Nov
2009
Articles from 13th Nov 2009
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Weardale energy village plans get the OK
Nov 13 2009 | Today's News
HUNDREDS of jobs will be created in the construction of one of the greenest villages in England. Read
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Gladiator Amazon back to work as North doctor
Nov 13 2009 | Today's News
AN ORTH East doctor turned gladiator . . . has turned doctor again. Dr Zoe Williams – or Amazon, as she was known to fans of the Sky One show – has returned to supply shifts with the Newcastle Hospitals Foundation Trust. Read
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Pleas to take boy rapist into care were ignored
Nov 13 2009 | Today's News
A JUDGE damned a North East social services department yesterday for ignoring pleas from a child psychiatrist to take an 11-year-old rapist into care. Read
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Felling bakery is at centre of E.coli outbreak
Nov 13 2009 | Today's News
A BAKERY in Gateshead is at the centre of a food scare after being linked to an outbreak of poisoning. Read
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Joey Barton cleared of ignoring legal letters
Nov 13 2009 | Today's News
FOOTBALL star Joey Barton was yesterday cleared of deliberately ignoring legal letters from Northumbria Police following an incident in which his car was caught exceeding the 30mph speed limit in a Northumberland village. Read
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Drugs are used ‘too easily’ in care homes
Nov 13 2009 | Today's News
RESEARCH partly conducted in care homes on Tyneside has revealed that up to 150,000 people treated with anti-psychotic drugs don’t need them. Read
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Officer suffers head injuries in late night crash
Nov 13 2009 | Today's News
A POLICE officer who crashed his car while responding to an emergency call was still being treated in hospital yesterday. Read
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Light festival boosts Durham's culture dream
Nov 13 2009 | Today's News
IF representatives of rival contenders for the title UK City of Culture 2013 had been in Durham last night, their hearts might have sunk. Read
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Missing ceremonial spade is found in loft
Nov 13 2009 | Today's News
A THIRTEEN-YEAR mystery has been solved by police when they discovered an ornamental spade and ceremonial casket hidden in the loft of the home of a former town clerk, magistrate and police authority member. Read
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Anti-terror unit visit Newcastle Central Station
Nov 13 2009 | Today's News
THOUSANDS of travellers were faced with a counter terrorism squad as they arrived at Newcastle Central Station yesterday afternoon. Read
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Opening up our magnificent North East coast
Nov 13 2009 | Today's News
A BILL due to be given Royal assent last night will open up access to the whole of one of the North East’s greatest natural assets – its coast. Read
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MPs call for Rock to become building society
Nov 13 2009 | Today's News
NEARLY 100 MPs are calling for Northern Rock to be allowed to become a building society once again. Read
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Booklet on North East public artwork launched
Nov 13 2009 | Today's News
PUBLIC artworks, it seems, are everywhere. Environment Editor Tony Henderson reports on a passion for our times. Read
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North chefs to star in Gordon Ramsey’s F Word
Nov 13 2009 | Today's News
A TEAM of North cooks is all set to put on a TV culinary masterclass before celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey. Read
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North East leaders hit back at carbon report
Nov 13 2009 | Today's News
NORTH East leaders have hit back at claims electric cars may not help the environment. A report by the Environmental Transport Association (ETA) concluded using vehicles powered by electricity rather than oil may increase rather than cut emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2). Read
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Pledge to turn East Coast rail link into best
Nov 13 2009 | Today's News
TRANSPORT Secretary Lord Adonis today declared that the East Coast rail franchise will become the “pride” of Britain under nationalisation. Read
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Joanna Lumley opens Morpeth shopping mall
Nov 13 2009 | Today's News
IT was an Absolutely Fabulous day for shoppers yesterday as actress Joanna Lumley opened a new flagship development. Read
