Feb
2009
Articles from 11th Feb 2009
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Bankers say sorry as regulator is accused over role in crisis
Feb 11 2009 | Today's News
THE Government was facing demands for an inquiry last night into the role played by one of the top City regulators in the collapse of HBOS. Read
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North confectioner and florist join forces for Valentine's Day
Feb 11 2009 | Today's News
COUPLES will probably be putting their Valentine first on February 14. But backers of The Journal’s Think North East First campaign last night urged lovers to seek out the romantic corners of the region. Read
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Tribunal scheduled for former NUFC boss Keegan
Feb 11 2009 | Today's News
THE dispute between Newcastle United and former manager Kevin Keegan will finally come to a head next month. Read
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Legal aid wrangle won’t stop teacher’s race case
Feb 11 2009 | Today's News
A MISCONDUCT case against a County Durham teacher accused of expressing religious intolerance on the internet has been adjourned. Read
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New name means changes, travellers promised
Feb 11 2009 | Today's News
TRANSPORT Minister Paul Clark promised North passengers improved bus services but stressed the need for local leadership. Read
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Reciting the Bard on steps of magistrates court building
Feb 11 2009 | Today's News
CONSETT Magistrates Court has seen nothing like it. The defendant rolled up in a stretch limo accompanied by a female friend and proceeded to recite Shakespeare on the front steps. Read
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Rows over the new Northumberland unitary authority
Feb 11 2009 | Today's News
NORTHUMBERLAND’S switch to a unitary authority was yesterday plunged into crisis as the Government read the “riot act” to district councillors. Read
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Colleagues fought to reach dead submariners
Feb 11 2009 | Today's News
SUBMARINERS fought for more than 40 minutes to free a Wearside seaman after an explosion in their vessel, an inquest heard. Read
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Saturdays just can't get enough of Red Nose Day
Feb 11 2009 | Today's News
GIRL group The Saturdays were in Newcastle yesterday to promote their single for Red Nose Day. Read
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Duke of Northumberland faces a battle to win retail plans
Feb 11 2009 | Today's News
THE Duke of Northumberland has a battle on his hands to build two new stores as part of a £10m project. Read
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Work on Morpeth Town Hall will start next month
Feb 11 2009 | Today's News
WORK on the next phase of a major revamp at one of a Northumberland town’s landmark historic buildings could start as early as next month. Read
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North scientists are (Big) Bang on target
Feb 11 2009 | Today's News
NORTH East experts have reconstructed the universe after the Big Bang. Durham University scientists have attempted to recreate the formation of galaxies 500 million years after the Universe was born. Read
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Angel of the South – but it hasn’t got any wings
Feb 11 2009 | Today's News
A GIANT £2m white horse was yesterday unveiled as Kent’s “Angel of the South” – but the jury is out on whether it can have the same impact as Gateshead’s landmark. Read
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Catching conmen depends on victims
Feb 11 2009 | Today's News
GANGS of bogus callers and sneak thieves are operating on Tyneside. Posing as water board officials, postmen, workmen or salespeople they con their way into the homes of some of the region’s most vulnerable people, to steal their cash savings, precious jewellery or anything they can get their hands on. Read
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Boat may have shrunk but the job’s just as big
Feb 11 2009 | Today's News
IT was a king-sized piece of downsizing for Ian McNaught, the last captain of the QE2. He was on the bridge last October when the 70,327-ton former Cunard flagship sailed out of the Tyne on her way to a new role as a floating hotel in Dubai. Read
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Landmark for Aycliffe Business Park forges ahead
Feb 11 2009 | Today's News
WORK is forging ahead on a giant steel sculpture which will be a town’s new landmark. Read
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Call it vapours or depression - it's nothing new
Feb 11 2009 | Today's News
IT has been known by many names and been the subject of a variety of treatments. Today, we call it depression and it is considered by many to be a particular product of the fast-moving, fast-changing modern world with all its demands and pressures. Read
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Swimming plans are sunk by cash shortfall
Feb 11 2009 | Today's News
EFFORTS to get Britain’s children swimming are being ignored in Northumberland despite £50m of Government investment. Read
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Government rethink on biofuels could cost jobs
Feb 11 2009 | Today's News
THE prospect of up to 8,000 potential North East jobs could be threatened by a Government rethink over biofuels, a top energy expert warned last night. Read
