Oct
2008
Articles from 2nd Oct 2008
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Parents advised to stop striving for perfection
Oct 02 2008 | Today's News
PARENTS should stop trying to be perfect, North East researchers said yesterday. The pressure to create an “ideal family” was driving parents to despair and creating a generation of spoilt children, the Newcastle University experts said. Read
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Fighting spirit puts mum in spotlight
Oct 02 2008 | Today's News
RACHEL Sellwood has already won the biggest battle of her life – and has now picked up an award for it before taking on her next one. Read
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Search for ‘missing’ flood-hit families
Oct 02 2008 | Today's News
WORK to help a market town recover from its worst-ever flooding disaster is being hampered because council officials have been unable to contact more than 200 “missing” households. Read
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Fallen Angel hotel makes fantasy a reality
Oct 02 2008 | Today's News
DREAMS of nights spent in your very own Dr Who-style Tardis or a post-war French hotel may seem far-fetched and unrealistic. Read
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Speeches thrown out as economy hijacks conferences
Oct 02 2008 | Today's News
The most dramatic conference season for years drew to a close yesterday. Political Editor William Green reports. Read
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Call for honesty about the costs of green energy
Oct 02 2008 | Today's News
THE boss of energy company E.ON UK has called for more honesty about the hidden costs to consumers of switching to more environmentally-friendly power. Read
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Investment in North is right, Tory leader says
Oct 02 2008 | Today's News
DAVID Cameron yesterday declared it was right to invest in the North but warned he would take unpopular decisions after signalling public spending could fall under a Conservative government. Read
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Council equal pay bill set to raise council tax
Oct 02 2008 | Today's News
TAXPAYERS could face years of higher taxes as the region was landed with a £150m equal pay bill. Read
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Second site reveals Romans’ heritage
Oct 02 2008 | Today's News
ANOTHER major archaeological dig may be staged in Newcastle to reveal more of the city’s Roman past. Read
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Queen shops for wind super-turbine at Blyth
Oct 02 2008 | Today's News
THE QUEEN is buying one of the world’s biggest wind turbines, being built by engineers in the North East. They are currently constructing the structure at the Clipper Centre of Excellence for Offshore Wind in Blyth, Northumberland. Read
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Armed raiders attack couple in own home
Oct 02 2008 | Today's News
A TERRIFIED couple were robbed at gunpoint after masked raiders broke into their Durham home. Two men, one with a gun and one with a knife, forced entry to the house in South Fields, Stanley, County Durham, shortly before 9pm on Tuesday. Read
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Wildlife photographers focus on national award
Oct 02 2008 | Today's News
PHOTOGRAPHER Jan Wilson isn’t one to duck a challenge. And her tenacity paid off when her picture of a white-headed duck won her the adult category in Washington Wetland Centre’s photographic competition. Read
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Gang feud claim at arson attack house
Oct 02 2008 | Today's News
A FIRE at a home for asylum seekers in Newcastle could have been started deliberately because of a feud between rival gangs, a resident said last night. Read
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Family’s tribute to their hero son
Oct 02 2008 | Today's News
HE lived his life to the full and died a hero. Today the parents of special soldier James Thompson have revealed how they hope thousands of pounds will be raised in memory of their brave son who was killed in action more than five months ago. Read
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Over 20,000 grey squirrels are culled
Oct 02 2008 | Today's News
MORE than 20,000 grey squirrels have now been culled in Northumberland, it was revealed yesterday. The trapping has been carried out by the Red Squirrel Protection Partnership, which was founded in December 2006 with a £148,000 grant to protect the county’s red squirrels. Read
