Dec
2007
Articles from 28th Dec 2007
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Sales fever hits the North-East’s stores
Dec 28 2007 | Today's News
SHOPPERS turned out in their thousands across the region yesterday as sales fever continued unabated. Read
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Review of the year: July - September
Dec 28 2007 | Today's News
New era for United, but Rock crumbles The Journal’s review of the year continues today as Chloe Griffiths takes a look back at the stories that grabbed the headlines from July to September. Read
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Barton is arrested for assault
Dec 28 2007 | Today's News
NEWCASTLE United’s controversial midfield player Joey Barton was arrested yesterday over an alleged assault. Barton, 25, spent yesterday in police cells in his home city Liverpool after being picked up in the early hours. Read
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Pregnant Fran told she's in the clear
Dec 28 2007 | Today's News
A WOMAN who fled the country to avoid her newborn child being taken into care has been told she is safe to be a parent after all. Read
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Friends pay tribute to suicide car-jacker
Dec 28 2007 | Today's News
A MAN who died after stealing a taxi and driving it off a cliff was identified last night. Stephen Heslop, 22, forced taxi driver Brian Tate out of his car in the Marsden Grotto car park in South Shields at knifepoint, before driving through the safety barrier and off the cliff, plunging more than 120ft onto rocks. Read
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That one-hour trip will take some time
Dec 28 2007 | Today's News
As transport chiefs announce aims to reduce public transport journey times within the North-East to no more than an hour, Journal reporter Sam Wood sets out to see how long a typical trip can take. Read
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Police to protest at pay award
Dec 28 2007 | Today's News
HUNDREDS of North-East police officers are set to join a mass protest in London against the Government in a growing dispute over pay. Read
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Top ten films - pick your favourite
Dec 28 2007 | Today's News
EVERYONE has a favourite film. Whether it’s on hand to watch again or again, or perhaps it made a big impact on your life, a person’s number one choice almost always has a personal meaning. Read
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Border war breaks out
Dec 28 2007 | Today's News
A ROW is brewing over who will govern one of Northumberland’s major towns when the county switches to a unitary council. Read
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Being prepared can make all the difference
Dec 28 2007 | Today's News
ONE story I remember from the 2004 tsunami is that of a little girl named Tilly Smith who was on holiday in Thailand, and who had been taught about tsunamis at school. Read
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Belgians joining the fame game
Dec 28 2007 | Today's News
THERE’S one very good reason why we pretend there are no famous Belgians. We’re frightened of them. Or more to the point, we’re scared of their beer. Fear more often than not comes out of misunderstanding and we just don’t get the hang of a nation that brews abbey beers, trappist beers, white beers, fruit beers, spontaneously-fermented beers, Antwerp barley beer, West Flanders brown, Duvel, Oudenaarde, Gildenbier and Saison de Silly. Read
