Articles...
May 12 2007
The countdown continues with just 50 days to go until the introduction of the new Smokefree law in England from today. sat 12 may...
May 12 2007
A dementia sufferer who can only recognise his grandchildren with the help of a £2.50-a-day drug last night welcomed a review of the decision to withdraw it from the NHS for people in the early stages of the disease....
May 12 2007
Negotiations were continuing last night in a last gasp bid to save a Northumberland department store from closure....
May 12 2007
Police are hunting a man who snatched a jewellery tray from a cabinet at West End Antiques in Middle Street, Consett, County Durham on Wednesday....
May 12 2007
A busy road was closed for two hours after a fly-tipper dumped a massive pile of rubbish across the carriageway....
May 12 2007
The Go For Jobs campaign is backed by The Journal, the Evening Gazette, on Teesside and the North-East Chamber of Commerce....
May 12 2007
The family of Jean Charles de Menezes accused the Metropolitan Police of "getting away with murder" yesterday after 11 officers escaped punishment over his death....
May 12 2007
The father of missing Madeleine McCann yesterday vowed his family will leave "no stone unturned" in the search for their daughter....
May 12 2007
Plastic surgeons yesterday issued a warning over unregulated "medi-spas" that offer anti-ageing treatments....
May 12 2007
An electrical contractor was yesterday fined £100,000 after an over-worked employee was electrocuted while fitting wiring during a building society refurbishment....
May 12 2007
A father was airlifted to hospital last night after a head-on car smash on the B1280 road at Wingate in County Durham....
May 12 2007
Two Northumberland brothers accused of attacking a drunken group of men in a North nightclub have had their charges dropped after a senior judge threw out the case....
May 12 2007
Bosses of four rival companies battling to run the East Coast rail service yesterday faced a grilling from regional figureheads....
May 12 2007
A senior court official pleaded guilty yesterday to a fraud involving £19,000 of public money....
May 12 2007
Three thousand women will be pulling on their trainers to take part in Cancer Research UK's Race for Life at Herrington Country Park, Sunderland tomorrow....
May 12 2007
The bride is embarrassed about getting married, the groom doesn't love his intended and all the congregation wants to do is sing Baa Baa Black Sheep....
May 12 2007
Staring from every newspaper and TV screen has been the face of a sweet blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl....
May 12 2007
There appears to be an assumption, certainly on the part of Alex Salmond, that the break-up of the United Kingdom can be decided by a referendum in Scotland alone....
May 12 2007
Recent downturns in market prices have led me to believe that processors and supermarkets are undervaluing the British livestock industry in a way likely to lead to a sharp decline in livestock production....
May 12 2007
Singing star Michelle Heaton was back on Tyneside yesterday to open the newest shop on Northumberland Street....
May 12 2007
A Manchester United legend will be making an appearance at a Northumberland village hall next week after a chance encounter thousands of miles away....
May 12 2007
For Cabinet colleague Hilary Armstrong there is no doubt that Tony Blair has made an "enormous" contribution to the North-East since he became Prime Minister in 1997....
May 12 2007
The regional leg of the 2007 Walk For Skin, organised by the British Skin Foundation, is tomorrow....
May 12 2007
Gordon Brown yesterday set out his agenda for No 10, promising to lead a government "humble" enough to know its place and to listen to the views of others....
May 12 2007
Tony Blair conceded yesterday that "things could have been done differently" after Saddam Hussein was removed from power in Iraq....
May 12 2007
And so, the deed is finally done. Tony Blair has announced his resignation as Labour leader and on June 27, when he ceases to be Prime Minister, an era in British politics will draw to a close....
May 12 2007
A leading charity will be aiming to raise thousands of vital pounds this weekend, when scores of walkers converge on a Northumberland visitor attraction....
May 12 2007
A public lecture on the history of the castle at Barnard Castle in County Durham by Prof David Austin will be hosted by the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham & Northumberland....
May 12 2007
Students from a Northumberland college for people with learning difficulties will be taking part in a five-day sailing challenge from Wales to Ireland....
May 12 2007
Emma Steel and Nick Fearnhead's romance began on the river....
May 12 2007
He's been hands-on with horses since he was knee-high, but at 73 there's no sign of Roger Buglass giving up the reins....
May 12 2007
The Forestry Commission is staging a Horse Quest event in its woods near Bishop Auckland on May 19 as part of its Active Woods health-push....
