Jul
2009
Articles from 2nd Jul 2009
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Chaos as weather goes from heatwave to flash floods
Jul 02 2009 | Today's News
FLASH flooding caused chaos over parts of the region yesterday, as bolts of lightning struck trains and caused a bridge to crumble. Read
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Crisis after £1.4bn East Coast rail franchise collapse
Jul 02 2009 | Today's News
BRITAIN faces a transport cash crisis after the £1.4bn East Coast rail franchise collapsed. Read
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Durham education chiefs extend academy consultation
Jul 02 2009 | Today's News
UNDER-fire education bosses have agreed to extend consultation on the site of two proposed academies for a further two weeks. Read
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Sanofi-Aventis sale creates Alnwick jobs fear
Jul 02 2009 | Today's News
ONE of a Northumberland market town’s biggest employers has been put up for sale, sparking fears over the future of more than 150 jobs. Read
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Three Berwick heroin dealers win sentence cuts
Jul 02 2009 | Today's News
THREE Berwick heroin street dealers – jailed after an undercover police swoop in the town – all won cuts in their jail terms yesterday after a top judge ruled they should have been given more credit for owning up. Read
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Newcastle Council introduces animal cruelty food policy
Jul 02 2009 | Today's News
FREE-RANGE eggs, local veg and ethically-sourced meat will soon be on the menu in schools and care homes. Read
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Vaux brewery shrine created in Sunderland garage
Jul 02 2009 | Today's News
EVERY picture tells a story. So does every clock, each ashtray and all 100 beer mats. Read
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Sir Ian Wrigglesworth steps down as Baltic chief
Jul 02 2009 | Today's News
THE search for a new chairman of Baltic has begun after Sir Ian Wrigglesworth stood down at yesterday’s board meeting. Read
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Edna rewarded for 40 years of RNLI fundraising
Jul 02 2009 | Today's News
FOR more than 40 years, she has tirelessly helped to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds to help save lives at sea. Read
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Northern Rock workers contract swine flu
Jul 02 2009 | Today's News
TWO workers from Northern Rock have caught swine flu. The two staff members are off work but are said to be recovering well. Read
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Teachers to face five year tests to ensure fitness for job
Jul 02 2009 | Today's News
ACHERS are to face five-year check-ups to ensure they are fit to teach and could be banned from the classroom if they are not up to scratch. Read
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Northumberlandia sculpture work to start next year
Jul 02 2009 | Today's News
WORK will start next year on a spectacular £2.5m earth sculpture in Northumberland which aims to create a major new tourist attraction and an icon celebrating the county’s coal mining heritage. Read
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Pigeon fanciers under suspicion after peregrines attacks
Jul 02 2009 | Today's News
THE deaths last week of a female peregrine and two chicks in the North East is the latest loss in a year which is set to be one of the worst on record for crimes against the birds. Read
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Consett and Stanley draft in dirtbusters to beat litter louts
Jul 02 2009 | Today's News
A SQUAD of dirt-busters have been drafted into two towns where litter louts have been getting away scot-free for years. Read
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Eel surveys for North East rivers
Jul 02 2009 | Today's News
EEL surveys are to be carried out in North East rivers as part of a probe into a population crash of the creatures. Read
