Jun
2007
Articles from 26th Jun 2007
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£1.5m regeneration plan for town's library
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
A town's library could be turned into a £1.5m community centre for the area's voluntary services. Read
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Patchy attitude to disability law
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
The Government's approach to new disability legislation has been condemned as "patchy" by the Disability Rights Commission. Read
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Bad designs hit quality of teaching
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
Poorly-designed school buildings make it impossible for many teachers to do their jobs, according to research published today. Tues) Read
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Cancer debate
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
Experts yesterday discussed ways to reduce the risk of cancer in the workplace. Read
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Popular mortgages
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
Offset mortgages have experienced a surge in popularity among borrowers, new figures showed. Read
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Which is the best view of our region?
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
On Saturday we showcased 10 of the best pictures taken by Journal readers for the recent `Share Your Passion' photographic competition and invited you to pick your favourite. Read
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Hay, it's such a miserable time
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
It's exam time - and unfortunately for 15% of children, it's also hay fever season. Lisa Salmon finds out what to do. Read
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Surgery? You are wearing the wrong bra
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
A motion at the British Medical Association called last week for trained bra-fitters to be supplied on the on the NHS. Hannah Davies finds out what a correctly-fitting bra can mean for women. Read
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British justice smashed this family
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
I'm sad that Angela and Terry Canning have separated, but I'm not surprised. Read
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McCann case highlights global problem
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
Oh how I long for closure for the tragic McCanns, even though it is increasingly likely that the ending will be a sad one. Read
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Denise Robertson column
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
What is it about Ladies' Day at Ascot that makes the heavens open? Read
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Don't blame it all on China
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
According to a study based on statistics provided by energy company BP, the US Geological Survey and the International Energy Agency (IEA), China has become the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide, the key greenhouse gas. Read
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Genie out of the bottle on wearing symbols in school
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
I'm not too sure how effective a chastity ring worn around the finger will be, but I fully accept that the genie is out of the bottle as far as wearing symbols in school is concerned. Read
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Politicians' private lives not the point
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
Radio 4 has adopted an irritating habit of trailing forthcoming programmes. Thus I've had to listen again and again to a plug for Open Book in which Gordon Brown talks lyrically of his passion for detective stories and detective programmes on television. Read
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Little Zoe's race against time
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
An 18-month-old girl who is at the top of a European heart transplant list after suffering six heart attacks since birth was in a critical condition yesterday in Newcastle as she waits for a donor. Read
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Guards foil raid on store cashpoint
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
Armed raiders were foiled in a dramatic attempt to rob a supermarket yesterday. Read
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Blaze at bus firm is probed
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
An investigation is ongoing to establish the cause of a fire at a family run bus company. Read
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Waste aid for Tiny Lives
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
Waste recycling has raised over £21,000 to help care for premature and ill newborn babies. Read
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Keith Hann column
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
Kelvin MacKenzie, when editor of The Sun, famously sacked the paper's astrologer in a letter beginning: "As you will have foreseen . . ." Read
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Shameful secrets of Swan Hunter's demise
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
With reference to the letter from JM Metcalf about the closure of Swan Hunter's (Voice of the North, June 22), may I make the following points as one who was involved? Read
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Hewitt has caused huge grief to doctors
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
In the light of the fiasco surrounding the appointment of junior hospital doctors, it may be salutary to highlight some of the deficiencies of the Hewitt innovations. Read
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He's in our hearts
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
Rod Stewart turned back the clock in style to warm his thousands of North East fans on a cold and wet night. After his flirtation as a crooner with The Great American Songbook, it was back to basics at St James's Park. Read
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North museums will lead the way in national art project
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
The North-East is playing a leading role in a national project which will use thousands of paintings to explore what it means to be British. Read
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Blaze in kitchen
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
A kitchen was damaged by a chip pan fire in South Tyneside. Read
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Campaign to save oldest bells grows
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
A campaign launched earlier this month to save the North's oldest ring of bells is gathering momentum. Read
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Tributes paid to Osborn
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
The driving force behind Northern Rock, Fuller Osborn CBE, died last week, aged 91. Holder of a series of high profile positions, Mr Osborn was the first High Sheriff of Tyne and Wear. Read
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Teenager bailed after 85-year-old hurt
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
An 85-year-old man hit by a car as he walked his dog was critical but stable in hospital last night as police revealed the alleged driver had been freed on bail. Read
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Rail strike chaos gets closer
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
The biggest dispute on the railways for more than a decade looked more likely last night when the industry's biggest union called a strike by signallers and maintenance staff and decided to ballot thousands of Network Rail workers for industrial action. Read
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Drain man dies aiding pensioner
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
A man died as torrential downpours battered parts of the country yesterday. Read
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Passionate people, that's a welcome!