May 12 2007
Environment Secretary David Miliband launched a new `green' scheme yesterday to encourage Durham University students to recycle more of their rubbish. ...
May 12 2007
Government officials are on stand-by to help Northumberland County Council improve a heavily-criticised care scheme designed to offer housing support to vulnerable people....
May 12 2007
A football team for disabled youngsters could be set up in Northumberland following a successful sports project....
May 12 2007
I knew i had to fly over to Ireland. My mother sounded forlorn and lost in her calls. She said: "Your father's managing very well." Then, later: "We're too old for this." They were staking out the sickbed of my 86-year-old aunt in a nursing home. Holding her thin hand; saying prayers; doing what you do, as someone you love, fades back to black....
May 12 2007
Blisters and aching limbs will not stop pupils, parents and teachers at a Northumberland school in a run that will mark the first step in a marathon fundraising effort....
May 12 2007
Newcastle United player Peter Ramage kicked off the wheelchair football season at a Newcastle hospice....
May 12 2007
Veteran golfer Maurice Gatoff is proof of the old adage that everything comes to those who wait....
May 12 2007
Canoeing enthusiasts in Northumberland are being invited to a public meeting aimed at launching a new kayaking club....
May 12 2007
Hopes of restoring a passenger rail link between two Northumberland towns after a gap of more than 40 years have been raised by the findings of a technical study....
May 12 2007
Traders in a former Northumberland pit town will get a major business boost from a proposed £60m investment aimed at transforming its shopping centre, it was claimed yesterday....
May 12 2007
This year's Newcastle Green Festival will be the biggest yet thanks to a funding boost by National Express....
May 12 2007
South Tyneside residents are being offered the chance to learn how to live off the land....
May 12 2007
Wild flowers have felt the squeeze in recent years as farming changes and urban development have led to major habitat loss....
May 12 2007
Plans have been drawn up to upgrade the North-East's first wind farm with bigger and more powerful turbines....
May 12 2007
Sculptor Stephen Lunn is creating a memorial to a young cricketer killed by a severe asthma attack....
May 12 2007
Young disabled athletes will be hoping that success in the North-East will take them to the National Championships later this year....
May 12 2007
Almost 400,000 electors in County Durham will be balloted over the next weeks on the future of local government....
May 12 2007
A state-of-the-art riot training centre, developed on a former plastics factory on the outskirts of Durham, officially opens on Tuesday....
May 12 2007
The Superdrug store in Newcastle city centre is to offer a new service to customers from Monday with the opening of The Mole Clinic to coincide with Sun Awareness Week....
May 12 2007
A historic city bidding to be judged blooming beautiful has been shortlisted for success....
May 12 2007
Rail services across the North-East got back on track yesterday [Fri] after a derailment on a bridge over the Tyne caused chaos for thousands of passengers....
May 12 2007
Children who drink alcohol in moderation at home with their parents are less likely to go on to become problem drinkers, according to a North-East psychiatrist....
May 12 2007
Heiress Paris Hilton has put her name to a new range of watches....
May 12 2007
Star Wars was named as the most influential visual effects film of all time yesterday....
May 12 2007
Detectives investigating a robbery at a pub owned by the parents of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver were yesterday looking for the occupants of a Rolls-Royce....
May 12 2007
Award-winning photographer David Glen Walker speaks to the Journal on his My Place....
May 12 2007
The world record for the most opinions in one 450-word newspaper column is 31; I reckon I can beat it....
May 12 2007
* Always check the colour in natural daylight to see which is closest to your actual skin tone....
May 12 2007
Bill Oldfield, restaurateur and Journal food writer...
May 12 2007
The Journal has been rolling off the presses for 175 years, and for 40 of them dedicated Ann Donohoe has been at the sharp end of the daily operation to get the paper out to our loyal readers....
May 12 2007
Charlotte Bell, a full-time mother-of two from Jesmond, Newcastle, buys The Journal to see if she can spot any familiar faces. She also enjoys our new-look Homemaker property supplement....
May 12 2007
Alnwick Town Crier John Stevens will be marking the historic 175th birthday of The Journal with a special proclamation today....
May 12 2007
Oyez, Oyez, Oyez...
May 12 2007
The Journal is marking its 175th birthday by raising money for one of the region's most deserving charities....
