Oct
2009
Articles from 27th Oct 2009
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Plan to resolve Berwick taxi loophole
Oct 27 2009 | Today's News
A NEW taxi licensing policy for Northumberland has been agreed in principle, in an effort to avoid a repeat of a recent controversy which sparked a High Court case. Read
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Conman Paul Bint posed as QC to lure women
Oct 27 2009 | Today's News
A SERIAL fantasist who once posed as a doctor at a North East hospital was behind bars last night after pretending to be the country’s top lawyer to attract vulnerable women. Read
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Former North university lecturer ‘groomed 13-year-old on web’
Oct 27 2009 | Today's News
A DISTINGUISHED academic from a Tyneside university has been accused of travelling to Jersey for sex sessions with an underage schoolgirl he groomed on the internet. Read
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Have a say about plan for town’s supermarket
Oct 27 2009 | Today's News
PEOPLE in a Northumberland seaside town are being invited to a meeting tomorrow night to discuss controversial plans for a new supermarket. Read
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Nolan sisters backing Sunderland for World Cup 2018
Oct 27 2009 | Today's News
THEY may be in the mood for dancing, but now the Nolan sisters have revealed a passion for a different kind of footwork. Read
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Doctor urges expectant mums to have swine flu vaccine
Oct 27 2009 | Today's News
A PREGNANT doctor is encouraging other expectant mums to have the swine flu vaccine to protect themselves and their unborn child against the potentially-fatal virus. Read
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Palestinian refugees pass on power of culture
Oct 27 2009 | Today's News
NOTHING it seemed, could faze the 10 12-13-year-old girls. Suddenly removed from their squalid, suffocating world of Shatila Refugee Camp in Beirut, they were called to perform at The Sage Gateshead. Read
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Day trip shows off Teesside Airport Station
Oct 27 2009 | Today's News
A GROUP of trainspotters doubled the annual number of passengers at a “ghost station” on a historic railway line in the North East. Read
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Treats are in store at the fifth Taste Festival
Oct 27 2009 | Today's News
GASTRONOMIC treats galore await visitors to The Journal’s latest food and drink festival to be held at the Metrocentre, Gateshead this weekend. Read
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St Nicholas Church bells restored to former glory
Oct 27 2009 | Today's News
THE familiar peal of historic church bells will soon be heard again after months of silence. Read
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Over 10,000 back Durham City for 2013 City of Culture
Oct 27 2009 | Today's News
TEN thousand… and counting. That’s the growing army of people backing the bid to bring the UK City of Culture 2013 prize to the region. Read
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Historic Whittingham Tower turned into a cannabis farm
Oct 27 2009 | Today's News
WHEN developer Stephen Armstrong bought the crumbling Whittingham Tower in Northumberland neighbours thought their historic landmark was to be restored to its former glory. Read
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Hospital radio's Dave Nicholson not ready to retire
Oct 27 2009 | Today's News
HOSPITAL radio stalwart Dave Nicholson might be hitting retirement age but he has no plans to hang up his headphones any time soon. Read
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North East will reap benefits of careers advice to primary schools
Oct 27 2009 | Today's News
CAREERS advice for primary school pupils may sound like a “nanny state” suggestion from an interfering Government, but education chief Maggie Atkinson promises generations of Tynesiders will reap the benefits. Read
