Feb
2010
Articles from 3rd Feb 2010
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Mountaineer Tony Hodson raises £12,300 for Help for Heroes
Feb 03 2010 | Today's News
A DETERMINED mountaineer has delivered a £12,300 boost to a forces’ charity after completing the challenge of a lifetime by scaling the world’s highest peak outside the Himalayas. Read
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Emergency services hold 999 Idol charity event
Feb 03 2010 | Today's News
THESE brave performers face life and death situations everyday. Read
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Ex Newcastle star Antoine Sibierski's teen daughter found dead
Feb 03 2010 | Today's News
THE teenage daughter of former Newcastle United striker Antoine Sibierski has been found dead in her apartment. Read
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£2bn bid for carbon capture pipelines in North
Feb 03 2010 | Today's News
A £2bn bid to take greenhouse gases from some of the North East’s worst polluters and store them under the North Sea has been announced. Read
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Re-Cyling so pupils can get on their bikes
Feb 03 2010 | Today's News
CYCLES are being recycled as part of a school’s drive to get children on their bikes. Read
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Fan banned after admitting racial abuse of Darren Bent’s mum
Feb 03 2010 | Today's News
A SUNDERLAND football fan has been banned from attending games for three years after he admitted racially abusing the mother of the club’s star striker Darren Bent. Read
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Ronnie Campbell accuses council chiefs of targeting elderly
Feb 03 2010 | Today's News
A VETERAN Labour MP has accused council bosses in Northumberland of seeking the easy way out by targeting elderly and disabled people when making tough budget cuts. Read
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Murder squad probe death in Coxhoe of Shaun Dalby
Feb 03 2010 | Today's News
MURDER squad detectives are probing the death of a man knocked down by a car. Read
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Emergency control centre plan comes under fire
Feb 03 2010 | Today's News
PLANS for a single regional emergency control centre have come under fire after going hugely over-budget. Read
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Newbiggin lifeboat rescue of anglers prompts safety warnings
Feb 03 2010 | Today's News
A LIFEBOAT rescue has sparked fresh warnings about the potential dangers facing anglers who go fishing in bad winter weather. Read
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Region has the energy to thrive
Feb 03 2010 | Today's News
THE region’s energy industry has added its voice to The Journal’s campaign to protect the North East’s identity. Read
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PCSU to ballot members on strike action over cuts
Feb 03 2010 | Today's News
THE Government is facing a series of national strikes by hundreds of thousands of civil servants in the run-up to the general election in a bitter row over cuts to compensation payments, it was announced today. Read
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Probation officer 'did know forms were false'
Feb 03 2010 | Today's News
A PROBATION officer who was sacked after a woman failed to carry out her community service knew about falsifying of documents and helped cover it up, a tribunal heard yesterday. Read
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Top docs unable to agree on morphine in Dr Howard Martin inquest
Feb 03 2010 | Today's News
ONE of Britain’s top pathologists has told how he was unable to say whether overdoses of morphine killed three County Durham patients. Read
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Man who put us on the map
Feb 03 2010 | Today's News
BICENTENNIALS are like buses: you wait an age for one and then two come along at once. Read
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Cost of keeping Newcastle Airport open during cold snap revealed
Feb 03 2010 | Today's News
KEEPING the busiest airport in the North East open during the recent snowy weather has cost more than £500,000. Read
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North East firms welcome gay staff
Feb 03 2010 | Today's News
THE North East is becoming a more welcoming place for gay employees, new figures have revealed. Read
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Nigel Dacre and Tom Gutteridge join The Journal's TV bid
Feb 03 2010 | Today's News
A BID by the publishers of The Journal to take over the regional TV news has been strengthened by the appointment of two leading figures in the television industry. Read
