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Britain is now "quite far down the road" of transferring control of southern Iraq to local authorities, Defence Secretary Des Browne said yesterday. Read
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Militants strike again to send death toll soaring
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Iraqi militants yesterday killed 15 homebound police recruits and nine shoppers buying food for the feast to celebrate the end of Ramadan. Read
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'A nation afraid of its own youngsters'
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Politicians and media blamed by Barnardo's Read
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Early birds and bees
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Children should be taught about contraception while they are still in primary school, according to a report out today. Read
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Death bridge villagers hope for good news
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Villagers fighting for safety measures at a bridge where three friends lost their lives are hoping for some answers at a meeting tonight. Read
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Rail staff to vote on strike for jobs
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Station staff on the troubled East Coast Main Line are being balloted on strike action over fears that their jobs are being slashed to cover a parent company's financial problems. Read
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Murder bid charge
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
A man aged 40 has been charged with attempted murder after a social worker was stabbed last week at a County Durham school for children with special needs. Read
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Ali hopes to reach deal on new home
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Paralysed Ali Johnson is hoping that revised plans for his own specially-equipped home will be given the go ahead by planners. Read
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Holiday flight grounded in 'haze' scare
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
A flight carrying North-East holidaymakers to Cyprus was yesterday forced to make an emergency landing after a "haze" was reportedly seen in the cabin. Read
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Family airlifted to safety from river
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Three people had be rescued by helicopter yesterday after their car was swept into a raging river near Bishop Auckland in County Durham. Read
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Climber's mountain ordeal
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
A climber who was stranded on a mountain after shattering his leg in a fall was rescued - by a man with no arms. Read
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The anglers who almost snagged one that was THIS big
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
A group of anglers had to be rescued as their boat drifted into the path of a cargo ship. Read
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Parade keeps rolling
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
American My Chemical Romance conquered the UK singles chart again last night with their macabre offering Welcome To The Black Parade. It is the second week running at number one for the gothic pop-punk group. And Meat Loaf hit the charts at No 6 with a single from the coming third instalment of his Bat Out Of Hell series. Read
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UN chief expelled
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
The Sudanese government yesterday ordered the chief UN envoy to leave the country within three days after he wrote that the Sudanese army had suffered serious losses fighting rebels in northern Darfur. Envoy Jan Pronk of the Nether lands was said to have demonstrated "enmity to the Sudanese government and the armed forces". Read
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Paisley sets the tone
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern borrowed the words of Ian Paisley yesterday to tell a republican commemoration that a settlement to the Irish question was at its closest for two centuries. The Premier was speaking at the annual commemoration of Wolfe Tone - a Dublin protestant regarded as the father of Irish republicanism. Read
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We'll be back, 4Sure
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
The second act kicked off the X Factor said yesterday they want to release three albums in five years and vowed that the public had not seen the last of 4Sure. The all-male group, who were voted off by judges following a public vote on Saturday night, also said the standard of finalists this year was better. Last week The Unconventionals became the first act to go. Read
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Time please
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
The voice of the Speaking Clock is to be replaced after 21 years - by a member of the public. A nationwide competition is launched today in aid of Children In Need. The public will be invited to submit telephone recordings of their voice with the proceeds of each call going to the appeal. The winner will be announced during BBC1's Children In Need night on November 17. Read
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Bite-size history
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Thieves led an Egyptian archaeological team to three tombs of dentists to the ancient kings, unveiled yesterday at the Saqqara pyramid complex south of Cairo. About 4,200 years old, the tombs honour a chief dentist and two others, who served the royal families. Two hieroglyphs - an eye over a tusk - appearing frequently identify the men's profession. Read
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9/11 remains surface
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Workers have recovered more human remains from manholes as New York began a new search for September 11 victims, prompted by the surprise discovery of dozens of bones in an abandoned manhole this week. Utility and city chiefs carried by hand material from other manholes after tearing into the pavement on a service road along the site's western edge. Read
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Madonna
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
The biological father of 13-month-old "Baby David" said yesterday that he had been misled into agreeing to give up his son to pop diva Madonna. Yohane Banda said authorities had not made it clear to him that he was giving up his only son "for good". "Our understanding was that they (Madonna and her British filmmaker husband Guy Ritchie) would educate and take care of our son just as they were doing at the orphanage," said the 32-year-old illiterate peasant farmer who signed adoption papers earlier this month. Read
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Don't treat so many patients
Oct 23 2006 | Today's News
Hospitals in the region have been told by the Government to stop treating so many patients in a bid to cut costs. Read
