Mar
2008
Articles from 31st Mar 2008
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Farewell to Applegarth is £750,000
Mar 31 2008 | Today's News
THE man responsible for Northern Rock’s disastrous business plan has received a £750,000 payoff. Read
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Team on a mission to tackle grotty gardens
Mar 31 2008 | Today's News
A TEAM of Mrs Mops has taken to the streets of one of the North’s most upmarket suburbs to persuade messy residents to get their houses in order. Read
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Four-mile trip to see doctor
Mar 31 2008 | Today's News
PATIENTS could face a four-mile journey to visit their own GP if controversial plans to close a village surgery go ahead. Read
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Fears over loss of playing field
Mar 31 2008 | Today's News
GOVERNORS at a Northumberland school are protesting to education chiefs after learning development at a neighbouring school could rob their children of valued play facilities. Read
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Wind farm appeals will cost thousands
Mar 31 2008 | Today's News
TAXPAYERS in a Northumberland borough could be forced to pick up a bill totalling hundreds of thousands of pounds following their local authority’s refusal of wind farm applications. Read
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Man dies and teenage girl hurt as fire breaks out in first floor flat
Mar 31 2008 | Today's News
A COMMUNITY was in shock last night after man died and a teenage girl was seriously injured in a fire. The blaze in a first floor flat in Glanton Wynd in Gosforth, Newcastle, began at about 3.45pm yesterday. Read
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Scientist defends hybrid embryos
Mar 31 2008 | Today's News
A SCIENTIST in the North has defended plans to create human-animal embryos in the face of growing criticism from the Catholic Church. Read
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Residents don’t love church neighbour
Mar 31 2008 | Today's News
A CHURCH in Northumberland is facing a revolt by neighbours who say it is too noisy. St James’s United Reformed Church Centre at Pottergate in Alnwick is seeking permission to hold plays, films, indoor sporting events, live and recorded music, and dance on site. Read
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Male Labour councillors fall foul of drive to recruit women
Mar 31 2008 | Today's News
FOUR senior Labour county councillors in Northumberland are to stand as independent candidates in the looming unitary elections after falling foul of the party’s national drive to get more women into the corridors of power. Read
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Battling it out yet again in Civil War re-enactment
Mar 31 2008 | Today's News
CANON and musket fire rang out over a sleepy Northumberland market town yesterday as historic battlefield scenes were vividly brought back to life as part of an annual cultural festival. Read
