Jan
2009
Articles from 28th Jan 2009
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Mandelson industry rescue package 'just not enough'
Jan 28 2009 | Today's News
BUSINESS and union leaders last night warned the Government’s long-awaited support package to the beleaguered car industry failed to go far enough and risked further job losses. Read
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Send in stunning shots to our Flickr site
Jan 28 2009 | Today's News
THE Journal today launches an online photographic group for our readers on the photo-sharing website Flickr. Read
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Plan to update Gateshead International Stadium
Jan 28 2009 | Today's News
WITH the London Olympics on the horizon the bar is to be raised to ensure a North East sports stadium cements its international reputation. Read
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Scientists at Durham University get £16.7m grant
Jan 28 2009 | Today's News
DURHAM University scientists working on the mysteries of the “big bang” by building a giant atom- smashing machine beneath the French-Swiss Alps have won a multimillion-pound grant. Read
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Self-portraits of Sedgefield residents go on show
Jan 28 2009 | Today's News
VISITORS will be seeing double at an exhibition to mark a council’s last weeks. The Sedgefield People event consists of more than 70 self-portraits by locals. Read
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Westfield School pupils design new uniform
Jan 28 2009 | Today's News
TEACHERS at a Tyneside school have taken the brave step of allowing pupils to design their new uniform. Read
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North man caught up in Peers’ cash row
Jan 28 2009 | Today's News
A NORTH businessman was yesterday caught up in the growing cash-for-influence row engulfing four Labour peers. Read
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Hospitals ‘can take the strain of winter demands’
Jan 28 2009 | Today's News
HOSPITALS are feeling the strain as winter illnesses put ‘unusually high’ pressure on the number of available beds. Read
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Mum of Jordan Maddison wants justice
Jan 28 2009 | Today's News
THE MOTHER of a schoolboy who collapsed and died when he was chased by two boys renewed her call for justice last night – exactly one year after his death. Read
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Residents build a wall of objections to site proposal at Cocklaw
Jan 28 2009 | Today's News
FEARS have been voiced over plans to resume stone extraction operations at a disused quarry close to Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. Read
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Higher milk yields for farmers who name their cows
Jan 28 2009 | Today's News
DAIRY farmers who give their cows names and the personal touch will reap the rewards with higher milk yields, according to new research carried out in the region. Read
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Fundraisers head back to their school
Jan 28 2009 | Today's News
MEMBERS of a North East project team who renovated a dilapidated school building in rural Africa are preparing a return visit. Read
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Latest phase at Morpeth town centre gets under way
Jan 28 2009 | Today's News
A CAR park in Morpeth town centre is about to close to make way for the latest phase of the town’s £32m shopping redevelopment. Read
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Questions asked over village status of Brancepeth
Jan 28 2009 | Today's News
WHEN is a village not a village? That is the question posed by the Rector of one parish church which he had always supposed to be in a village until he was told otherwise. Read
