Mar
2008
Articles from 22nd Mar 2008
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Man dies in double shooting inside flat
Mar 22 2008 | Today's News
A MAN killed in a double shooting incident in Northumberland was last night identified by police as an Iranian national who had lived in the UK for 12 years. Read
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Workers could strike ‘with heavy heart’
Mar 22 2008 | Today's News
COUNCIL workers will go on strike and disrupt public services if they do not secure a pay deal, union bosses have warned. Read
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£8,000 ‘hypocrisy’ rap
Mar 22 2008 | Today's News
COUNCIL bosses have been accused of “breathtaking double standards” by forking out £8,000 for extra car parking space for their own members while encouraging other office workers to use a park-and-ride system. Read
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Thieves target church’s heater oil
Mar 22 2008 | Today's News
IT used to be lead slates that thieves would take from church roofs, then there was a spate of silver stolen direct from the alter. Read
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Pilgrims battered by storms
Mar 22 2008 | Today's News
PILGRIMS completed their quickest ever annual crossing to Holy Island in 30 years yesterday as they were lashed by wind and rain. Read
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Village rocked by blast
Mar 22 2008 | Today's News
A MASSIVE explosion and fire ripped through a garage in a Northumberland village yesterday, causing the evacuation of dozens of homes. Read
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Wintry weather grips the region
Mar 22 2008 | Today's News
WINTRY weather gripped the region as the Bank Holiday weekend began yesterday. Read
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Tapping into a vital resource
Mar 22 2008 | Today's News
A SENIOR Government minister has backed a regional campaign to help the world’s poorest people. Read
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Tell us about your heroes
Mar 22 2008 | Today's News
THE first entries have been arriving for The Journal’s Your Great North Run Award competition, this year themed One in a Million after the famous race’s landmark millionth entry last month. Read
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Memorial fund kicks off
Mar 22 2008 | Today's News
FOOTBALL fans are raising money for a memorial to honour the most successful British manager of all time in his home town. Read
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First past post as law eases
Mar 22 2008 | Today's News
BOOKMAKERS in the North East reported steady business yesterday as they were allowed to open on Good Friday for the first time. Read
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Hall told to start repairs
Mar 22 2008 | Today's News
PLANNING chiefs have handed Sir John Hall a series of deadlines for patching up his historic Woolsington Hall site. Read
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What is left that we can value?
Mar 22 2008 | Today's News
OSCAR Wilde once famously said that a cynic is someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. If he was right about that, then it is clear that we live in a very cynical age. Read
