Jan
2012
Articles from 13th Jan 2012
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North East shaken up as a sonic boom hits
Jan 13 2012 | Today's News
THE earth shook for some people across the North East as a huge sonic boom hit the region’s buildings. Read
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Tory peer Lord Astor's rail remarks 'offensive and pitiful'
Jan 13 2012 | Today's News
NORTH East Labour MPs have lambasted a Tory Peer who claimed they “relish” the idea of digging up the Chilterns to make way for a new rail link. Read
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Holy Sepulchre church in Ashington creates miners’ chapel
Jan 13 2012 | Today's News
THE Holy Sepulchre Church in the former colliery town of Ashington is known locally as the Miners’ Church because of its strong links to Northumberland’s once-mighty coal industry. Read
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Newcastle Council to consider response to greenbelt homes plan
Jan 13 2012 | Today's News
GREEN-belt campaigners will find out next month which sites Newcastle City Council will drop from its controversial plans for thousands of new homes. Read
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Health bosses keep Consett-Durham Sunday bus service
Jan 13 2012 | Today's News
HEALTH bosses have agreed a donation towards restoring a Sunday bus service between Consett and Durham which was axed following cut-backs by Durham County Council. Read
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Northumbria Police HQ revamp plans to be re-submitted
Jan 13 2012 | Today's News
AFFORDABLE housing provision looks set to be reduced in a building scheme designed to help pay for a £23m modernisation of the Northumbria Police headquarters complex. Read
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Vandals attack taxi owned by Horden killer Michael Atherton
Jan 13 2012 | Today's News
A TAXI belonging to triple killer Michael Atherton has been vandalised outside his County Durham home. Police yesterday said the vandal attack had caused “extreme distress” to the relatives of Atherton and his partner Susan McGoldrick. Read
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Professor Paul Younger set for move to Glasgow University
Jan 13 2012 | Today's News
ONE of the region’s best-known scientists is to leave the region for a new career in Scotland. After more than 30 years at Newcastle University, Professor Paul Younger is to take up a new post at Glasgow University. Read
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Cricketer Mervyn Westfield admits to spot-fixing charge
Jan 13 2012 | Today's News
MERVYN Westfield, the first professional cricketer in England to face charges over spot-fixing – in a match against Durham – has admitted corruption. Read
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Labour health MPs visit North hospitals to beat NHS bill
Jan 13 2012 | Today's News
LABOUR'S shadow health team visited hospitals throughout the North East yesterday as part of a national campaign to persuade the Government to drop its unpopular Health and Social Care Bill. Read
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Newcastle Airport celebrates year of eco-savings
Jan 13 2012 | Today's News
NEWCASTLE Airport bosses are celebrating another year of eco-improvements with more than one million kWh of electricity saved in the last 12 months. Read
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Police plea over sex offence suspect Daniel Williamson
Jan 13 2012 | Today's News
SUSPECTED sex offender Daniel Williamson, from Consett, County Durham, has been on the run for more than a year and has become one of the country’s most wanted criminals. Read
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Mrs Simpson star Andrea Riseborough rivalled by sister
Jan 13 2012 | Today's News
TYNESIDE actress Andrea Riseborough, currently taking the film world by storm in her starring role as Wallis Simpson, could soon be rivalled by her younger sister Laura Riseborough. Read
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Corbridge schools road petition gets positive response
Jan 13 2012 | Today's News
FAMILIES campaigning for improved road safety near two Corbridge Middle and First Schools have welcomed “positive indications” from councillors. Read
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Stargazing event for Gibside chapel 200th anniversary
Jan 13 2012 | Today's News
THE sky is the limit for the first in a series of 200th anniversary celebrations for the listed chapel at the National Trust’s Gibside estate. The landmark, near Rowlands Gill, was completed in 1812 after work began in the 1760s. Read
