Mar
2009
Articles from 25th Mar 2009
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Fans brave cold to see Maximo Park return
Mar 25 2009 | Today's News
HUNDREDS of fans braved the cold for up to 11 hours as they queued to catch a glimpse of rockers Maximo Park. Read
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Parents of Anthony Huntrod call for MoD top brass resignation
Mar 25 2009 | Today's News
THE PARENTS of a Wearside sailor who was killed after an explosion 200m below the Arctic ice last night called for the resignation of the MoD’s top brass after a coroner criticised them for “systemic failures”. Read
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Sir Bobby Robson won’t stop cancer charity work
Mar 25 2009 | Today's News
THE Sir Bobby Robson Foundation launched on March 25 last year, when the footballing knight set himself a 12-month target of raising £500,000 to kit out Newcastle’s new cancer trails unit. Read
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Lindisfarne Gospels get limited loan to the North East
Mar 25 2009 | Today's News
THE British Library has announced a limited loan agreement which will see the Lindisfarne Gospels come to the North East for just three months every seven years. Read
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Fentimans get biggest order for ginger beer in 104 years
Mar 25 2009 | Today's News
A TRADITIONAL soft drinks brewer has received the biggest ever order in its 104-year-history. Supermarket chain Waitrose have requested 200,000 bottles of traditional beer from Hexham-based firm Fentimans’. Read
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Proposals in the pipeline to safeguard regional air links
Mar 25 2009 | Today's News
POTENTIAL proposals to safeguard critical air links between the region and London could be unveiled within months, it emerged yesterday. Read
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Raiders assault cashier in Adderstone garage shop raid
Mar 25 2009 | Today's News
THIS gang of three brought fear to a garage shop when they assaulted the cashier and stole cash and cigarettes. Read
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£5,000 reward to catch post office raiding armed gang
Mar 25 2009 | Today's News
A £5,000 reward has been offered to help catch a gang of gun-wielding robbers who raided three post offices. Read
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Haydon Bridge residents happy at new bypass
Mar 25 2009 | Today's News
A NORTHUMBERLAND village will get its long- awaited bypass today, after a 70-year wait. Read
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Cancer survivor Debra Vincent fronts wig campaign
Mar 25 2009 | Today's News
A WOMAN who lost her hair through chemotherapy treatment has been handpicked by a top celebrity hairdresser to front his campaign to help cancer sufferers reclaim their femininity. Read
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Davender Ghai campaigns for open-air funeral pyre
Mar 25 2009 | Today's News
HINDU campaigner Davender Ghai has asked the High Court for the legal right to be cremated on a traditional open-air funeral pyre when he dies. Read
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Forrester Rachel follows in Darwin's footsteps
Mar 25 2009 | Today's News
FORESTER Rachel Sparks is to follow in the footsteps of Charles Darwin with a two-month mission to the Galapagos Islands. Read
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Water bosses face penalties if bid fails at Craster
Mar 25 2009 | Today's News
WATER bosses could face double enforcement proceedings if their bid to spend almost £6m upgrading waste treatment facilities at a Northumberland seaside village fails. Read
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Woman’s body is found on banks of river Wansbeck
Mar 25 2009 | Today's News
POLICE have named an elderly woman whose body was found lying on a riverside footpath in Northumberland early yesterday. Read
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Number of blue tits better than last year
Mar 25 2009 | Today's News
A GARDEN bird favourite has made a comeback in the North East. Read
