May
2007
Articles from 16th May 2007
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High tide is not the time to drive across
May 16 2007 | Today's News
Stunned tourists looked on yesterday as another driver tried to race across the Holy Island causeway - just before high tide. Read
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School's off for a day
May 16 2007 | Today's News
Oakleigh Gardens School in Cleadon, South Tyneside, will be closed today for electrical work. Read
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RSC's new season as you like it
May 16 2007 | Today's News
The Royal Shakespeare Company tonight begins its 30th anniversary season at Newcastle's Theatre Royal. Read
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Railways mark the birth of a new era
May 16 2007 | Today's News
Tony Henderson takes a decade by decade dip into the Newcastle Journal as a century unfolded. If a week in politics and football is a long time, then so is 10 years in the life of a city and region. Read
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In my view
May 16 2007 | Today's News
We hear that public trust in politicians is falling these days and I can't help but think that one cause is the tendency of our elected representatives only to be able to see a very one-sided version of reality. Read
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Village's historic listed buildings to be restored
May 16 2007 | Today's News
Buildings surrounding a village green which is thought to be one of the longest in England are set to be restored. Read
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MPs give Minister the `A1 message'
May 16 2007 | Today's News
Roads minister Stephen Ladyman promised to take another look at the region's transport needs after North-East MPs yesterday spelt out the desperate need for improvements. Read
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Dog seized from owner
May 16 2007 | Today's News
A pet owner from Northumberland has had his dog seized after being prosecuted for allowing the animal to continually stray. Read
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Try out home working
May 16 2007 | Today's News
Employees are being encouraged to sample the benefits of working from home for a day as part of a campaign aimed at revolutionising the nine-to-five culture. Read
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Indian dancer spices up first spring festival
May 16 2007 | Today's News
A forest in Northumberland will provide the unlikely backdrop to a display of classical Indian dancing later this month. Read
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Foresters' climate change challenge
May 16 2007 | Today's News
How climate change will impact on the North-East's woodlands was debated at a forestry event yesterday. Read
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Tributes pour in for tragedy detective
May 16 2007 | Today's News
Tributes continued to pour in last night for police officer Peter Hinde who died after a road accident. Read
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Spies target fly-tippers
May 16 2007 | Today's News
Cutting-edge spy equipment is being used by North Tyneside Council in a big crackdown against fly-tippers. Read
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Man admits killing neighbour in house fire
May 16 2007 | Today's News
A killer who set fire to a neighbour's home, burning his victim to death, was last night facing jail after admitting his guilt. Read
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12-hour delay for passengers
May 16 2007 | Today's News
Hundreds of angry passengers came close to seeing their dream holiday end before it had started last night after they were grounded for 12 hours at Newcastle. Read
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Brown backed to be a winner
May 16 2007 | Today's News
Gordon Brown's succession to the premiership remained on course last night as it emerged a large majority of Labour MPs had formally pledged their backing. Read
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I am scapegoat, suspect insists
May 16 2007 | Today's News
Police `hopeful case will be over in near future' Read
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`Wake-up' for firms
May 16 2007 | Today's News
Only half of workers feel fully engaged by their employers, with only two-thirds being motivated to perform well, according to a new survey. Read
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Lawyers bid to involve Queen in Diana's inquest
May 16 2007 | Today's News
Lawyers for Mohamed al Fayed last night launched a bid to involve the Queen in the Diana, Princess of Wales inquest. Read
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Deal to save Robbs is almost complete
May 16 2007 | Today's News
A deal to save a North-East department store and 140 jobs was nearing completion last night. Read
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Trial looks at dropping black boxes
May 16 2007 | Today's News
The end could be in sight for the fortnightly black box kerbside recycling collection in parts of the North-East. Read
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Horse rescued
