Jun
2007
Articles from 19th Jun 2007
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Reward for teams
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
The region's youngest entrepreneurs will compete at the Young Enterprise North-East annual awards dinner tonight. (June 19). Teams from schools across the region have launched and run their own businesses over the last year and the awards celebration at the Gosforth Park Marriott Hotel tonight rewards their achievements. Read
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Challenge to black box
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
A waste pressure group is lining up a kiss for its local council. Read
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Miles isn't wasting time
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
It was a case of going back to his roots when graduate Miles Flather won a £1,000 study commission. Read
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Coach hit by train
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
A coach driver was injured yesterday when his vehicle collided with a steam train. Read
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Fresh bid to avert national mail strike
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
The Royal Mail has contacted the conciliation service Acas explaining its pay offer to postal workers, which has been rejected, leading to the threat of a national strike. Read
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Miliband favours an open coast way
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Walkers should have access to the English coastline, the Government said today. Read
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£2bn bill a year for consultants
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
The Government is spending almost £2bn a year on external consultants often without achieving good value for money, MPs said today. Read
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Knighthood `will justify' Rushdie suicide attacks
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Salman Rushdie's knighthood was yesterday condemned by a Pakistani minister as an affront to Muslims which would justify suicide attacks. Read
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United top in raffle
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
A Newcastle United shirt signed by the entire team and Alan Shearer is going under silent auction in aid of a special needs school. Read
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Bid to end block on police authority
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
A meeting has been convened today to try to resolve a dispute over police authority membership. Read
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Songs of Praise travels North
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Television show Songs of Praise will be visiting Northumberland later his year. Read
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Sickening tittle tattle on royals
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Won't be buying Tina Brown's The Diana Chronicles. Read
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Worry over truancy battle
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Hardcore truants cost the nation a staggering £800m every year, according to a study published last week. Read
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How to protect our children
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Among a raft of measures to protect children, Home Secretary John Reid says lone parents should be able to find out if men they meet are on the sex offenders' register. Read
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School playing fields are disappearing
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
We seem to live in a permanent whirl of contradiction. The latest is constantly banging on about childhood obesity while at the same time selling off playing fields right, left and centre. Read
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There's no reason to doubt Blair's patriotism
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
As you're reading this I'll be giving my impressions of Tony Blair's 10 years in office for a forthcoming television programme. Read
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Council in U-turn on `ghost' ships
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
A British firm battling to break up so-called US "ghost" ships is looking close to victory after its main opponent - Hartlepool Council - said yesterday it would not carry on the planning fight. Read
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Falklands veteran in tribute
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
A veteran of the Falklands War will lead a parade through a Northumberland town at the weekend as part of the national Veterans' Day commemorations. Read
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Drivers putting children at risk
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Thousands of drivers in the region are putting their children's lives at risk - and breaking the law - by failing to buy booster cushions for their cars, according to a new survey. Read
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Tyne finale for the QE2
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Tyneside will be one of the last places to see world-famous cruise liner the QE2 before it is taken off the seas. Read
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Safety message on quarries
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
A campaign to help prevent accidents in quarries over the summer has been launched. Read
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Forces have always had to fight on two fronts
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
I was moved by the recent memorials to the Falklands veterans. As I recall, the Argentine invasion was encouraged by the then Conservative government's defence cuts. Read
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Are you confused over councils controversy?
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Confused? The reorganisation of local councils here in Northumberland is made even more confusing by the "warring combatants" as they make claim and counter claim. Read
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Keith Hann column
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
I don't know whether my next-door neighbour ever reads this column. I suspect not. I take him the paper every day, but I don't think he gets much beyond the deaths. Read
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Top Navy man's shame
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
A former Royal Navy commander exposed himself to a 10-year-old girl and asked her to perform a sex act on him, a court heard yesterday. Read
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Drink: GPs told to tell it straight
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
North-east doctors are being urged to give more alcohol advice to their patients after a Newcastle University study found men with long term health conditions were drinking heavily. Read
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David wants to ramp up car park's big exit
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
A classic-car fan wants to give Gateshead's Get Carter car park a fitting send off by bringing the swinging 60s back to the town. Read
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Turbine firm denies `games'
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
A development company has dismissed allegations that it is playing a game of cat and mouse in its bid to put up wind turbines at a Northumberland beauty spot. Read
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21.5 hours and three marathons
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
The Journal Read
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Swoop nets drugs haul
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Drugs worth £4,500 were seized by police from a house in Willow Crescent, Leadgate, Consett, in a police raid on Saturday afternoon. Read
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Elderly face horror story over housing
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Rising rural property prices are creating a housing "horror story" for older people who could end up being forced from the areas in which they live. Read
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Family rescued from ford
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
A family were rescued yesterday after driving their car into the notorious ford in County Durham. Read
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HSE continue to probe crane accident
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Further details have emerged about an accident at a Newcastle building site in which a worker suffered serious leg injuries. Read
