Aug
2008
Articles from 5th Aug 2008
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Campaigner to challenge Gaza blockade
Aug 05 2008 | Today's News
A NORTH EAST peace campaigner and former Taliban hostage is part of a daredevil mission to challenge Israeli gunboats. Read
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Forum rejects 'super-council' committees proposal
Aug 05 2008 | Today's News
A PLAN to create three large area committees to help run Northumberland’s new super-council has been rejected by an influential group of councillors as “too centralised”. Read
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Centre to change children’s lives
Aug 05 2008 | Today's News
THE mother of a boy who suffers from a severe form of asthma has given her backing to a Journal-backed appeal to raise funds for a new childhood respiratory unit in the North East. Read
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Pop boss fizzing with joy
Aug 05 2008 | Today's News
A WEALTHY drinks company boss has emerged victorious from a battle with neighbours to build a new house in the garden of his imposing Victorian property. Read
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Tourists swap the Costas for camping
Aug 05 2008 | Today's News
HOLIDAYMAKERS are turning their backs on foreign jaunts and setting up camp in the North East. Caravanning and camping are proving to be this summer’s tourism hits with some sites recording figures up by a third. Read
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Outdoor drink ban for a friendlier Durham city
Aug 05 2008 | Today's News
ON-STREET drinking is to be banned in historic Durham City centre to crack down on bingers. Read
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Mail staff ‘afraid to work’ in TB scare
Aug 05 2008 | Today's News
MAIL workers were offered TB screening after two staff at a Tyneside sorting office caught the deadly disease. Read
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'Lucky escape' of drunk teen targeted by rapist
Aug 05 2008 | Today's News
A CONVICTED rapist who cruised Newcastle city centre looking for vulnerable women was today facing a long jail sentence. Read
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Negative equity is new fear for Rock
Aug 05 2008 | Today's News
UP TO 140,000 Northern Rock homes could be in negative equity within the next 18 months. Read
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North civil service jobs to be scrapped
Aug 05 2008 | Today's News
HUNDREDS of civil service jobs will be axed in the North East within months as ministers aim to cut costs, The Journal can reveal. Read