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
Iconic North-East images will greet passengers arriving at Newcastle Airport in a scheme designed to provide a striking welcome. Read
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Dame Shirley praises pilot
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
Dame Shirley Bassey last night praised her "brilliant" helicopter pilot for his decision to land in a field because of bad weather. Read
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Teenager swept to his death in river
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
Police searching a swollen river for a missing teenager recovered a body from the water last night. Read
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Harman denies criticising Iraq war
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
Labour's new deputy leader has been plunged into controversy over her stance on Iraq as she denied calling for the Government to apologise for the war. Read
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Woman in death arrest
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a man who died in a house fire. Read
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City honours its red-spot research pioneers
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
A generation of "guinea pigs" from a ground-breaking health study spanning 60 years have been honoured at a civic reception. Read
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Blair's 10 years in 20 words...
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
How would you describe Tony Blair's time in office - if you only had a few words to do it? The Journal wants readers to send us their verdict on Blair's 10 years. Read
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£2m helps spread taste of the North nationwide
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
A new group set to transform the North-East's food and drink industry has been awarded £2m to help businesses go national. Read
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Driver faces jail
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
A teenage motorist from Northumberland is facing prison after admitting killing a pensioner while sending a text message on her mobile phone. Read
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Getting up to speed
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
The North-East should be linked into a new national high-speed rail network to boost prosperity, according to a report. Read
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`Mum stabbed ex and faked shock'
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
A mother stabbed her ex-partner in the chest and got her boyfriend to dump him in an alley to bleed to death, a court heard yesterday. Read
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Olympic cash should be a loan and repaid, say MPs
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
Lottery cash diverted from museums and galleries to pay for the London Olympics should be treated as a loan and repaid, MPs told the Government yesterday. Read
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Together, we'll take on climate change
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
A united front is being formed across the North-East to adapt to and combat climate change as its impacts are felt in the region. Read
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Hope for women
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
Moves to help Muslim women exert more influence in their communities will be announced today in the latest bid to curb violent extremism. Ministers want women and younger people to act as "voices of moderation" and will today set up a £650,000 fund to break down barriers. Read
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Prescott wants job
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
John Prescott is bidding for a job with a European body defending human rights and democracy during his last years as an MP. The departing Deputy Prime Minister announced his run for a role on the Council of Europe last night. A source close to Mr Prescott confirmed he wanted to take over as British representative on the Strasbourg-based organisation. Read
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Child-unfriendly
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
The Children's Commissioner for England called on Gordon Brown yesterday to create a new Whitehall department to look after the interests of children and young people when he becomes Prime Minister tomorrow. Professor Sir Al Aynsley-Green called Britain a "child-unfriendly society". Read
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EU poll call `absurd'
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
Tony Blair said yesterday demands for a referendum on the new European Union treaty were "absurd" and told MPs there would be no "vast transfer of power" to Brussels as a result of the deal agreed at the weekend by EU leaders. Tory leader David Cameron accused him of a "flagrant" breach of his previous promise to hold a referendum on the EU constitution. Read
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Stranded mum-to-be
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
Helen Parry, 29, from Llandudno, who is 20 weeks pregnant, was stranded on the side of the road after police stopped her car and wrongly towed it away after a roadside check. North Wales Police said they did not believe the student nurse had insurance. Read
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Gas claims 50 lives
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
Carbon monoxide poisoning has caused 50 deaths in the UK since the start of 2006, according to research by gas safety organisation Corgi. Another 218 people were injured in incidents caused by the gas. Read
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Woman, 70, killed
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
A murder inquiry was under way yesterday following the death of a 70-year-old woman who was found seriously injured in Shaldon, south Devon, on Sunday. A 25-year-old man, said by the police to be known to the pensioner, was arrested. Read
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Mortgage costs raised
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
Lenders are continuing to raise the cost of fixed-rate mortgages ahead of a further base rate hike. At least two firms have announced a second rise in their rates on fixed deals since the base rate went up in May. It comes after all 10 leading mortgage providers increased the cost of their fixed-rate products following the last interest rate hike. Read
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Keep up the good work
Jun 26 2007 | Today's News
Gordon Brown was yesterday told to get his wallet out for arts in the North-East or risk "enormous" damage to the region's cultural renaissance. Read
