The Journal (Newcastle, England) back issues from September 2007:
This is the fence that is causing offence; Planning wrangle on hedge replacement.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: By Dave Black A BUSINESSMAN has become embroiled in a planning wrangle after replacing a hedge surrounding his detached Northumberland home with an "industrial-style" wire-mesh fence. Phil Hind had the fence - which is up to two metres high in places and ...
Vicker's future is secured by firm.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... A MULTI-MILLION pound plan to guarantee the future of a factory which built the first World War I tanks was unveiled yesterday. The former Vickers Armstrong plant in Newcastle - now BAE Systems - built the great tanks of the past and now bosses are spending millions to ensure it ...
Bitter dispute over restoration works for historic pele tower.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Dave Black A RESCUE operation on a centuries-old pele tower has resulted in a bitter neighbour dispute in a sleepy Northumberland village. Developer Stephen Armstrong bought historic Whittingham Tower for pounds 80,000 in 2005 when the derelict, three-storey ...
Water is safe, vows terror alert firm; Alert followed warning of contamination attack.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: By Paul Loraine NORTHUMBRIAN Water yesterday moved to reassure customers after it was revealed the company had been on a state of high alert after a terrorist threat to poison supplies. A security warning was issued by the Department for Environment, Food and ...
Prejudice could cost us pounds 1bn; We don't all have whippets and flat caps, team will tell civil servants in South.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: By Adrian Pearson THE North-East could miss out on a pounds 1bn investment pot because of southern civil servants' outdated views of the region, it was warned yesterday Newcastle University is leading a bid to host the Energy Technologies Institute, to make ...
North Today: Pubwatch goes digital.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... LANDLORDS in Sunderland are teaming up to tackle drunks. A Pubwatch scheme is to be relaunched with more than 70 members who agree ...
North Today: Missing man.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... POLICE in Gateshead are searching for a missing homeless man. Lee Webber, 33, has not contacted his family since August 12. Police are asking people to check their ...
North Today: Mining history.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... BANNERS highlighting Durham's coal mining past are to go on show. Bowburn Community Centre will be displaying the banners as part of Heritage Open Day on September 8 from 10am. Bowburn Banner Group ...
Britain Today: GCSEs one year early.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... HARROW School has succeeded in making GCSEs challenging for its brightest boys - by entering them for the exams a year early. The famous all-boys boarding school came top of the league tables, with pupils averaging more than 11 A*s each, according to figures from ...
Britain Today: Speeder search.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... POLICE are investigating after a video which appears to show a biker speeding at 176mph was posted on the internet. The footage shows the motorcyclist racing another bike on the A628 Woodhead Pass in South Yorkshire ....
Britain Today: Retrial ordered.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... THREE men charged over a pounds 1.75million armed robbery at a Heathrow Airport warehouse will have to face a retrial after a jury could not agree verdicts. The jurors were discharged after spending a ...
Britain Today: EU vote wanted.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... PRESSURE is mounting on Gordon Brown to hold a referendum on the new EU treaty as a Labour former Europe Minister backed calls for a public mandate. Keith Vaz urged the Prime Minister to allow a ...
Britain Today: Further arrests.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... MURDER squad detectives were continuing to question four people last night on suspicion of the murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones. The four - all males, aged 24, 20,17 and 16 - were ...
The best mum in the world; Prince Harry's emotional tribute at memorial service.(News)(Obituary)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: By Laura Elston PRINCE Harry opened his heart yesterday as he paid an emotional tribute to "the best mother in the world" on the 10th anniversary of Diana, Princess of Wales's death. At the memorial service held in her honour, Harry delivered a touching ...
Boys found guilty of killing victim in a 'pointless attack'.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... FIVE boys aged from 12 to 14 burst into tears yesterday as they were convicted of "a completely unnecessary, pointless and random attack" after killing a man playing cricket with his son. Ernest Norton, 67, collapsed with a heart attack after being hit by stones and spat at in a ...
