Mar 05 2009 | Today's News
A WOMAN bit off her lover’s tongue after a row, a jury heard. Newcastle Crown Court heard Mark Coghill and Tracy Davies had met through a lonely hearts ad, were at the victim’s Jesmond flat. Read
Mar 05 2009 | Today's News
GOVERNMENT watchdogs have downgraded two of the region’s leading councils amid concerns regarding the performance of civil servants. Read
Mar 05 2009 | Today's News
A WORLD-CLASS championship standard golf course will be created at a Northumberland hotel after planners gave the ambitious scheme the go-ahead. Read
Mar 05 2009 | Today's News
NORMAN Tebbit yesterday said he regretted the damage caused to the North East by the miners’ strike but blamed Arthur Scargill and the NUM. Read
Mar 05 2009 | Today's News
A HUSBAND and wife in their 80s have been threatened with eviction if they don’t get rid of two chickens they keep in their garden. Read
Mar 05 2009 | Today's News
SPORT stars from Australia and Pakistan could play at Durham Cricket Club next year. Read
Mar 05 2009 | Today's News
THE North East’s great and good last night paid tribute to Sir Bobby Robson’s latest achievement in opening a world-class cancer centre in Newcastle. Read
Mar 05 2009 | Today's News
A NORTH East company has dismissed its financial controller and is investigating expenses claims totalling thousands of pounds. Read
Mar 05 2009 | Today's News
AMID the bustle and zipping traffic of Newcastle city centre, two adjoining historic buildings present oases of tranquillity. Read
Mar 05 2009 | Today's News
THE daughter of an army veteran who was battered to death has told jurors she cannot believe her “wonderful” father died in such a horrible way. Read
Mar 05 2009 | Today's News
THE eyes of the world will be turned on Gateshead as it hosts a glittering new athletics event. The town’s International Stadium has been picked as one of a dozen venues around the world to showcase a new multi-million pound series of events called the Diamond League. Read
Mar 05 2009 | Today's News
A NORTH East man who was onboard a luxury cruiser caught up in a pirate scare last night spoke of the incident. Read
Mar 05 2009 | Today's News
LIFE, the Universe and everything in between is covered in a pioneering new book announced today by bestselling writer Bill Bryson. Read
Mar 05 2009 | Today's News
A GRANDFATHER on an exchange visit to East Africa was inspired to change the lives of a rural community – and leave a lasting legacy for his late wife. Read
Mar 05 2009 | Today's News
CITY transport bosses have abandoned a Government study set up to reduce congestion on Tyneside’s busiest routes. Read
Mar 05 2009 | Today's News
FIFTY jobs have been created at two major new waste handling facilities which will result in Northumberland becoming one of the greenest counties in the UK. Read
Mar 05 2009 | Today's News
TRIBUTES are being paid to a much respected and popular teacher who died suddenly this week. Steve Handley was the deputy head at The Duchess’s Community High School, in Howling Lane, Alnwick, Northumberland. Read
Mar 05 2009 | Today's News
A LUCKY-to-be-alive teenager has told how he cheated death by inches after he was hit by a falling 40ft tree as he rode his moped. Read