Feb
2012
Articles from 1st Feb 2012
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North East education chiefs criticise plans to scrap courses
Feb 01 2012 | Today's News
EDUCATION chiefs from the North East have criticised the Government’s plans to change school league tables so they include fewer vocational courses. Read
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Widdrington wind turbine approval recommended by council planners
Feb 01 2012 | Today's News
PLANS to build four giant wind turbines in an area which has endured opencast coal mining and the mass disposal of animal carcasses in the past look set to get the green light next week. Read
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Region celebrates two-year rise in apprenticeship numbers
Feb 01 2012 | Today's News
APPRENTICESHIPS in the North East have nearly doubled in the last two years, according to new research. Read
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Durham County Council chief warns of more brutal cuts
Feb 01 2012 | Today's News
THE full extent of George Osborne’s additional two years of cuts is spelled out today as a council boss warns the North will find itself unable to provide the same standard of services as the South. Read
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Sport betting firm Centaur under investigation by creditors
Feb 01 2012 | Today's News
GAMBLING authorities are believed to be probing a North East sports betting firm that collapsed owing investors £1.6m. Read
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North East councils hit with £12m bill for staff on the sick
Feb 01 2012 | Today's News
NORTH East councils spent more than £12m on sick pay for staff who took nearly 600,000 days off last year. Read
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Rail victim Katie Littlewood died on way to help others
Feb 01 2012 | Today's News
THE family of a teenager killed crossing a railway have paid tribute to the “beautiful and talented” girl. Read
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Gateshead conference centre bid for Arts Council funding
Feb 01 2012 | Today's News
THE Arts Council has become the latest organisation asked to fund a conference centre in Gateshead. Read
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Westerhope gran remembers father’s WWI heroics on horseback
Feb 01 2012 | Today's News
A TALE of a war spent on horse-back has brought back memories of a Tyneside man’s heroics on a French battlefield. Read
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Remember T Dan Smith, former Labour minister tells committee
Feb 01 2012 | Today's News
NEWCASTLE MP Nick Brown yesterday cautioned those who would like to see a powerful elected mayor running Newcastle by raising the spectre of T Dan Smith. Read
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Jailed Jesmond brothel boss Hai Hong Liu to pay proceeds
Feb 01 2012 | Today's News
A MADAME who is estimated to have made £500,000 running a seedy brothel empire has been told to pay back just £42,000. Read
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Hexham bus station to stay put after 1,865 sign petition
Feb 01 2012 | Today's News
ALMOST 2,000 people have signed a petition to keep a town’s bus station where it is ahead of a county council debate this afternoon. Read
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Cramlington Learning Village pupils scoop first prize in national event
Feb 01 2012 | Today's News
ECO-FRIENDLY pupils are celebrating after “going for gold” and being crowned national champions in a prestigious schools business competition. Read
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Injured Cramlington ex-soldier becomes showjumping coach
Feb 01 2012 | Today's News
A NORTHUMBERLAND woman who was nearly killed while serving in Iraq has completed a remarkable turnaround by training to become a showjumping coach. Read
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New policy looms on Northumberland roadside advertising
Feb 01 2012 | Today's News
MORE than 200 unauthorised roadside adverts were investigated by Northumberland County Council in 2010-11. Read
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Seaton Delaval Hall gets £24,400 grant for period research
Feb 01 2012 | Today's News
THE colourful characters who made history at a Northumberland stately home are to be brought back to life in a new research project. Read
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Rickleton doctor carried out knee operation that was ‘not clinically justified’
Feb 01 2012 | Today's News
ACATALOGUE of errors led a doctor to carry out a knee replacement on a patient who never needed surgery, a watchdog has ruled. Read
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Wouldhave House in South Shields set for demolition
Feb 01 2012 | Today's News
PLANS have been tabled to demolish a Sixties building dubbed a “blot on the landscape” of a town’s historic market square. Read
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Silksworth pit dispute to be re-enacted at Beamish
Feb 01 2012 | Today's News
ABITTER industrial dispute when hundreds of miners and their families were forcibly evicted from their homes is to be brought back to life. Read
