Feb
2008
Articles from 2nd Feb 2008
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Rescue team plays vital role
Feb 02 2008 | Today's News
Trekking through extreme conditions is all part of a day’s work for volunteers of Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team. Chris Robinson is put through his paces in a gruelling training exercise Read
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Pageant of changing lives
Feb 02 2008 | Today's News
A TRAWL through The Journal’s photo archives throws up all sorts of social occasions that now seem a bit outdated. Read
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Death knell for clothing factory
Feb 02 2008 | Today's News
ONE of the last textile manufacturers in the region has gone into administration. Dewhirst Accessories in Blyth is also understood to have shed dozens of agency staff in the past year as business dried up. Read
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Trust backing gives boost for local food
Feb 02 2008 | Today's News
THE Journal’s campaign to get people buying, using and eating more North-East produce has been given a welcome boost with the news the National Trust is to open a new food shop in the region. Read
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Motorists stranded amid the blizzard
Feb 02 2008 | Today's News
A MAJOR rescue operation was launched last night when 130 cars were stranded on one of the North’s major roads, as heavy snow caused chaos. Read
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Arnold sheds almost half his weight
Feb 02 2008 | Today's News
FOOD-LOVING former policeman Arnold Baker used to look forward to meal times with relish. Now he has to be reminded to eat and drink after undergoing radical weight loss surgery to save his life. Read
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If music means a chance of life then play on
Feb 02 2008 | Today's News
BUDDING young artists can enter an X Factor-style competition from today to help other young people fight teenage cancer. Read
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Legal notice move over caravan park
Feb 02 2008 | Today's News
A HOLIDAY company has been served with a formal legal notice by council planning watchdogs after starting work too soon on a controversial £5m caravan park expansion in a Northumberland seaside village. Read
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Academy ‘to improve prospects for young’
Feb 02 2008 | Today's News
A £45m city academy in Northumberland would improve educational standards in an area where students gain the worst exam results in the county, it was said yesterday. Read
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Author breaks silence over planning row
Feb 02 2008 | Today's News
AUTHOR Bill Bryson yesterday broke his silence over a controversial new development in his adopted city of Durham. Read
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Crooked shepherds suspected of rustling
Feb 02 2008 | Today's News
A GANG of sheep rustlers have been striking at remote farms across the region – and farmers believe crooked shepherds may be responsible. Read
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Locum failed to spot tumour
Feb 02 2008 | Today's News
A DOCTOR specialising in ear, nose and throat problems could be struck off after allegations that he did not detect a patient’s tumour. Read
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Take test, young people are urged
Feb 02 2008 | Today's News
YOUNG people in Gateshead are being urged to take a chlamydia test as part of a national screening programme to help stem the growth of the infection. Read
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Smokers give up as ban provides the spur
Feb 02 2008 | Today's News
THE impact of the smoking ban is helping smokers in the North-East quit the habit with some of the best performing NHS stop smoking services in the country. Read
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Valley battling opencast plan
Feb 02 2008 | Today's News
CAMPAIGNERS opposed to an opencast mine on their doorstep are holding a public meeting today. Read
