Nov
2006
Articles from 15th Nov 2006
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Tribute to 40 fabulous years
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
Herbie Hancock, The Sage Gateshead Read
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Hot ticket
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
Northern Sinfonia Read
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Film makers pay flying visit to region
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
Cameras rolled at Newcastle International Airport yesterday as a team of movie-makers gathered footage for a new film, Daylight Robbery. Read
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Fast-change dancers are pure genius
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
The Merchants of Bollywood at The Journal Tyne Theatre until Friday Read
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Called to create God's work of art
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
Visionary artist Frans Widerberg tells Tamzin Lewis about his angels and demons. Read
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Arrival of blond 007 causes stir
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
James Bond is back - and stars of music and screen were out in force last night for the world premiere of the latest 007 movie Casino Royale. Read
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Reid taking tough line
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
Dramatic new powers to throw home-owners out of their properties within 48 hours for committing anti-social behaviour were unveiled by Home Secretary John Reid yesterday. Read
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Ant and Dec up for awards
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
Ant and Dec are in contention for three honours at the British Comedy Awards. Read
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Solid gold screen history
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
England has been Bond's home since the first 007 movie Dr No was shot at Pinewood Studios in 1962, but producers have warned that it may be too expensive to shoot the next one in Britain. Read
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Quarry is cleared of polluting drink water
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
An investigation has found that a quarry landfill site has no measurable impact on groundwater supplies. Read
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Regions need to end discord
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
The North will be told to put aside its differences with the South if it ever wants to succeed in the global economy. Read
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Vandal gets a £60 ticket
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
A vandal has been handed a £60 fixed penalty ticket, after graffiti was sprayed on a wall in Alnwick, Northumberland. Read
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Rugby hero on ward tour
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
Newcastle Falcons and England rugby star Jonny Wilkinson yesterday kick-started the next phase of development at Hexham General Hospital. Read
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New hope for derelict site revamp
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
Plans to transform a derelict site in a Northumberland town centre look set to go ahead despite objections from English Heritage. Read
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Practice unable to fill gap just yet
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
A northumberland dentist said yesterday her practice had been inundated with calls from people desperate for NHS treatment after health bosses announced she would be taking on an extra 1,500 patients. Read
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Youth hostel set to close
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
Planners look set to agree proposals to close a rural youth hostel in Northumberland. Read
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PC jailed after sex with girl aged 14
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
A police officer was jailed yesterday for having sex with a 14-year-old schoolgirl he met in an internet chatroom. Read
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In my view
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
I am writing this on the 11th of November, Remembrance Day, a good day to think about identity, what that word means and what comes of it for good or for bad. Read
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Lowry work under hammer
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
Painting by L S Lowry from one of his many visits to the region is expected to fetch up to £300,000. Read
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'It's best place in world'
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
Gateshead has struck gold after efforts to transform the town in the past 40 years won international acclaim. Gateshead won first place and a Gold Award in its population category at the finals of the Livcom Awards, held in Hangzhou, China. Read
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Teenager in court over killing in city centre
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
A teenager appeared in court yesterday over the death of a young company boss in a street attack. Read
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Beating the bullies
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
A new anti-bullying strategy for Northumberland was launched yesterday at the Alnwick Garden. Read
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Racehorse trainer admits to cruelty
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
A racehorse trainer and former Grand National-winning jockey yesterday escaped a ban from keeping animals, despite admitting a cruelty charge. Read
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Hunt for robbers
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
Police are hunting two masked robbers who targeted a security van at a North supermarket. Read
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Blair gives videolink evidence to US commission
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
Tony Blair last night gave evidence to a commission rethinking US policy in Iraq, where it is believed he backed plans to engage two countries once regarded as part of an "axis of evil" in an attempt to end the bloodshed. Read
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Pupils evacuated after carbon monoxide scare
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
More than 150 schoolchildren had to be evacuated from a North primary school yesterday after a carbon monoxide scare. Read
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'The most caring person in world'
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
A North woman was yesterday named among the two soldiers and two Royal Marines killed in a makeshift bomb attack on a patrol boat in southern Iraq. Read
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Shock at arrest of a quiet, friendly man
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
Police swooped yesterday on a street in Winlaton, Gateshead, to arrest a man in connection with the four killings. Read
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Top slimmer
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
A mother of two told yesterday how she shed 12 stone - more than half her body weight - to be crowned Slimming Worlds' UK slimmer of the year. Sarah Chivers, 34, from Beddau, near Llantrisant, south Wales, had ballooned to a size 32, weighing almost 23 stone. Read
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Burger King drops ads
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
Fast food chain Burger King will voluntarily drop advertising during children's' TV programmes, it said yesterday. The move comes as Ofcom is putting the final touches to restric-tions on junk food commercials. The US chain will stop creating and showing TV adverts for children from December 22 in the UK. It will also stop broadcasting any adverts during UK children's TV programming from that date. Read
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Rudolph Giuliani
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
Former New York city mayor Rudy Giuliani, a Republican best known for his stewardship of the city after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, has taken the first step in a 2008 presidential bid. He filed papers to create the Rudy Giuliani Presidential Exploratory Committee, establishing a panel that would allow him to raise money to explore a White House run. The filing lists the purpose of the corporation "to conduct federal `testing the waters' activity under the Federal Election Campaign Act for Rudy Giuliani". Read
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Treasure trove
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
A shipwrecked first-century vessel carrying delicacies to the Roman Empire has proved a dazzling find, archaeologists say. Boaters found its cargo in 2000 and exploration of the site off the coast of Alicante in south-east Spain began in July. Read
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Benefit fraud mum
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
The mother of a boy who claimed Michael Jackson molested him, leading to last year's trial at which the singer was acquitted, has pleaded no contest to benefit fraud. The 38-year-old woman, whose name by marriage is Janet Jackson, was ordered by a Los Angeles judge to perform 150 hours of community service and repay more than £4,700. Read
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Expensive meal
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
A Hong Kong property tycoon and his wife have paid £84,100 for a huge Italian white truffle. Gordon Wu and his wife outbid connoisseurs from France and Italy to win the 1.5-kilo Alba white truffle from an international auction on Sunday. Read
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Panda record
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
A record 28 pandas have survived so far this year in China after being born using artificial insemination techniques, state media reported yesterday. A total of 31 panda cubs were born, including 11 pairs of twins and one born to Lun Lun at the Atlanta Zoo of the United States. Read
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Competition for Apple
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
Apple is facing competition in the music downloads market from Nokia and Microsoft. Microsoft's MP3 player called Zune went on sale in the US yesterday. The 30 gigabyte device plays songs and videos which can be downloaded from the Zune Marketplace website. And phone company Nokia will launch its own download service called Music Recommenders today. Read
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Moratorium call
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
Conversationists called for a moratorium today on the use of trawl nets across the sea floor in international waters following a new report outlining the "catastrophic" destruction caused by the fishing method. The practice of "bottom trawling" in high seas should be the subject of a moratorium, the Deep Sea Conservation Campaign (DSCC) said. Read
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Not so Dandy
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
The publishers of one of Scotland's most famous comics were criticised yesterday after it was claimed a reprinted annual contained racist material. The Glasgow Anti-Racist Alliance (Gara) is calling for the reprint of the 1939 Dandy annual to be removed from bookstores. But Dundee publisher DC Thomson said it would not be fair to publish a reprint. Read
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A day of tragedy
Nov 15 2006 | Today's News
A man was being held by police last night over the killing of four members of his own family. Read