May 16 2007 | Today's News
Firefighters rescued a horse after it got its hoof trapped in a wire fence. Read
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Biker still critically ill
May 16 2007 | Today's News
A motorcyclist was critically ill last night after crashing into a garden wall. Read
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Fertility depends on a healthy childhood
May 16 2007 | Today's News
A woman's ability to have children could be determined by the age of eight, new North-East research has revealed. Read
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Accused claims he was not aggressor
May 16 2007 | Today's News
A man accused of killing a university graduate in a one-punch attack over a chip told a court yesterday he acted in self-defence. Read
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Officers rescue woman in 100ft bridge plunge drama
May 16 2007 | Today's News
A woman was dragged to safety after plunging more than 100ft into a river yesterday. Read
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Stab death teenager was victim of bullies
May 16 2007 | Today's News
A teenager who was stabbed to death outside his home was being bullied, his friend claimed yesterday. Shane Jackson was found dying in the stairwell of the flat in which he lived with his mother Debra in Hallow Drive, Throckley, Newcastle, early yesterday. Read
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G8 promises `broken'
May 16 2007 | Today's News
The world's biggest industrial countries are failing to keep up with financial promises they made to Africa, rock star Bono said yesterday. G8 members in 2004/06 contributed less than half the amount needed to make good their promises to double Africa aid to £25bn by 2010, a Debt, Aids, Trade, Africa report said. Read
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Boy on murder charge
May 16 2007 | Today's News
A boy, 15, will appear in court today accused of the murder of a teenager who was stabbed to death in the street. Kodjo Yenga, 16, died from a single stab wound to the heart after being attacked in west London. The 15-year-old will appear at West London Youth Court. Read
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Roaming rates to fall
May 16 2007 | Today's News
Hopes of cheaper mobile phone "roaming" rates in time for the summer holidays remain alive after a compromise deal between EU governments and Euro MPs yesterday. They agreed on a maximum 34p for calling home from elsewhere in the EU and up to 17p for receiving calls. Read
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Spending boom
May 16 2007 | Today's News
Consumer spending has hit £1.09 trillion per year as Britons fork out more on housing and holidays. The 9% year-on-year rise was partly caused by people splashing out on travel and "trading up" to luxury goods, according to market analysts Mintel. But buying property was still the nation's biggest financial outlay, accounting for almost £4 in every £10 spent. Read
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Hearing aid crisis
May 16 2007 | Today's News
Urgent action is needed to clear a backlog of around half a million people waiting - some for more than two years - for new hearing aids on the NHS in England, MPs said yesterday. The House of Commons Health Committee said not enough priority had been given to the supply of digital hearing aids by the Government or local Primary Care Trusts. Read
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E.coli hits nursery
May 16 2007 | Today's News
Health chiefs closed a nursery after an E.coli outbreak left a child seriously ill. Seven children and one member of staff at Ambrose Nook nursery in Oldham, Greater Manchester, contracted the infection. The source of the infection is not yet known. Read
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Cashier goes missing
May 16 2007 | Today's News
Detectives searching for a young woman who vanished on the same day that it emerged cash had gone missing from her workplace believe she has fled abroad. Sara Drage, 23, is understood to have boarded a Dover to Calais ferry hours before her managers reported an undisclosed amount of cash missing from their safe. Police said Ms Drage works as a cashier for Steel & Co, a financial services company responsible for operating a Halifax bank branch in Eastbourne, East Sussex. Read
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Piggott seriously ill
May 16 2007 | Today's News
Racing legend Lester Piggott was seriously ill in a Swiss hospital yesterday after a heart problem flared up again. The former jockey was said to be in intensive care in Lausanne. His son-in-law, Newmarket trainer William Haggas, said: "The latest news we have is that Lester is conscious and coherent." Piggott's wife Susan and daughter Maureen Haggas were believed to have flown to Switzerland to be at his bedside. The 11-times champion rider, 71, retired in 1994 after 4,493 wins. Read
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Sam's here at last
May 16 2007 | Today's News
An air of expectation hangs over St James's Park again today as another new day dawns for Newcastle United Football Club. Read
