Jun
2009
Articles from 3rd Jun 2009
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Durham Cow Cheese Company reaches final of Tesco competition
Jun 03 2009 | Today's News
FLEDGLING businesswoman Julia Cammiss is set to take her place alongside some of Britain’s biggest cheeses after reaching the finals of a national competition. Read
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Some Tyneside schools could close under council plans
Jun 03 2009 | Today's News
AT least one secondary school could close on Tyneside under plans to cut surplus places. Read
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Sunderland show Premiership cash does count
Jun 03 2009 | Today's News
SUNDERLAND football club has demonstrated the financial clout the Premiership brings after seeing annual turnover more than double to over £63m during its first year in the top flight. Read
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The EU is here to stay... so have a say
Jun 03 2009 | Today's News
CONVENTIONAL wisdom has it that MEPs are the lowest rung on the ladder of European power, first set up as a vague attempt to bring some democratic accountability to the Union. Read
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Home Secretary Jacqui Smith resigns over expenses scandal
Jun 03 2009 | Today's News
HOME Secretary Jacqui Smith has become the first Cabinet casualty of the MPs’ expenses scandal, after it was revealed she told Gordon Brown within days of revelations about her finances that she wanted to quit the Government in a reshuffle. Read
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Shamed Tyneside solicitor conned Zimbabwean farmers
Jun 03 2009 | Today's News
A SHAMED Tyneside solicitor has been struck off for conning Zimbabwean farmers out of thousands of pounds. Read
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Hopper the wallaby escapes from Kielder Birds of Prey Centre
Jun 03 2009 | Today's News
IF you go down to the woods today you could be in for a big surprise. Read
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Newton Aycliffe sculpture lowered into place
Jun 03 2009 | Today's News
CRANES yesterday lowered a 16-metre high steel sculpture into place which celebrates a County Durham town’s workers. Read
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Alan Shearer is the key to NUFC success on and off the field
Jun 03 2009 | Today's News
IF MIKE Ashley lets Alan Shearer slip through his fingers it could be his biggest mistake yet, according to a North East sports management expert. Read
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Karl Hogg and Craig Miller stole from flood-hit Morpeth homes
Jun 03 2009 | Today's News
THIEVES raided empty homes left devastated by the floods that ravaged a Northumberland town. Read
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Father and son held in Burnopfield racist terror raid
Jun 03 2009 | Today's News
A SUSPECTED white supremacist was arrested in an anti-terror swoop by police. Ian Davison was arrested yesterday at his County Durham home on suspicion of extreme right-wing activity. Read
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Stuart Henry Bell paintings to be auctioned
Jun 03 2009 | Today's News
THE story of a theatre scene painter who became one of Queen Victoria’s favourite marine artists has emerged from an auction sale today. Read
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Jimi Hendrix was killed by manager, says pal
Jun 03 2009 | Today's News
SENSATIONAL claims about the last moments in the life of rock giant Jimi Hendrix are made in a new book by a North East friend of the star. Read
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Detectives probe assaults on two men
Jun 03 2009 | Today's News
DETECTIVES in south east Northumberland are probing two assaults on young men. Read
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Past floods hold the key to stopping furture troubles
Jun 03 2009 | Today's News
LEARNING the lessons from devastating floods of the past should be part of preparations for the flooding of the future, warns a river expert. Read
