Oct
2008
Articles from 25th Oct 2008
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Call for closer eye on airport finances
Oct 25 2008 | Today's News
AIRPORT bosses could be forced to accept closer scrutiny of pay agreements as the backlash continues against former chief executive John Parkin’s reported £2m settlement. Read
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Student freshers’ fair bans the army
Oct 25 2008 | Today's News
THE ARMY’S officer training corps has been banned from recruiting at a university freshers’ week. Read
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Saturation policing for today’s derby
Oct 25 2008 | Today's News
MORE than 500 extra officers are being drafted in to police the Wear-Tyne football derby. Read
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Minister drawing up North hit-list to beat the slump
Oct 25 2008 | Today's News
THE Government will be handed a hit-list of regional spending projects drawn up by North East Minister Nick Brown in an attempt to tackle the looming recession. Read
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Son released in prison blunder
Oct 25 2008 | Today's News
BUNGLING prison officials accidentally released a suspected thief – because he had the same name as his dad. Read
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Freddie the terrier finds his sea legs
Oct 25 2008 | Today's News
A PET dog who went missing from a Northumberland beach was found alive – nearly a mile out to sea. Read
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Iraq veteran horrified by own driving
Oct 25 2008 | Today's News
AFORMER soldier twice over the drink limit when he wrote off his brother’s car in a high-speed crash was spared jail yesterday. Read
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Treasured manuscript back in city
Oct 25 2008 | Today's News
A PRECIOUS Shakespeare first folio arrived in Durham yesterday. Thieves stole a 17th Century manuscript by The Bard from the city’s university library a decade ago. Read
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Physio saves player’s life
Oct 25 2008 | Today's News
FOOTBALL physio Garry Miller sprinted into action when he saw a stricken player collapsing in front of him. Read
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Blyth wildlife photographer has success in the frame
Oct 25 2008 | Today's News
OFFSHORE oil worker Terry Cavner has struck it rich with his winning brand of wildlife photography. Terry, 56, from Blyth in Northumberland, works as a rigging supervisor on a dive support vessel in the North Sea oil industry off Norway. Read
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Baroness Maddock drives home A1 dualling message
Oct 25 2008 | Today's News
AN “astonishing” downgrading of the A1’s importance has contributed to the failure to invest in the key route, Parliament was told. Read
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Salvation Army seeks new frontier
Oct 25 2008 | Today's News
THE Salvation Army is ending 120 years of history in Newcastle as it closes its temple for the final time. Read
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Funeral pyres issue to go to High Court
Oct 25 2008 | Today's News
HINDUS’ rights to hold open-air cremations are to be thrashed out at a landmark High Court hearing. Read
