Jan
2009
Articles from 10th Jan 2009
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Newcastle Building Society sheds 150 jobs to end 'dark week' for North workers
Jan 10 2009 | Today's News
NEWCASTLE Building Society yesterday announced 150 redundancies on Tyneside and more jobs may go – despite strenuous efforts to win more business. Read
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Cameron launches attack on Labour over Nissan job losses
Jan 10 2009 | Today's News
DAVID Cameron has blamed the Government’s failure to get banks lending money as the reason directly behind Nissan’s job losses. Read
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Legal fight to protect Great North Run's identity
Jan 10 2009 | Today's News
IT’S the world’s biggest half-marathon – and organisers of the Great North Run are going to great lengths to make sure theirs remains the “great” race. Read
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Newlywed jailed for smuggling cocaine
Jan 10 2009 | Today's News
A NEWLYWED man will spend the first years of married life behind bars after being caught attempting to smuggle cocaine with a street value of more than £400,000 through Newcastle Airport. Read
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Polish seaman cleared of cocaine smuggling
Jan 10 2009 | Today's News
A POLISH seafarer accused of trying to smuggle cocaine with a street value of nearly £2m through a North East ferry terminal has walked free from court. Read
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Artist’s growing passion for garden produce
Jan 10 2009 | Today's News
IF the red onions which artist Jane Murray began growing didn’t bring tears to her eyes then they certainly opened them. Jane, who had painted flowers for 30 years, says: “As these onions grew in my garden I thought they looked really beautiful. Read
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Social homes plan will help builders
Jan 10 2009 | Today's News
HOUSING chiefs in Newcastle are confident of finalising deals with developers to buy dozens of yet-to-be-built properties to cope with “unprecedented” demand for affordable social homes. Read
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Respected art dealer is killed by cancer
Jan 10 2009 | Today's News
A RESPECTED art dealer and historian has died following a battle with cancer. Christopher Wood, 67, was born in Darras Hall, Ponteland, and educated in Newcastle before reading history at Cambridge. Read
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Hill farms go carbon neutral
Jan 10 2009 | Today's News
RAISING lambs on Northumberland hill farms could soon be a carbon neutral enterprise, a study indicates. Read
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Cost of blaze at Findus factory put at £20m
Jan 10 2009 | Today's News
DAMAGE caused after a fire at the Findus foods factory in North Tyneside could run to more than £20m and could take months to put right, the company said yesterday. Read
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Rising cost of keeping flood water in check
Jan 10 2009 | Today's News
A LEVY on North East councils for flood defence projects was upped by 20% yesterday. The rise from £1,542,000 to £1,850,000 for 2009-10 was approved by the Environment Agency’s Northumbria regional flood defence committee. Read
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New bishop appointed for Hexham and Newcastle
Jan 10 2009 | Today's News
CANON Seamus Cunningham has been named as the new Roman Catholic bishop of Hexham and Newcastle. Read
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College celebrates outstanding inspection report
Jan 10 2009 | Today's News
GATESHEAD College is now ranked among the top 20 in the country after gaining top grades in a recent Government inspections. Read
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The Barn at Beal visitor centre signs refused
Jan 10 2009 | Today's News
BOSSES at a North visitor attraction are on collision course with a council over advertising signs. Read
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Child’s tragic death in Boxing Day op
Jan 10 2009 | Today's News
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl died after suffering a heart attack during surgery to remove her appendix. Read
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Landlord is calling time on Trent House
Jan 10 2009 | Today's News
THE landlord of one of Newcastle’s best-known pubs is calling time on his bar after 23 years. Read
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Racing into record books
Jan 10 2009 | Today's News
A RARE Bugatti supercar discovered in a Tyneside garage more than 50 years after the death of its eccentric owner has been cleaned-up before it is sold at auction. Read
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Store back on agenda for Amble
Jan 10 2009 | Today's News
PLANS for a supermarket at a Northumberland seaside town could be back on track after a rival bid for the site was dealt a blow. Read
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Lynemouth villagers are set for wind farm misery
Jan 10 2009 | Today's News
VILLAGERS who have lived for decades in the shadow of giant industrial chimneys are now facing the prospect of looking out on 13 wind turbines which will be even bigger. Read
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Bill Bryson gives backing to Durham's bid to be Capital of Culture
Jan 10 2009 | Today's News
BEST-SELLING author Bill Bryson has given a boost to Durham’s bid to be the first British Capital of Culture. Read
