Jan
2013
Articles from 5th Jan 2013
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Probe after man is shot outside Seaton Burn pub
Jan 05 2013 | Today's News
TWO gunmen shot a man in the back as he got out of his car outside a North East pub last night. A police investigation is underway after the 54-year-old was shot at 4.12pm yesterday in the car park of the Six Mile Bridge Inn in Seaton Burn, North Tyneside. Read
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Movies pioneer David Horsley among Stanley's finest
Jan 05 2013 | Today's News
STANLEY, nine miles south west of Newcastle, seems a million miles from the glamour of Hollywood. Yet without the contribution of a son of the former County Durham mining town, it is unlikely we would have heard of the Los Angeles suburb which became the centre of the world film industry. Read
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City leader's blast after £10m added to cuts bill
Jan 05 2013 | Today's News
MINISTERS should be stripped of the power to distribute council funding cuts after Newcastle’s budget black hole was widened to £100m, it was claimed last night. Read
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Seal spotted in River Wear at Chester-le-Street
Jan 05 2013 | Today's News
A SEAL has found a new feeding ground – eight miles inland from the open sea. And the animal in question is unlikely to go hungry in the River Wear at Chester-le-Street, County Durham, which is why he keeps coming back. Read
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Ovington villagers face 10 mile detour after landslip
Jan 05 2013 | Today's News
A LANDSLIDE has left a bridge connecting a tiny village to a major commuter route impassable ... adding 10 miles to residents’ journeys. Read
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No room for Ashington boy, 4, at siblings' school
Jan 05 2013 | Today's News
A MOTHER-OF-THREE fears she could be forced to send her four-year-old son to school alone in a taxi after her latest plea to have her children taught at the same school was rejected. Read
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'Don’t ignore wind farm opponents', warns minister
Jan 05 2013 | Today's News
A GOVERNMENT minister’s warning that opponents of wind farms should not be “ridden roughshod over” have been welcomed by campaigners in the region. Read
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Green light for housing development in Jesmond
Jan 05 2013 | Today's News
A CONTROVERSIAL luxury housing development at the centre of a three-year planning storm has been granted approval. Read
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Second youth may face David Scott murder charge
Jan 05 2013 | Today's News
A TEENAGER charged with murdering a father-of-two could be joined by another youth in the dock, a court heard. Read
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'Bullied' Tory councillor to fight seat as Independent
Jan 05 2013 | Today's News
A LONG-STANDING Tory councillor has quit the party after a bullying row and will contest her seat as an Independent at the next election. Read
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How killer Phillip Westwater was found in city bar
Jan 05 2013 | Today's News
A CITY centre manager has told how a fugitive killer was found in his company’s bar. Cris Howe said regulars drinking in The Bank bar spotted Phillip Westwater – known as the Black Dog Strangler – thanks to his distinctive tattoos. Read
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Restoration Man George Clarke visits house of God
Jan 05 2013 | Today's News
A NORTH East academic has transformed a ruined 200-year-old church into a creative studio for artists, students, actors and musicians. Read
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Exbition Park's tree-lined entrance to be felled
Jan 05 2013 | Today's News
AROUND 80 trees which line a park’s main avenue – planted after the North East’s biggest-ever public event – are to be felled. Read
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Trade-offs to be made on North's coastal measures
Jan 05 2013 | Today's News
SOME coastal communities may have to be sacrificed to protect other areas from sea flooding, suggest North East experts. Read
