Dec
2008
Articles from 20th Dec 2008
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Newcastle Building Society risks losing £43m
Dec 20 2008 | Today's News
THE boss of the region’s largest independent building society has reassured its 450,000 members their money is safe after revealing it could lose up to £43m following the collapse of two Icelandic banks. Read
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Council has kept £1m of Newcastle United cash
Dec 20 2008 | Today's News
CITY spending chiefs have been hoarding nearly £1m in transport cash taken from Newcastle United. Read
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Durham student's luxury lifestyle funded by theft
Dec 20 2008 | Today's News
A WOMAN who built up a huge shoe collection while fleecing £500,000 from a university college was behind bars last night. Read
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Guilty pleas in Dreamspace artwork tragedy
Dec 20 2008 | Today's News
A NORTH East council and an arts promotions company have admitted breaching safety regulations following the deaths of two women killed when an inflatable artwork lifted off its moorings. Read
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Message in a bottle found at Bowes Museum
Dec 20 2008 | Today's News
A YOUNG stonemason found more than he bargained for when he opened up a chimney at a North museum. Read
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Fury at sex offender’s human rights win
Dec 20 2008 | Today's News
A PERVERT yesterday won a landmark court case that ruled his indefinite enrolment on a Sex Offenders’ Register was an infringement of his human rights. Read
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Gordon Brown ducks specifics on help for Nissan
Dec 20 2008 | Today's News
GORDON Brown yesterday said he wanted “to do everything we can” for the British car industry. Read
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Young mother in Medomsley armed raid terror
Dec 20 2008 | Today's News
A YOUNG mother was last night recovering from what police described as a terrifying ordeal at the hands of two masked robbers while at home with her two-year-old daughter. Read
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£½m for little girl blinded by father
Dec 20 2008 | Today's News
A LITTLE girl blinded by her father has been awarded £500,000 compensation. Amy Laycock, four, from the West End of Newcastle, was left blind and brain-damaged after her father attacked her in hospital. Read
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Tony Henderson on the pleasures of birdwatching
Dec 20 2008 | Today's News
THE changing world of birdwatching over the years is being highlighted as part of 50th anniversary celebrations. The Northumberland and Tyneside Bird Club is marking the half-century milestone of its founding in 1958. Read
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Newcastle Airport contract brings 12 new routes
Dec 20 2008 | Today's News
AN extra 70,000 sunseekers will fly out of the region next year after a multi-million-pound contract was signed with a major tour operator. Read
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Morpeth Council defies critical report
Dec 20 2008 | Today's News
DEFIANT members of a rural Northumberland council have voted for the second time in eight months to reject a highly critical report by a town hall watchdog. Read
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Felling High Street still open for business
Dec 20 2008 | Today's News
UNITED in the fight to save their town centre, the traders of the once thriving Felling High Street are reminding shoppers that they are still open for business. Read
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Mumbai terror attack couple recovering at home
Dec 20 2008 | Today's News
THE North couple injured in the terrorist attacks in India have returned to their home in the region. Read
