Jul 01 2011 | Today's News
A ROAD was cordoned off last night after the discovery of a woman’s body. Read
Jul 01 2011 | Today's News
MORE than 450 schools in the North East were affected as 1,000 teachers descended on Newcastle for a peaceful protest yesterday. Read
Jul 01 2011 | Today's News
THE biggest strike for five years closed thousands of schools and disrupted courts, driving tests and jobcentres yesterday, with warnings of fresh industrial action to come. Read
Jul 01 2011 | Today's News
MEDIEVAL history and a slice of the region’s rural grandeur have been put up for sale at the bargain price of … £11.5m. Read
Jul 01 2011 | Today's News
HOUSING bosses have been fined £40,000 for failures which exposed tenants to the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. Read
Jul 01 2011 | Today's News
THE headmaster of a leading North East private school is to issue a scathing attack on “boring” Government education policies. Read
Jul 01 2011 | Today's News
KEITH “Beefy” Roberts has thrown down the gauntlet to the overweight and obese of the north to improve their health, claiming “If I can do it anyone can”. Read
Jul 01 2011 | Today's News
WHEN Malcolm Fodden’s front and back gardens won the Durham in Bloom award three years ago it was the “proudest moment of his life”, according to his family. Read
Jul 01 2011 | Today's News
THE latest phase of a £60m transformation of shopping facilities in a Northumberland market town is set to get the green light next week. Read
Jul 01 2011 | Today's News
COUNCIL bosses have ended a bitter planning row on Tyneside by ripping out a disputed dormer window. Read
Jul 01 2011 | Today's News
SCHOOLS and teachers around the region are in line for prizes after the announcement of this year's finalists in the North East School Awards. Read
Jul 01 2011 | Today's News
PARENTS who foster a love of reading in a child’s early years are ensuring they get off to a flying start at school, according to a new study from North East experts. Read
Jul 01 2011 | Today's News
A GOVERNMENT minister has said bidders for Northern Rock should consider the impact any purchase will have on the North East workforce. Read
Jul 01 2011 | Today's News
AN abandoned project to run a regionalised fire control centre which will cost the taxpayer £27m in rent has been condemned as a “comprehensive failure” by an official report. Read
Jul 01 2011 | Today's News
FAMILY and friends of a Northumberland teenager killed in a road accident are to take part in the Great North Run to raise money for a fund in her name. Read
Jul 01 2011 | Today's News
ACTION is needed so that a wartime legacy does not threaten the Tyne’s status as the best salmon river in England and Wales. Read
Jul 01 2011 | Today's News
FORMER Olympic medalist Steve Cram sported a matador’s hat yesterday as he launched a new fun run in the region. Read
Jul 01 2011 | Today's News
TWO public rights of way are to be linked once again with work due to start to replace a footbridge swept away in floods. Read
Jul 01 2011 | Today's News
A FEMALE hospital patient has told a court how she came round from an anaesthetic to find herself being molested by a nurse. Read