Feb
2009
Articles from 7th Feb 2009
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Police smash £3m mortgage scam
Feb 07 2009 | Today's News
FRAUD detectives revealed last night they have smashed an audacious and sophisticated mortgage scam and identity theft ring which has netted criminals more than £3m. Read
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Hospital calls time on loyal volunteers
Feb 07 2009 | Today's News
THEY have provided countless smiles and cups of tea to hospital patients and visitors since before the Second World War. Read
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Ali’s legacy will provide for others
Feb 07 2009 | Today's News
RUGBY player Ali Johnson is set to leave a lasting legacy to other disabled people. Ali was left in a wheelchair after being injured in a collapsed scrum while playing for Tynedale Rugby Club in 2004. Read
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Police believe thieves posed as vampires
Feb 07 2009 | Today's News
LUXURY car raiders – thought to be wearing Dracula masks – were still being hunted last night, as one of their victims told of his anger after they targeted his home. Read
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Final act secures future for The Journal Tyne Theatre
Feb 07 2009 | Today's News
THE final act in a seven-year struggle to secure the future of a historic theatre was played out yesterday. Read
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Armed duo aim gun at girl’s chest
Feb 07 2009 | Today's News
POLICE are hunting armed robbers after two terrifying raids in which a shopkeeper was attacked with a knife and two others were held up by men with sawn-off shotguns. Read
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Job cuts are likely at car parts firms
Feb 07 2009 | Today's News
CAR parts manufacturers across the region are being hit by the credit crunch. Two firms have announced possible job cuts this week as the economic downturn continues to bite. Read
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Campaign wins praise in Lords and Commons
Feb 07 2009 | Today's News
THE Think North East First campaign has been praised in Parliament for raising “hope and optimism” by showing how the region can help itself through the recession. Read
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A shining tribute for our Tyneside treasures
Feb 07 2009 | Today's News
STARS, family, friends and fans came out in force in the winter sunshine yesterday to applaud bona fide “Tyneside treasures” Tim Healy and Denise Welch. Read
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Puckering up for charity
Feb 07 2009 | Today's News
HOLLYWOOD kisses will be auctioned off to raise money for a good cause. Read
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Restoration drive to bring carr back
Feb 07 2009 | Today's News
A RESTORATION scheme is being drawn up for one of the rarest habitats in the world – which happens to be on the edge of Newcastle. Read
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Photographer gets an ice surprise
Feb 07 2009 | Today's News
THERE was an ice surprise in store for Cumbrian landscape photographer Stewart Smith as he walked the Lake District fell tops. Read
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Forest chiefs give £85,000 for access
Feb 07 2009 | Today's News
FOREST chiefs have pledged £85,000 to improve access and upgrade trails in 2,250-acres of woodland in County Durham. Read
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Ditch digger enlisted to re-create floodplain
Feb 07 2009 | Today's News
THE largest ditch-digging machine in the UK has been enlisted to help re-create floodplain land in Northumberland. Read
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It’s up the North as the South is downed
Feb 07 2009 | Today's News
IT’S definitely not grim up North. In a debate at Cambridge University students voted unanimously that the famous phrase simply wasn’t true. Read
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Rothbury unlucky? Don’t you believe it
Feb 07 2009 | Today's News
ALMOST 1,000 homes and businesses in Rothbury were cut off in the early hours of Monday morning when water seeped into a gas main. Read
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Radio DJ heads into the west
Feb 07 2009 | Today's News
TOP presenter Mike Parr is leaving Radio Newcastle to return to his roots. He is quitting his breakfast show, listened to by thousands of regulars, to move to a similar position with the sister station in the North West. Read
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Giving our graduates a good chance
Feb 07 2009 | Today's News
ANORTH East university is pledging £200,000 to help its graduates beat the credit crunch and stand a better chance of getting a good job. Read
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Hoon won’t read riot act to rail firms
Feb 07 2009 | Today's News
TRANSPORT Secretary Geoff Hoon has denied having to read the “riot act” to any train operator despite a senior official warning some face financial difficulties. Read
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Day out ended in death of girl, 7, and her grandad
Feb 07 2009 | Today's News
FAMILY fun ended in a double death tragedy which claimed the lives of a girl of seven and her grandfather, a doctor. Tugela Rose Frankel and Dr Richard John Frankel, 68, were travelling in a convoy with the rest of the family when they collided with a lorry, an inquest heard. Read
