Oct
2008
Articles from 4th Oct 2008
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Crime rise blamed on credit crunch
Oct 04 2008 | Today's News
CRIME is soaring in Northumberland, The Journal can reveal today. Northumbria Police statistics show an 11% increase in total crime between April 1 and August 31 this year compared to the same period in 2007. Read
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Salmonella fears over hen farm plan
Oct 04 2008 | Today's News
FEARS were last night voiced over potential for a salmonella outbreak should plans for a free range hen farm in Northumberland get the go-ahead. Read
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Higher profile for regional minister
Oct 04 2008 | Today's News
NORTH East Minister Nick Brown pledged to help get the region through economic turmoil after yesterday returning to the Cabinet in a dramatic reshuffle. Read
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Cramlington drinkers’ parents called out
Oct 04 2008 | Today's News
PARENTS of under-age drinkers caught in a Northumberland town are being asked by police to visit the scene and see what their children have been up to. Read
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Hexham schoolboy is golf ace of St Andrews
Oct 04 2008 | Today's News
A PINT-SIZED golfer from Northumberland secured his first hole-in-one – aged just 10 years old. Read
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Anger at sentence for crash tragedy
Oct 04 2008 | Today's News
THE parents of a road crash victim have slammed the five-year jail term imposed on the drink-driver who killed their son. Read
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Flood helper’s death mystery
Oct 04 2008 | Today's News
AFATHER died of severe flu-like symptoms days after helping mop up during the recent floods. Read
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Northumberland Care Trust pays out for worker’s stress
Oct 04 2008 | Today's News
ASOCIAL worker who suffered a heart attack after becoming stressed at work has received £175,000 in compensation. Read
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Billionaire insists NUFC takeover talk is fake
Oct 04 2008 | Today's News
ONE of the South African businessmen linked with a takeover of Newcastle has labelled suggestions he is interested in the club as “fake”. Read
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Brendan Foster's dream for Great North Run
Oct 04 2008 | Today's News
THIS YEAR’S Great North Run will be the biggest ever and there is more to come, the event founder said last night. Read
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Radio will make waves
Oct 04 2008 | Today's News
ADISUSED swimming pool could become the base for a new community radio station. Hexham’s redundant swimming pool in Gilesgate could soon become the home of the Tynedale Community Radio station. Read
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North plays part in £50m cancer fight
Oct 04 2008 | Today's News
NORTH scientists will receive more than £2m to develop pioneering cancer imaging technology, it was announced today. Read
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Big guns could quit moorland wind farm battle
Oct 04 2008 | Today's News
TALKS are being held which could result in the Ministry of Defence withdrawing its opposition to a proposed Northumberland wind farm. Read
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Dream job not to Masterchef Leon's taste
Oct 04 2008 | Today's News
A CHEF who had the recipe for success on a television series has snubbed work from a star of the show to take a top job in the region. Read
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Journal readers taken to ‘hospital’
Oct 04 2008 | Today's News
THEY sacrificed their good looks and their Saturday mornings – and last night the volunteers in Wang Qingsong’s extraordinary photo shoot were able to survey the result. Read
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Memories of Charlie Bear Appeal still strong
Oct 04 2008 | Today's News
THE first time I met Daisy Clark, she was lying on the floor of her immaculate semi in Morpeth, telling her devoted friend Connie how she would raise £1m by Christmas to buy a whole body scanner for the North East. Read
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Green revolution for valleysscarred by industrial history
Oct 04 2008 | Today's News
Environment Editor Tony Henderson on restoring vitality to the valleys. Read
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Vision which brought life back to disused quarry
Oct 04 2008 | Today's News
TEN years ago Jill Essam and partner Tom Mercer opted for a purchase with a decided difference – they bought a quarry. Read
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The voice of youth is heard by council
Oct 04 2008 | Today's News
YOUNG peoples’ representatives in Northumberland have set out what they see as the top youth priorities for the county’s new super council. Read
