Jan
2009
Articles from 9th Jan 2009
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Newcastle Building Society to axe 150 jobs
Jan 09 2009 | Today's News
NEWCASTLE Building Society is to make up to 150 redundancies as a result of continued unprecedented market conditions. Read
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Carole's crispy creation could be spice for life
Jan 09 2009 | Today's News
A NORTH mother has reached the final of a competition to find a new flavour for Walkers Crisps. Read
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Nissan announces 1,200 jobs to go at Sunderland plant
Jan 09 2009 | Today's News
CAR group Nissan last night sent shockwaves through the North East by axing 1,200 jobs at the country’s biggest and most productive car plant. Read
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School welcomes Chinese visitors in new exchange
Jan 09 2009 | Today's News
A GROUP of Chinese students are visiting a Northumberland school. Read
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Race and religion vile graffiti target
Jan 09 2009 | Today's News
A PERSISTENT vandal caused thousands of pounds of damage by defacing his neighbourhood with racist anti-religious graffiti in a series of night-time attacks. Read
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Cost of borrowing at lowest rate ever
Jan 09 2009 | Today's News
INTEREST rates were cut to their lowest level ever yesterday as the Bank of England threw another lifeline to the UK’s ailing economy. Read
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Nissan redundancies: Government denies refusing support
Jan 09 2009 | Today's News
THE Government last night denied claims it was “picking winners and losers” as Nissan families today face up to the redundancy news. Read
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Mum loses battle with son’s school
Jan 09 2009 | Today's News
A NORTHUMBERLAND school has been cleared of discriminating against a disabled pupil. Read
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Flooding prompts police changes
Jan 09 2009 | Today's News
NORTHUMBRIA Police has pledged to learn lessons and make improvements after concerns about the force’s role in Morpeth’s devastating floods were raised during an independent review of the catastrophe. Read
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Robber admits role in armed raid on jewellers
Jan 09 2009 | Today's News
AN armed robber who stormed a Tyneside jewellers in a brazen daylight attack will face sentencing at the end of the month. Read
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Farewell to Viking longboat
Jan 09 2009 | Today's News
STANDING in a field in the wilds of Northumberland, a Viking longboat is an unusual sight to come across – but it will not be there much longer. Read
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Ex-Falcons star loses extended pub hours bid
Jan 09 2009 | Today's News
A FORMER Newcastle Falcons rugby player’s bid to open his pub until 3am has been thrown out, amid stinging criticism from police. Read
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Paul Gascoigne tax affairs case dropped
Jan 09 2009 | Today's News
FOOTBALL star Paul Gascoigne narrowly avoided a bankruptcy hearing in London yesterday. Read
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Cameron pledge to focus on the North
Jan 09 2009 | Today's News
CONSERVATIVE leader David Cameron has pledged to respond to the North East’s needs if he becomes prime minister. Read
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Respected businessman William Douglass loses cancer fight
Jan 09 2009 | Today's News
TRIBUTES have been paid to a well-respected North East businessman who died of bone cancer at the age of 43. Read
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Football chairman Sandra Gordon to defy illness
Jan 09 2009 | Today's News
THE North’s only woman football chairman has vowed to continue at the helm despite her battle against ill health. Read
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James May and Oz Clark visit North
Jan 09 2009 | Today's News
NEWCASTLE Brown Ale may be the best known drink in the North East – but the spotlight will next week fall on the amazing array of other alcoholic beverages on offer as Oz Clarke and James May’s latest televised road trip arrives in the region. Read
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Derek Hill: How brush with death inspired me
Jan 09 2009 | Today's News
AN artist is exhibiting work inspired by a near-fatal tropical illness he contracted in Africa. Read
