Oct
2009
Articles from 1st Oct 2009
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David’s our Gest in city
Oct 01 2009 | Today's News
FEW celebrities could hope to match the glamour of David Gest. Read
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Landmark legal battle on credit card insurance won by South Shields mother
Oct 01 2009 | Today's News
A LANDMARK legal battle won by a mother from the North East could have opened the floodgates for millions of people to take credit card companies to court. Read
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Worshippers queue to see saint's relics at St Andrew's Church
Oct 01 2009 | Today's News
THOUSANDS of worshippers made a pilgrimage to Tyneside to visit the relics of a 19th century French nun, known as “The Little Flower”. Read
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Spanish murder suspect Stephen Johnson returns home
Oct 01 2009 | Today's News
AN oil worker was held in a Libyan jail cell with more than 50 inmates. Read
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Hedley on the Hill’s Feathers Inn named Pub of the Year for third time
Oct 01 2009 | Today's News
AN award-winning pub in Northumberland has scooped a prestigious accolade for the third year running. Read
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40 jobs to go as British Engines Ltd cuts back
Oct 01 2009 | Today's News
MORE engineering jobs are to go in the North East as a company which produces specialised equipment for the offshore oil industry announced redundancies. Read
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Jill Halfpenny strikes right chord for London stage role
Oct 01 2009 | Today's News
NORTH East actress Jill Halfpenny is to take a starring role in the West End yet again, this time in the stage version of a hit Hollywood film. Read
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Photographer Richard Blosse returns to Byker Wall
Oct 01 2009 | Today's News
IT was 30 years ago that photographer Richard Blosse began documenting the huge changes which surrounded the creation of a Tyneside housing complex which would become world famous. Read
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Rail bosses’ high-speed rail line case
Oct 01 2009 | Today's News
NETWORK Rail is putting together a business case to justify an East Coast high-speed rail line. Read
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Burnham acts on parking charges
Oct 01 2009 | Today's News
HEALTH Secretary Andy Burnham yesterday announced a partial scrapping of hospital car parking charges but could not guarantee NHS job losses as spending cuts loom. Read
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Labour rallies around Gordon Brown after The Sun’s switch
Oct 01 2009 | Today's News
LABOUR ministers and activists rallied round Gordon Brown yesterday after he lost the support of The Sun newspaper, with deputy leader Harriet Harman telling the newspaper: “We won’t be bullied.” Read
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Cabinet set to arrive soon for North East visit
Oct 01 2009 | Today's News
GORDON Brown could soon bring his Cabinet to the North East, The Journal understands. Read
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Hotel daredevils ready to deliver five-star service to charity
Oct 01 2009 | Today's News
GENEROUS hotel staff in Northumberland are preparing to take the plunge for a children’s charity. Read
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Charlie Bear for Cancer Care spent up to £1m in past five years
Oct 01 2009 | Today's News
ONE of the region’s best-loved charities, which is supported by The Journal, has spent up to £1m in the last five years to help people with cancer. Read
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Seaton Delaval Hall treasures reach high price at auction
Oct 01 2009 | Today's News
A TREASURE trove from Seaton Delaval Hall yielded three times its predicted estimate when it went under the hammer at Sotheby’s auction. Read
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Alan Shearer made Deputy Lieutenant of Northumberland
Oct 01 2009 | Today's News
SOCCER favourite Alan Shearer last night told of his pride as he landed a prestigious and centuries-old ceremonial role. Read
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Farmer Stuart Ridley left high and dry as water supply cut off
Oct 01 2009 | Today's News
A ROW has broken out between neighbours in a sleepy village over the disconnection of a decades-old water supply to fields used by a local farmer to keep cattle in. Read
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Birtain’s oldest burglar Richard Blaylock vows to continue life of crime
Oct 01 2009 | Today's News
BRITAIN’S oldest burglar Richard Blaylock will continue his life of crime “even if he lives to be 100”. Read
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Man thrown out of crane working on second Tyne Tunnel
Oct 01 2009 | Today's News
A MAN was injured after he was thrown out of his crane. The worker on the new Tyne Tunnel had been moving steel reinforcements with a small forklift-type crane when the machine toppled into an excavation pit below Tyne View Terrace in Howdon. Read
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Dozens sign up to safeguard future of Humshaugh Shop
Oct 01 2009 | Today's News
DOZENS of local people have signed up to join a community venture aimed at safeguarding the future of the only shop in their remote Northumberland village. Read
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Natural England launch Big Wildlife Garden website
Oct 01 2009 | Today's News
GARDENERS in the North East are being urged to join a new project to create a regionwide network of wildlife-friendly plots. Read
