Jan
2009
Articles from 2nd Jan 2009
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Art treasures deserve a wider audience
Jan 02 2009 | Today's News
THE art treasures of the North East should be drawing many more visitors to the region, it has been claimed. Read
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Sir Bobby Robson ends year in style
Jan 02 2009 | Today's News
SIR Bobby Robson ended 2008 in style at a sell-out fundraising event for his cancer charity in Durham. Read
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Babies make a New Year entrance
Jan 02 2009 | Today's News
THESE two new arrivals were a wonderful present to welcome in the New Year after being born within one minute of each other. Read
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EU is set to pay out extra thousands to the region
Jan 02 2009 | Today's News
THE collapsing value of the British pound could lead to big euro payouts for farmers, landowners and regeneration chiefs. Read
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‘Athletics Ashes’ to boost Great North Run crowds
Jan 02 2009 | Today's News
THE eyes of the sporting world will be on the North East this September when two of the biggest events in the calendar take place on the same day. Read
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Ex-PoW Jack called on his survival instincts
Jan 02 2009 | Today's News
A PENSIONER in Rothbury called on his survival instincts learned from his prisoner of war days to get through the floods which will keep him out of his home until 2010. Read
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Objection to Heddon-on-the-Wall golf range bid
Jan 02 2009 | Today's News
FEARS that someone could be hit and injured by a flying golf ball look set to scupper plans for a new driving range on the edge of a Northumberland village. Read
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Ashington couple found dead after chip pan fire
Jan 02 2009 | Today's News
A YOUNG couple were found dead in their home following a kitchen fire, just hours after they celebrated New Year’s Eve together. Read
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North car could fetch up to £6m
Jan 02 2009 | Today's News
AN astonished family have inherited what could become the most expensive car in the world from their eccentric uncle – left in a Tyneside garage for nearly 50 years. Read
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Fun for racers in Ponteland Wheelbarrow Race
Jan 02 2009 | Today's News
A CENTURIES-OLD tradition took place in a Northumberland town yesterday. The annual Ponteland Wheelbarrow Race involves teams of two racing around a circuit of just under a mile with one person always inside the wheelbarrow. Read
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A dippy way to start new year
Jan 02 2009 | Today's News
SWIMMERS braved the chilly North Sea yesterday for the traditional New Year’s Day dip. More than 50 hardy souls took the plunge into the freezing waters at Whitley Bay shortly before 11am in a tradition which dates back more than 100 years. Read
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Beamish Museum feeling pinch as visitors drop
Jan 02 2009 | Today's News
ONE of the North East’s major museums is beginning to feel the pinch from the economic slump. Read