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Fly-tip threat to ancient forest
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Fly-tippers and vandals are posing a threat to a popular stretch of ancient woodland next to two Northumberland villages, it is claimed. Read
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Developing skills
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
The drive to improve the skills of people living and working in the North-East is making significant gains, according to the region's Learning and Skills Council. Read
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Tributes paid to comic legend Manning
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Stand-up comedian Bernard Manning died in hospital yesterday. Read
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Migrant workers `helping Britain'
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
The British economy is benefiting from the influx of migrant workers and some sectors would "collapse" if they were removed overnight, according to a new report. Read
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Blair denies `sofa' claims
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Tony Blair rejected criticism of his so-called "sofa government" yesterday, insisting major decisions had been agreed by the full Cabinet. Read
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Pollution alert
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Local authorities were urged yesterday to take urgent action to reduce pollution after a new study showed that air quality across the UK was a "serious matter of concern". Read
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Children rescued by internet sting
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Police have rescued at least 15 British children from horrific sex abuse after launching a "sting" on a UK-based paedophile ring, it was announced yesterday. Read
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Special payments urged to relieve child poverty
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
A children's charity is calling for seasonal payments to low income families as a way to help the thousands of North-East children living in poverty. Read
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Degree of comfort for beauty queen Melissa
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Model Melissa Halman has brains to fall back on if her beauty queen dreams don't work out - as she boasts a business administration degree. Read
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Wardens on watch
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Community wardens have been armed with body cameras to home in on criminal activity. Read
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Arthritis is being missed in young
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
North doctors are aiming to speed up the time it takes for children with arthritis to be treated after a new study found "considerable delays" in diagnosis and then referral for specialist hospital care. Read
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Ear bitten off in fight
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
A man has had part of his ear bitten off in an attack outside a club. Read
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Violin pupils string along
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
More than 100 young violinists from across Sunderland have gathered to show off their skills in celebration of one of the country's largest music education programmes. Read
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Lifetime of painful misfortune
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Simon Nelson's tragic lifetime of misfortune started when he was a normal and healthy 12-year-old who suffered brain damage when he was knocked down by a car. Read
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Sagging bridge `no threat to motorists'
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Embarrassed officials trying to come up with a solution to a "bent" bridge over the A1 through Northumberland insisted yesterday that the sagging structure is not a danger to motorists. Read
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Town hall shake-up hangs in balance
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
The future of a town hall shake-up ordered by the Government could today be decided in the High Court. Ministers could learn whether a legal challenge over their powers to order a national review of councils - covering Northumberland and County Durham - has been successful or not. Read
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Horror accident for brain-damage man
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
A man left brain damaged by previous accidents had to have one of his legs amputated and lost sight in one eye following an accident at a Northumberland waste recycling centre, a court heard yesterday. Read
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Cameron on song
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
David Cameron yesterday issued an impassioned appeal for his party to unite in a "battle for Britain" against prime-minister-to-be Gordon Brown. Mr Cameron called on Tories to hold the centre ground and not return to "old tunes" which had left them in the wilderness for a decade. Read
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Bad police bust
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
A us woman arrested for walking topless through New York has accepted a £15,000 settlement in a civil rights lawsuit. Jill Coccaro, 27, took advantage of a court ruling that women should have the same rights as men to take their tops off in public. She had been held by police for 12 hours before being released without charge on August 4, 2005. Read
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Sex case teacher
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Teacher Stephen Johnston, 56, from Sturminster Newton, Dorset, appeared in court in Bristol yesterday where he denied five charges of indecency with a child aged under 16 and one of a serious sexual offence, all between 1991 and 1994. He was bailed until October 1. Read
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Back to the garden
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Hundreds of naturists will descend on one of the UK's premier tourist attractions as part of Nudefest 2007. Organised by British Naturism, Nudefest 2007 is the UK's biggest naturist weekend and will see around 300 travel to Cornwall where activities organiser Red Letter Days is offering The Garden of Eden - a naturist evening at the Eden Project. Read
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Barred with gold
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Almost half of Londoners believe the capital has become a "city for the rich" with nine in 10 suggesting the wealth divide is widening, research suggests today. The poll found more than four in every 10 Londoners thought of the capital as "just a city for the rich". Read
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Fighting dogs seized
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Animal welfare officers in Northern Ireland have seized nine illegal pit bull fighting dogs during a raid last night. A combat ring, steroids and treadmills for strengthening the killer animals were also seized from farm buildings at Katesbridge, County Down. Read
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Flying bull
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
A bull trapped for days after it fell into a ditch was given a lift by the RAF yesterday. A Search and Rescue Sea King helicopter from Prestwick in Ayrshire was called in by the Scottish SPCA to a farm near Stronmilchan, Dalmally, after they discovered the bull. Read
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School friends
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Pupils at the school missing Madeleine McCann is due to attend spelled out their own appeal to find the little girl yesterday. Youngsters at Bishop Ellis Catholic Primary School in Thurmaston, Leicestershire, lined up in their playground to spell the words "Find Madeleine". Read
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`Put pension on track'
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
Governmental pensions watchdog the Pensions Regulator announced yesterday it was to use its powers for the first time to force a company to cover a shortfall in its UK staff pension schemes. Sea Containers - the cash-strapped parent group of UK train operator GNER - is to be issued with the regulator's first "financial support direction". Read
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A high speed snub
Jun 19 2007 | Today's News
A report snubbing the North-East over a high-speed rail link was fiercely criticised yesterday. And the controversy intensified after it emerged that a transport consultant has also acted as an adviser. Read
