Dec
2009
Articles from 2nd Dec 2009
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Tributes paid to Wearside soldier killed helping pal
Dec 02 2009 | Today's News
TRIBUTES were paid last night to a soldier from the North East who was killed in Afghanistan while he was helping a wounded comrade. Read
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Byker Grove axe-man in Tyne return
Dec 02 2009 | Today's News
THE man who axed Byker Grove was back in the North East last night to launch the new series of another children’s show made on Tyneside. Read
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North soldier Sean Beattie creates gym in Afghanistan
Dec 02 2009 | Today's News
IT’S known as Beat Meat’s Boxing Club in Afghanistan – where the gym equipment is fashioned from empty missile tubes, snapped tripwires and sandbags. Read
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Entrepreneur Jan Eskildsen builds Durham ice rink for wife
Dec 02 2009 | Today's News
WHEN Jan Eskildsen proposed to his partner, he promised her more than just an engagement ring – he vowed to build her a skating rink. Read
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Disabled student’s father's 'betrayal by care boss hero'
Dec 02 2009 | Today's News
THE father of a severely disabled student has spoken of his feeling of betrayal by the family’s one-time “hero”. Read
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Charities benefit to tune of £14,000 from opera night
Dec 02 2009 | Today's News
CHEQUES for £6,700 each have been presented to two North East charities following a fundraising evening on Tyneside which raised almost £14,000. Read
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Volunteers needed to keep tags on birdlife
Dec 02 2009 | Today's News
VOLUNTEERS are needed to plot birdlife on Northumberland farms. Read
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Link between salmonella and imported eggs probed
Dec 02 2009 | Today's News
HEALTH chiefs are investigating the link between eggs imported from Spain and a salmonella outbreak which killed two residents at a North East care home. Read
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Sea captain given top Merchant Navy honour
Dec 02 2009 | Today's News
NORTH East ship captain Peter Stapleton has been awarded one of the highest Merchant Navy honours for bravery after repelling an attack by armed pirates. Read
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Drug dealer freed by bungling warders at Durham Prison
Dec 02 2009 | Today's News
BUNGLING warders have freed a drug dealer from a top security jail – despite him telling them he was supposed to be kept inside. Read
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Three new fire stations to be built in county
Dec 02 2009 | Today's News
THREE more community fire stations are to be built in Northumberland as part of a new £14m Government investment. Read
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Lindisfarne Gospels visit delayed until 2013
Dec 02 2009 | Today's News
THE British Library has put back a loan of the Lindisfarne Gospels for three years as they look to support Durham’s bid to be crowned City of Culture in 2013. Read
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MP supports case for all to be on database
Dec 02 2009 | Today's News
THERE is a “strong case” to put everybody on the Government’s controversial DNA database, a North Labour MP has claimed. Read
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North East schools are top of the class
Dec 02 2009 | Today's News
Nicola Juncar Read
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New city school to be build on Hunters Moor Hospital site
Dec 02 2009 | Today's News
A VICTORIAN hospital is to be demolished to make way for a new school on the edge of Newcastle city centre. The disused buildings of Hunters Moor Hospital, which have been empty since 2007, will come down to make way for a school for children from nursery age to year six. Read
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Arrest after fan verbally abuses player’s mum
Dec 02 2009 | Today's News
POLICE have arrested a North East man on suspicion of racially abusing the mother of Sunderland striker Darren Bent. Read
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Rock supremo’s £6m property row settled
Dec 02 2009 | Today's News
THE former manager of North East rock band Lindisfarne yesterday settled a multi-million pound row with property agents Savills at the High Court. Read
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Outside-in festival heads for The Sage
Dec 02 2009 | Today's News
SOME of the biggest names in pop are set to appear at a North East music venue for a televised concert. Read
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Hero officer Allan Kelly tells how he saved baby on A1
Dec 02 2009 | Today's News
HERO highway-cop Alan Kelly last night told of the moment he saved a tiny baby’s life at the side of the road. Read
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Research that could do us all the power of good
Dec 02 2009 | Today's News
ENERGY is an emotive subject. From the North East pits giving up coal to fuel our country’s growth to power stations scarring the landscape, it’s impossible to escape the feelings evoked by fossil fuels. Read