Strip, club and drinks all round; United owner's big night on town.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: By Kevin Donald NEWCASTLE United's new owner Mike Ashley was refused entry to a nightclub - because he was wearing one of his team's replica shirts. The billionaire businessman headed for the Bigg Market nightclub Blu Bambu earlier this week to celebrate his ...
A wedding invitation - from 1904.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Tony Henderson THE meanings of wedding traditions will be explored in an exhibition at an historic house in Northumberland. The event at the National Trust's Wallington property will look at why grooms throw cake at their brides and the reason why a best man ...
Steve's artwork signals warm welcome for QE2.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Tony Henderson ARTIST Steve Messam was beginning to flag as yesterday drew to a close on the Tyne riverfront. That's because Steve was in the final stages of cloaking a landmark chimney with 1,732 nautical signalling flags. The flags on the ...
Father smuggled drugs to jailed son; Dad wanted to help son combat heroin.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: By Sam Wood A FATHER who tried to smuggle drugs to his son in prison has been spared jail after the court heard he was trying to act in his family's best interests. William Thompson, 47, of Green-hills Terrace in Wheatley Hill, County Durham, was spotted on ...
North Today: Crime falls on holiday.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... CRIME levels in Whitley Bay over the August Bank Holiday weekend have almost halved in the last five years, police have announced. Reported crimes in Whitley Bay, Shiremoor and Cullercoats from Friday to Bank Holiday ...
North Today: Opening denied.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... A BID by a supermarket for 24-hour opening has been turned down. Asda in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, is currently open until 9pm ...
North Today: Centre opening.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... BLYTH Sports Centre will today hold a special fun day to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the opening of its swimming pool and the completion of a major ...
North Today: Photos needed.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... THE search is on for old photographs of Monkseaton. The village's Rotary Club members want to celebrate their centenary with a nostalgic ...
The Journal: Outdated stereotype of region.(Leaders)
Sep 01, 2007 ... IT IS all too easy for we who live in the region to overlook the fact that, in other parts of the country, the North-East is still seen as a land of pit heaps, shipyards and factories. Yet that outdated stereotype still persists - and our industrial history is creating a hurdle ...
The Journal: Stun guns the best alternative.(Leaders)
Sep 01, 2007 ... INTERNATIONAL human rights group Amnesty International says it has grave concerns over more police officers being trained in the use of electronic stun guns. Northumbria Police are about to start training more officers to use Taser weapons. It is not a happy state of ...
Letter: Voice of the North - Police must take action over chants.(Letters)
Sep 01, 2007 ... AS Newcastle and North-East based organisations - and some of us as Newcastle United season ticket holders - we write to express our total condemnation of some of the Newcastle United fans in their Islamophobic chanting directed at the Middlesbrough striker, Mido, at the game on Sunday, ...
Letter: Voice of the North - What no supplement?(Letters)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: ROBIN THOMPSON I WAS very disappointed when I picked The Journal up on Thursday morning. I expected at ...
Letter: Voice of the North - Health also plays a role in exam results.(Letters)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: BARBARA GUBBINS I READ with interest the front page article in The Journal of August 31 regarding children underachieving in our schools, revealed by a Durham University study. Obviously, I have not had sight of this report, but wondered what correlation had ...
Letter: Voice of the North - Half truths threaten sovereignty of the UK.(Letters)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: PHILIP WARREN I WONDER how many people are familiar with the names of Arthur Salter or Altiero Spinelli; perhaps the name Jean Monnet would be more readily recognised. Yet all three, one an English civil servant, another an Italian Communist and the third a ...
Letter: Voice of the North - Questions should be asked about PM's role.(Letters)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: DON HENDERSON I SN'T it time that the legal position of the Prime Minister was brought into question? The role was created in time of war when quick decisions to resolve issues were needed. In time of peace a return to a more democratic discussion ...
