Mar
2010
Articles from 6th Mar 2010
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Conservation status may halt wind farm plans
Mar 06 2010 | Today's News
CAMPAIGNERS fighting a windfarm proposal next to a County Durham hamlet are celebrating the prospect of the community being granted conservation area status next week. Read
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Tories offer hope to threatened North agency
Mar 06 2010 | Today's News
SENIOR Conservatives have made a written promise to preserve regional decision-making if the North East disagrees with their plans to scrap quangos. Read
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Tribute shirts help memory of Sir Bobby live on
Mar 06 2010 | Today's News
SIR Bobby Robson’s son Mark is to travel to Africa to see for himself how the thousands of football shirts left in tribute to his father are helping impoverished children. Read
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Seven Durham care homes are facing closure
Mar 06 2010 | Today's News
CABINET members on the North’s largest authority are to receive personal invitations to visit elderly residents of closure-threatened homes. Read
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Ex-lawyer: Alcoholism has destroyed my life
Mar 06 2010 | Today's News
HE has just months left, his life as a lawyer doomed by drink which doctors say will kill him by the summer. Read
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Agency Robson Brown sold to American firm
Mar 06 2010 | Today's News
AFTER a quarter century spent building the region’s biggest advertising and marketing agency, the founders of Robson Brown yesterday sold it to a Californian company which plans to make it the centre of a nationwide business. Read
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Duke’s Prudhoe plan facing judgment day soon
Mar 06 2010 | Today's News
A KEY decision which could scupper the Duke of Northumberland’s plans to redevelop the heart of a county town will be handed down next week. Read
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New blow for BNP teacher Adam Walker
Mar 06 2010 | Today's News
A TEACHER caught posting racist comments during a lesson has lost his battle to avoid being brought before his profession’s disciplinary body. Read
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North East buildings vie for property Oscars
Mar 06 2010 | Today's News
SOME of the region’s finest new buildings will fight it out in the North East property industry’s version of the Oscars. Read
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Bells to ring for Lord Collingwood 200 Festival
Mar 06 2010 | Today's News
BELLS at a Tyneside church which were rung to celebrate victory at the Battle of Trafalgar will tomorrow commemorate the man who eventually led the British fleet to success. Read
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PM Brown did not know where A1 route went
Mar 06 2010 | Today's News
A ONE-WOMAN campaign to dual the A1 has shown up the Prime Minister’s apparent ignorance of where the road runs. Read
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Campaigners want permanent Durham ice rink
Mar 06 2010 | Today's News
A FORMER ice hockey player who helped bring sporting success to Durham is hoping to spearhead a return to the glory days in the city. Read
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Sign up for our Tokens for Schools competition
Mar 06 2010 | Today's News
THERE are less than two weeks left for people to sign up for our fantastic Tokens for Schools competition. Read
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Memorial to end of Miners’ Strike is unveiled
Mar 06 2010 | Today's News
THE memories flooded back yesterday as more than 100 guests witnessed the unveiling of a window to mark the 25th anniversary of the end of the Miners’ Strike. Read
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Mourners gather for Charlie Crowe’s funeral
Mar 06 2010 | Today's News
HUNDREDS of mourners gathered yesterday to say goodbye to one of North East football’s favourite sons. Read
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Descendant pays a visit to historic Swing Bridge
Mar 06 2010 | Today's News
A DESCENDENT of industrialist William George Armstrong has visited his bridge over the Tyne as the 200th anniversary of his birth approaches. Read
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In praise of our special feathered friends
Mar 06 2010 | Today's News
ENVIRONMENT Editor Tony Henderson on an appeal for your best bird stories. The many bonds between birds and human society gave wing to author Mark Cocker’s imagination. Read