May 12 2007
St Oswald's Hospice is the chosen charity of a very special Journal appeal....
May 12 2007
Lord Foster, the architect behind Swiss Re's famous Gherkin building and the new Wembley Stadium, has sold a stake in the practice he founded 40 years ago to its first external investors....
May 12 2007
Takeover speculation was rife again yesterday helping to lift the FTSE 100 Index 41.6 points to 6565.7. This time, however, it was the turn of the banking and mining sectors to be in focus. Rumours that BHP Billiton may launch a £50bn bid for rival Rio Tinto helped to push the latter's shares 3% higher to a record high of 3652p....
May 12 2007
The FTSE 100 closed up 41.6 points at 6565.7 after a volatile day of trading....
May 12 2007
There is a competitive-looking seven-race card in prospect at today's Cumberland fixture at Heathfield near Aspatria, starting at 2pm....
May 12 2007
With Birtley Town established as champions and Whitehaven runners-up, the focus of attention turns to the domestic cup competitions in the final two weeks of the season....
May 12 2007
On the last Saturday of another Northern Alliance season, Premier Division champions Harraby Catholic Club bring the curtain down by entertaining Blyth Town....
May 12 2007
There's something about water that draws us. We'll sit for hours watching waves or studying a river weave its way past a particular spot....
May 12 2007
They say bigger is better, but when it comes to Haltwhistle's Young Farmers, a more appropriate word would be Herculean....
May 12 2007
"Sometimes when I'm on a train going somewhere I can't help myself laughing. I think about that shy girl who was expelled from school and I can't believe I'm here, doing what I'm doing."...
May 12 2007
A man who stabbed his ex-girlfriend with a samurai sword, leaving her with life-threatening kidney damage, was jailed indefinitely yesterday....
May 12 2007
Ask me any question relating to the past 175 years and I'll be able to reply straight away with the correct answer....
May 12 2007
Moves to build a new, £2bn power plant on the site of a former Northumberland coal-fired station were given a frosty reception by local residents and politicians last night - despite the promise of 1,650 jobs....
May 12 2007
A man who stabbed his ex-girlfriend with a samurai sword, leaving her with life-threatening kidney damage, was jailed indefinitely yesterday....
May 12 2007
Courageous Journal sub-editor Christine Harle last night spoke of her relief after a sadistic attacker who left her for dead was jailed for life, and of her determination to put her nightmare behind her....
May 12 2007
A teacher who devoted hours of his spare time to his students has died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 45....
May 12 2007
The Alan Shearer Centre opened its doors to the public yesterday, starting a new lifeline for disabled people and their families....
May 12 2007
A major power cut caused chaos for more than 100 homes and businesses as Newcastle City centre was plunged into darkness....
May 12 2007
Ask me any question relating to the past 175 years and I'll be able to reply straight away with the correct answer....
May 12 2007
A major power cut caused chaos for more than 100 homes and businesses as Newcastle City centre was plunged into darkness....
May 12 2007
Newcastle United chairman Freddie Shepherd became an unlikely internet star yesterday after he was filmed joking to Liverpool fans that he would "carry Michael Owen back to Anfield" for £9m....
May 12 2007
Bringing together the best pictures taken by The Journal's many photographers from the last 175 years was a daunting but thrilling task....
May 12 2007
The Alan Shearer Centre opened its doors to the public yesterday, starting a new lifeline for disabled people and their families....
May 12 2007
Newcastle United chairman Freddie Shepherd became an unlikely internet star yesterday after he was filmed joking to Liverpool fans that he would "carry Michael Owen back to Anfield" for £9m....
May 12 2007
A university graduate was killed in a one-punch attack after a row about a chip, a court heard yesterday....
May 12 2007
Moves to build a new, £2bn power plant on the site of a former Northumberland coal-fired station were given a frosty reception by local residents and politicians last night - despite the promise of 1,650 jobs....
May 12 2007
Bringing together the best pictures taken by The Journal's many photographers from the last 175 years was a daunting but thrilling task....
May 12 2007
A teacher who devoted hours of his spare time to his students has died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 45....
May 12 2007
A university graduate was killed in a one-punch attack after a row about a chip, a court heard yesterday....
May 12 2007
Courageous Journal sub-editor Christine Harle last night spoke of her relief after a sadistic attacker who left her for dead was jailed for life, and of her determination to put her nightmare behind her....
