Aug
2008
Articles from 6th Aug 2008
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Schools do well 'despite chaos'
Aug 06 2008 | Today's News
TEACHERS’ unions and education chiefs were at odds last night over this year’s national curriculum test results for 11-year-olds. Read
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Newcastle Airport in chaos as RAF jet crash-lands
Aug 06 2008 | Today's News
HOLIDAY and business plans for hundreds of travellers at Newcastle Airport were thrown in chaos last night after an RAF Tornado crash-landed, closing the runway. Read
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Lifeboat call-outs in region are up 20%
Aug 06 2008 | Today's News
LIFEBOAT call-outs on the North East coast in the past three months are up almost 20% on the same time last year. Read
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Cilla ready to enter Loveland
Aug 06 2008 | Today's News
A NORTH television production company is bringing Cilla Black back to the dating game. Standing Stone Productions teamed up with the former Blind Date presenter for Loveland – a part animation, part reality show – a pilot episode of which is currently being developed by Sky One. Read
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Officials have no idea how turbines they want will look
Aug 06 2008 | Today's News
MINISTERS were last night facing claims of failing to investigate properly the damaging costs of a huge expansion of wind farms. Read
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Rock boss’s upbeat vision of the future
Aug 06 2008 | Today's News
THE man responsible for rebuilding Northern Rock has said the bank can win back savers’ confidence despite announcing losses of more than half a billion pounds. Read
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Auction spotlights the Nazi Olympics
Aug 06 2008 | Today's News
A HAUL of memorabilia from the most controversial Olympics in history has been unearthed by a North stamp dealer. Read
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Setback in fight to safeguard GP surgery
Aug 06 2008 | Today's News
A CAMPAIGN to protect a rural village’s only GP surgery from potential closure has been dealt a major blow in the run-up to a critical appeal hearing. Read
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Last days of post protest
Aug 06 2008 | Today's News
TIME is running out for under- threat North East post offices seeking to stave off closure. Last month Royal Mail revealed plans to close or downgrade 81 branches across the region, causing uproar among many communities that would lose their amenity. Read
