Nov
2008
Articles from 6th Nov 2008
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New challenge for restaurateur at Hexham Golf Club
Nov 06 2008 | Today's News
A TOP North East chef, who says he knows “nothing about golf other than it’s grass and white balls,” is to utilise his skills in the kitchen to help turn an 18-hole course at Hexham into the best members club in Northumberland. Read
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Murdered Ross Davidson died from injuries to brain
Nov 06 2008 | Today's News
A TEENAGER killed in an armed raid at his home died from head injuries, a pathologist told a murder trial jury yesterday. Read
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Prisoner freed in error is back inside
Nov 06 2008 | Today's News
A REMAND prisoner released in error after a mix-up is back behind bars after handing himself in at court . Read
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Sport should make HQ here, says Steve Cram
Nov 06 2008 | Today's News
ONE of the North East’s greatest athletes talked yesterday about his passion for the region and his new role as chancellor of Sunderland University. Read
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Reflect Awards focus on Tyne beauty
Nov 06 2008 | Today's News
A SELECTION of stunning photographs have been chosen as the second year of winners of a competition designed to show what the River Tyne means to the people of the North East. Read
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Hospitals see leap in demand for beds
Nov 06 2008 | Today's News
BOSSES at a North East health trust say they are having to cope with a significant increase in demand for hospital places which is putting bed capacity under pressure. Read
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Obama victory echoes Blair's 'new dawn' say North MPs
Nov 06 2008 | Today's News
BARACK Obama’s election as US president was yesterday heralded in the North as comparisons were drawn with Labour’s 1997 landslide victory. Read
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Newcastle City Council Chief exits after months of questions
Nov 06 2008 | Today's News
THE man responsible for running Newcastle City Council has left after months of criticism of the authority’s direction. Chief executive Ian Stratford is believed to have received a leaving package after he and elected leader John Shipley decided he should go “by mutual consent”. Read
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Lost village remembered
Nov 06 2008 | Today's News
A LONG-lost riverside village has been recalled through a painting which is up for auction. One of the earliest oils by Tyneside artist Robert Jobling, who was born in 1841, shows a whaler at anchor at Dent’s Hole. Read
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A Pacific adventure for North scientists
Nov 06 2008 | Today's News
AN island-hopping Pacific voyage will give North East scientists the chance to plot the route of one of the most dramatic human migrations in history. Read
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Judge puts the brake on council’s taxi licensing
Nov 06 2008 | Today's News
A NORTH council dubbed the Panama of the taxi world has been told to be more careful with cab licences. Read
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Legal move on Blyth land deal
Nov 06 2008 | Today's News
LEGAL advice is being sought in a bid to resolve a land deal dispute which has halted progress on a multi-million pound housing development in a Northumberland town. Read
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Forests help us to cope with climate change
Nov 06 2008 | Today's News
THE forests and woodlands of the North East put the region in a unique position to cope with climate change, a conference has been told. Read
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Flooded Morpeth stores are back in business
Nov 06 2008 | Today's News
SHOPS deluged in the Morpeth floods have reopened to customers just eight weeks after they were washed out. Read
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Amber signal given on Bendor rail box revamp
Nov 06 2008 | Today's News
A BUSINESSMAN looking to develop a historic rail feature on the site of a battlefield has been given a month to come up with a smaller proposal. Read