Letter: Voice of the North - I may be an idiot - but I know the law.(Letters)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: TIM BULL I MAY be an idiot "The childish habit of letting off fireworks" (Letters, August 31). I may also be a firework junky but I do know the law and am a law-abiding citizen. Fireworks may be let off on any day until 11pm and midnight on new ...
A host of new writers are contributing to the blog platform on our website, www.journallive.co.uk Here are some of this week's best: Best of the Blogs.(Features)
Sep 01, 2007 ... 'FOOD miles' is a hot topic right now and according to a BBC report, local food is in fact greener than organic. Can you really justify buying organic apples from Chile or organic lettuce shipped from California just so that you can eat it all year round? Is it in fact not ...
View of the North.(Features)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Send your views of the North-East and Cumbria to Simon Greener at jnl.photo@ncjmedia.co.uk. Please include address and daytime telephone numbers. If you would like to buy any picture taken by Journal photographers ...
These initiatives may not be unique but they show our communities at their best. in my view.(Features)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: dave anderson WHAT do you like best about being an MP? This is one of the questions I am most frequently asked. My answer is simple. I like to help people. Being an MP is a tremendous privilege and, in the main, a great pleasure - and helping ordinary people ...
Pharmacy brothers struck off for errors; Inspector found a bottle of methadone on counter.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: By Graeme Whitfield A PROMINENT North-East businessman and his brother have been struck off by their professional body. Sunil Khanna, who is chairman of the Newcastle Asian Business Forum, and his brother Anil, of St George's Terrace in Jesmond, Newcastle, ...
Bogus callers target three elderly women.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... THREE elderly women have been targeted in a string of burglaries committed by bogus officials. The first home, on Rawling Road, Gateshead, belonged to a 79-year-old woman. Between 10.30am and 11am on Thursday, a man claiming to be from the water board knocked on the woman's door ...
Fight for disabled workers.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save the jobs of hundreds of disabled workers staged a protest yesterday. The Remploy plant in Jar-row, South Tyneside, is one of 43 factories set to close or be merged nationwide as part of a bid to cut subsidy payouts, and move disabled ...
MP under fire for Parliamentary 'self-promotion'.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... A MAJOR row has erupted between rival politicians after one accused the other of using an important Parliamentary process to praise herself. Dr Jonathan Wallace, a Liberal Democrat councillor for Whickham South and Sunniside, has criticised the actions of Sharon Hodgson, Labour ...
Human rights group worried over Tasers; But police give assurance on correct use.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: By Jule Wilson AN international human rights organisation has voiced concern at more police officers in the region being trained in the use of Tasers. The electro-shock guns, which can deliver a five-second blast of 50,000 volts, are to be used by beat ...
North Today: Escape in house blaze.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... ONE person and three dogs escaped a house fire which gutted the top floor of their home yesterday. Firefighters were called to the blaze ...
North Today: Films look-back.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... HISTORIC films of old Wansbeck will be screened at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea sports and community centre from 7pm on Friday. They include ...
North Today: Van fire arson.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a van was deliberately set on fire in Newbiggin, Northumberland. Shortly after midnight yesterday, firefighters were called to ...
North Today: Witness plea.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... POLICE have renewed a plea for witnesses to a disturbance in Seaton Sluice, Northumberland, last month to come forward. Just after 9pm on July 22, a row broke out between a group of people, ...
North Today: Course choice.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... A WIDE range of part-time courses are being offered at enrolment days at Northumberland College's Alnwick and Berwick centres next week. They include business and administration, retail operations, ...
North Today: Masks display.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... AN arts centre is displaying masks created by local artists. The Buddle Arts Centre in Wallsend held a series of workshops for young artists throughout the ...
Cameron's tightrope.(Features)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Paul Linford THE political year 2007 thus far has been a year of changing seasons. The underlying narrative of the spring was: Who could stop Gordon - and would David Miliband or anyone else even dare to try? No-one did, of course, and hence the underlying ...
