Mar
2009
Articles from 31st Mar 2009
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Pay review to be accelerated as expenses rise
Mar 31 2009 | Today's News
A SLEAZE watchdog was poised last night to bring forward its inquiry into MPs’ pay and perks as fresh controversy and a £5m increase in expenses claims sparked calls for an urgent shake-up. Read
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Treasury ‘dragged its heels’ before Northern Rock crisis
Mar 31 2009 | Today's News
GORDON Brown suffered a serious blow after a Treasury mandarin last night admitted the Government “dragged its heels” on bank regulation for years before the Northern Rock crisis. Read
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Greed led bosses of Practical Property Portfolios Ltd into fraud
Mar 31 2009 | Today's News
VICTIMS of a massive property scam were greeted by the grim sight of burned-out buildings when they finally viewed the house sold to them as an investment opportunity. Read
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Duchess opens a new chapter at library
Mar 31 2009 | Today's News
THE Duchess of Northumberland praised a fantastic team effort at the reopening of the county’s main library less than seven months after flooding devastation. Read
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North East expert set to fight a deadly disease
Mar 31 2009 | Today's News
A NORTH East expert is helping to target one of the world’s deadliest diseases which kills over a million people a year. Read
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Anger as 'one-man crimewave' Tony Blair has sentence cut
Mar 31 2009 | Today's News
NEIGHBOURS of the victims of “one-man crimewave” Tony Blair reacted with fury yesterday to news that his prison sentence had been cut. Read
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North East MPs defend their £3.9m expenses bill
Mar 31 2009 | Today's News
NORTH MPs last year claimed £3.9m in expenses, travel bills and office costs. Read
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Former prisoner back in jail after drugs charge
Mar 31 2009 | Today's News
A BUNGLING drugs smuggler once banned from Jersey for a botched attempt to import drugs was caught trying to take them into a prison. Read
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Tributes are paid to a long-serving councillor Jo Fergus
Mar 31 2009 | Today's News
MEMBERS and officers of Durham Police Authority and Durham Constabulary paid tribute yesterday to one of the Authority’s longest-serving members following the death of Jo Fergus MBE, aged 77 at the weekend. Read
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Band to play for free in fundraising hangar gig
Mar 31 2009 | Today's News
A ROCK band is preparing to play a special gig inside a large hangar on a North East RAF base to raise funds for a charity which supports military personnel wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read
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Top North doctor to take lead on future of healthcare
Mar 31 2009 | Today's News
A LEADING North East doctor will today play a key role in highlighting ambitious plans for the next decade of healthcare in the region. Read
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Pupils create wildlife site at Holiday Inn Washington
Mar 31 2009 | Today's News
PUPILS have created their own wildlife site by planting some trees. Read
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2,000 risk losing ‘sale and rent back’ houses
Mar 31 2009 | Today's News
THE Government was warned of potential problems with “sale and rent back” mortgage firms two years ago. Read
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U-turn on plans for home care service
Mar 31 2009 | Today's News
SOCIAL service chiefs have been forced into an “embarrassing” U-turn over controversial plans to axe home care service providers following a legal challenge which claimed the process was not “transparent”. Read
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Dance event in memory of tragic student
Mar 31 2009 | Today's News
COLLEGE students are holding a special dance event in memory of a popular teenager who died last year after battling leukaemia and a rare blood disease. Read
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Barrister sues Virgin after dream holiday turned to a nightmare
Mar 31 2009 | Today's News
A FAMILY expected a “lavish” holiday in Florida – but instead were confronted by filth and mould. Read
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Police renew witness appeal
Mar 31 2009 | Today's News
DETECTIVES last night renewed their hunt for the men behind a robbery on a North East supermarket. In December, two men burst into the Tesco store, on Acorn Road, Jesmond, Newcastle, making off with cash boxes being delivered by security guards. Read
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Betrayed by both Tories and Labour
Mar 31 2009 | Today's News
ALEX Watson believes the Conservative regime betrayed the people of Derwentside in 1980, and the Labour government has done the same 19 years later. Read
