May
2008
Articles from 31st May 2008
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North patients hit by ops cancellation
May 31 2008 | Today's News
HUNDREDS of operations are being cancelled in North East hospitals each year for non-medical reasons. Read
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Housing chiefs say slump to continue
May 31 2008 | Today's News
THE North’s top housing experts have told homeowners that the credit crunch will continue to knock down house prices for at least two years. Read
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Barton cleared of taxi charge
May 31 2008 | Today's News
NEWCASTLE United midfielder Joey Barton has been cleared of vandalising a taxi after a night out. The England international, who was last week jailed for six months for admitting assault and affray, was accused of ripping out a cabbie’s radio after a night out with his cousin Joshua Wilson in Liverpool last year. Read
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Alzheimer’s team gets £8m new labs
May 31 2008 | Today's News
ARESEARCH centre which will make the North a world leader in the study of Alzheimer’s disease has opened. Read
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Northern Rock debtors rise is forecast
May 31 2008 | Today's News
NORTHERN Rock is to more than double the number of people who work in its debt management arm, according to a document seen by the BBC. Read
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Newcastle memorabilia up for auction
May 31 2008 | Today's News
THE Newcastle United keepsake of a headmistress who was dubbed the club’s number one fan is to be put up for sale. Read
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New look planned for old pit
May 31 2008 | Today's News
FAMILIES in Northumberland’s biggest town are to be asked for their views on plans to revitalise a redundant pit site with hundreds of new homes and a school. Read
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Drugs ring locked up
May 31 2008 | Today's News
NINE members of a Vietnamese drug ring were yesterday handed sentences totalling almost 20 years for their role in the production of £2m of cannabis. Read
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Crash raises school construction fears
May 31 2008 | Today's News
FAMILIES living close to the site where a major new school is being built have had their fears over traffic dangers heightened following a road accident involving a construction lorry. Read
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Bird dispute takes off
May 31 2008 | Today's News
FEATHERS are flying between two next door neighbours following the erection of a large wooden shed to house a collection of show canaries. Read
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Shamed GP is jailed for haul of child porn
May 31 2008 | Today's News
A DISGRACED former GP was jailed yesterday for hoarding child pornography. Dr Kevin Griffiths, 49, was arrested when police raided his surgery. Read
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Resisting sands of time at iconic castle
May 31 2008 | Today's News
ONE of Northumberland’s mightiest fortresses now has a hollow ring. Dunstanburgh Castle’s 700 years of exposure on its coastal clifftop site has seen many of its huge blocks of sandstone hollowed out by the effects of wild weather. Read
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Dilemma for Cameron
May 31 2008 | Today's News
OF all the many political truisms that get trotted out from time to time, one of the most oft-heard but possibly most misleading is the one that says Oppositions don’t win elections, governments lose them. Read
