Apr
2009
Articles from 2nd Apr 2009
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A day of extremes at G20 summit
Apr 02 2009 | Today's News
FROM hope to anger, from the refined Foreign Office to streets filled with rage-filled protesters, from handshakes to clashes. It was a day of extremes. Read
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Practical Property Portfolios boss lied in bid to stop firm sinking
Apr 02 2009 | Today's News
THE company director at the centre of a multi-million pound property investment fraud moved from recklessness to dishonesty as he tried to keep the business afloat, a court heard. Read
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Newcastle United confirm Alan Shearer as new manager
Apr 02 2009 | Today's News
NEWCASTLE United are set to unveil new manager Alan Shearer at a press conference later today, after an astonishing 24 hours at the club. Read
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Region nets major marine conferences worth £500,000
Apr 02 2009 | Today's News
THE region’s growing conference industry has received another boost with two more bookings set to bring £500,000 into the North East. Read
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Tune in for eight-episode Shearer soap opera thriller
Apr 02 2009 | Today's News
IT was perhaps appropriate that news of Alan Shearer’s arrival as Newcastle United manager should come on April 1 Read
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Help us focus on a true picture of life at St James’s Park
Apr 02 2009 | Today's News
THE JOURNAL can today reveal the monumental task facing Alan Shearer as he takes control of troubled Newcastle United. Read
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Witness describes Hayley Adamson tragedy to jury
Apr 02 2009 | Today's News
A MOTORIST described to a jury the horrifying moment a police officer’s patrol car collided with a 16-year-old schoolgirl, killing her instantly. Read
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Tsunami studied by Newcastle professor will help to warn
Apr 02 2009 | Today's News
HOW waves behave has occupied mathematician Robin Johnson for 40 years. So when the most extreme version of wave power, a tsunami, devastated coastal areas of Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka on Boxing Day in 2004, it prompted a fresh study by the Newcastle University professor of applied mathematics. Read
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Pupils improve in core subject tests
Apr 02 2009 | Today's News
NEW primary school league tables showed our region’s pupils are improving in English, maths and science. Read
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New Northumberland Council gets off to chaotic start
Apr 02 2009 | Today's News
THE FIRST day of Northumberland’s new council was always going to be busy – but not enough to leave phone lines permanently engaged. Read
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Scarlet Band bus company axed by Durham council bosses
Apr 02 2009 | Today's News
A SUCCESSFUL bus company has been axed by council bosses despite winning plaudits for its park and ride scheme. Read
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Doug Moscrop offers his Grand National tips
Apr 02 2009 | Today's News
HELP is at hand for punters wondering which horse to back in the Grand National. Read
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Ho Sanderson making slow recovery after shooting
Apr 02 2009 | Today's News
A PROMINENT North East businessman is making a gradual recovery from severe injuries which he sustained in a shooting accident near his Northumberland home three weeks ago. Read
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Morpeth golfers buy course as council goes
Apr 02 2009 | Today's News
GOLF club members clinched a deal to buy their course just hours before the local authority disappeared. Read
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Sellafield nuclear build bid
Apr 02 2009 | Today's News
LAND at Sellafield has been submitted to the Government as a potential site for a new nuclear power station. Read
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RSPCA ask for help after fox trap snares dog
Apr 02 2009 | Today's News
THE RSPCA yesterday appealed for information after a dog was caught in a trap apparently meant for foxes. Read
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Unusual platform for artists to perform on
Apr 02 2009 | Today's News
AN art show opened yesterday in a listed railway station where the artists themselves are on show. Read
