Sep
2008
Articles from 8th Sep 2008
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Water sports time at the rugby club
Sep 08 2008 | Today's News
PLAYERS on a victorious Tyneside rugby team received a wet welcome when they returned to their home ground on Saturday night. Read
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Wedding guests in hotel flood drama
Sep 08 2008 | Today's News
SIXTY wedding guests had to be evacuated from a hotel situated between two rivers which burst their banks. Read
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Great-grandfather dies after assault
Sep 08 2008 | Today's News
A COMMUNITY was in shock last night following the death of a popular great-grandfather attacked outside a town centre pub after a night spent socialising. Read
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‘Virtual’ post offices could be an answer
Sep 08 2008 | Today's News
A COMMUNITY retail adviser is to consult with North East villages that have lost their post offices over the possibility of creating “virtual” replacements. Read
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Hundreds have to flee as North East flood waters rise
Sep 08 2008 | Today's News
A MASS clean-up operation was under way yesterday after torrential rain caused flooding misery and sparked huge rescue operations across the region. Read
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Bus routes ‘too popular’
Sep 08 2008 | Today's News
CONCERNS were raised yesterday over the funding of a scheme to provide free bus travel to over-60s after incidents of overcrowding on popular North routes. Read
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Breeder backs call for North horse riders to be helped
Sep 08 2008 | Today's News
A HORSE breeder has backed calls for more money to turn the North’s talented young riders into world beaters. Read
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Apollo Pavilion - an eye-opener or an eyesore? You decide
Sep 08 2008 | Today's News
IT has been described as an eyesore, a monstrosity and a magnet for anti-social behaviour. But next weekend the Apollo Pavilion in Peterlee, County Durham, will open its doors to the public as part of a Heritage Open Day. Read
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NUFC fans call for Ashley to go
Sep 08 2008 | Today's News
FURIOUS fans calling for Mike Ashley and Dennis Wise to leave Newcastle United have gathered more than 5,000 signatures using online petitions, it emerged yesterday. Read
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Join us on our journey to the 50,000th Journal
Sep 08 2008 | Today's News
THE first issue of The Journal hit the streets on Saturday May 12, 1832 and since then we’ve covered local, regional, national and international news from the earth-shattering to the parochial. Read
