Jun
2009
Articles from 13th Jun 2009
-
Widow Carole Devoy sues for a record £1m damages
Jun 13 2009 | Today's News
A WIDOW suing for record £1m damages over her husband’s death from asbestosis has told how he cared for her through her battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Read
-
Seahouses main street transforms into art gallery
Jun 13 2009 | Today's News
THERE will be paintings next to pork chops and art work alongside asparagus in one seaside village next weekend. Read
-
Five questioned in North East Property Buyers fraud probe
Jun 13 2009 | Today's News
DETECTIVES probing an alleged property fraud have questioned five people. Three women and two men were arrested at addresses in Newcastle and Washington in connection with allegations against Gateshead-based companies North East Property Buyers and Newcastle Home Loans. Read
-
Science City chiefs create business innovation machine
Jun 13 2009 | Today's News
SCIENCE City bosses have set up a £6m “business innovation machine” to create jobs through new inventions. Read
-
Queen honours our local heroes
Jun 13 2009 | Today's News
COMMUNITY champions have been rewarded for years of unstinting service to the public. Read
-
Drugs raid on popular estate in Bishop Auckland
Jun 13 2009 | Today's News
POLICE using a battering ram smashed down the door of a suspected drugs dealer yesterday, just yards from a leafy park. Read
-
Homes of the future go on show at the Guildhall
Jun 13 2009 | Today's News
IDEAS of how we could be living in the future have gone on display in Newcastle. A total of 116 models of homes, submitted by architectural practices, go on show from today at the Guildhall on the city’s Quayside. Read
-
Aristocratic history of England’s finest B&B
Jun 13 2009 | Today's News
AMAGNIFICENT country house which was once the family home of the current Duke and Duchess of Northumberland has been chosen as England’s best bed and breakfast in a prestigious awards scheme. Read
-
Bright idea means offenders give back
Jun 13 2009 | Today's News
DRESSED in bright orange jackets, criminals have been seen giving something back to their communities. Read
-
Hundreds of milk jobs go in Blaydon dairy closure
Jun 13 2009 | Today's News
ALMOST 300 people are to lose their jobs after the collapse of a last-ditch effort to save a North East dairy. Read
-
Osprey chick spotted in nest on Kielder Water
Jun 13 2009 | Today's News
OSPREYS nesting in Northumberland for the first time in more than 200 years have hatched at least one chick, it as confirmed last night. Read
-
Burnopfield terror suspect had stash of deadly poison
Jun 13 2009 | Today's News
A SUSPECTED white supremacist appeared in court yesterday accused of holding a stash of the deadly poison ricin. Read
-
Great North Run final 100 spots up for grabs
Jun 13 2009 | Today's News
DID you miss out on a place in this year’s Great North Run? The Journal is offering the final 100 places in the race exclusively to our readers. Read
-
Day care closure plans will break friendships
Jun 13 2009 | Today's News
A DISABLED great-grandmother says bonds of friendship between elderly people and dedicated carers will be severed if seven council-run day centres in Northumberland are closed down. Read
-
A lifelong passion for plants
Jun 13 2009 | Today's News
A PASSION for plants has always driven botanist and gardener Veronica Goulty. She enjoys a large garden at her home near Wylam in Northumberland and is vice-chairman of the North East branch of Plant Heritage. Read
-
De La Rue Identy Systems win passport contract
Jun 13 2009 | Today's News
DOZENS of highly skilled jobs could be created after a North East-based firm won a £400m contract to produce the UK biometric passport from the Government. Read
-
Region forges links on energy
Jun 13 2009 | Today's News
WORD of the Great North Revolution has already begun to spread around the world. The North East’s green energy expertise has been showcased on the global stage at the European Future Energy Forum in Bilbao, Spain, this week. Read