Images are wanted to celebrate war relics.(Features)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: By Dave Black LONG-running plans to turn a rare collection of wartime relics in Northumberland into a tourism and education centre could be given a boost by a special heritage event next week. Blyth Battery - which was built on the town's seaside links to ...
Dragons roar on the Tyne.(Features)
Sep 01, 2007 ... THE River Tyne will roar into life when it plays host to the annual Dragon Boat Festival on Sunday, September 23. From 11am to 4pm teams will be racing from the Newburn Leisure Centre, Newcastle in the Inter-Regional boat race organised by the Chinese Arts Association. ...
Big weekend is planned...(Features)
Sep 01, 2007 ... BIG hitters from across the region will be slogging it out at the Riverside cricket ground in Chester-le-street tomorrow. The All Star Twenty20 match, part of the Prince's Trust Challenge Trophy, sees the North of the region go head to head with the South as the players line up ...
The marriage of: Richard Wilson and Maureen Nee Michael Chipchase and Jill Carr John McNulty and Leanne Oldfield Peter Dalton and Sarah Shiels Paul Jackson and Jenny Raine Paul Proud and Lynsey Wildsmith.(Features)
Sep 01, 2007 ... WE would like to establish a wedding column, using the pictures of readers and photographers. You'll have to tell us the bride's maiden name and where the couple are from, as well as where they were married and when the happy day took place. Please also include your ...
Britain Today: Reports on FMD cause.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... REPORTS examining whether the recent foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Surrey could have stemmed from a nearby laboratory have been handed in to the Government, it was confirmed yesterday. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said it expected to ...
Britain Today: Scam warning.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... THE Office of Fair Trading yesterday urged people not give bank details out to cold callers after a new telephone scam came to light. The watchdog said a number of consumers had been telephoned by ...
McCanns to sue over paper 'lies' Couple 'deeply hurt' by claims over Madeleine.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: By Sam Marsden THE lawyer for Madeleine McCann's parents accused sections of the media of "inhumane" scandal mongering yesterday as the couple launched a defamation action against a Portuguese newspaper. Gerry McCann said he and his wife, Kate, were "deeply ...
Fewer children on drink, drugs.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... FEWER schoolchildren are drinking or using drugs but the number of young smokers remains unchanged, according to a survey released yesterday. The national poll for the Information Centre for health and social care (IC) found the number of pupils who said they had never drunk ...
Here's a tail of two red squirrels; Environment Editor Tony Henderson on survival against all the odds.(Features)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Tony Henderson THAT there are two more red squirrels to reinforce the North-East's dwindling population is down to couple Eileen and Barry Welsh. They took in two newborn squirrels found in a garden in Darras Hall, Ponteland. Part of the ...
No risk, no fun for these boys; Wife in the North.(Features)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Judith O'Reilly THE summer holidays are nearly through and the children back at school. Worn down mothers are counting, not so much to 10, when they need patience, but the days till the start of term. Or is that just me? Sunshine has been a rare thing but one constant ...
A store full of shopping memories; flash back.(Features)
Sep 01, 2007 ... AS the demolition crews knock down one end of Eldon Square, a host of new high street names are heading their way to the North-East. But it is doubtful that any of them will ever have the same place in people's affections as Wengers, Beavens or many of the other department ...
Police raid uncovers huge cannabis farm; Haul worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: By Jule Wilson HUNDREDS of thousands of pounds worth of cannabis has been seized by police from one of the biggest drug farms Northumbria Police have ever seen. The haul, which was retrieved from an address in Bamburgh Close, Blyth, Northumberland, was ...
Witnesses sought in sex crime enquiry.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... DETECTIVES hope images captured on security cameras may provide a breakthrough in their hunt for a shaven-headed sex attacker. The 19-year-old victim was targeted at 4.30am on Saturday, August 4 in the West Lane area of Chester-le-Street, County Durham. As she walked ...
Cocaine seized, couple arrested.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... MORE than pounds 150,000 worth of a Class A drug was seized after police stopped a car heading into the region. Officers detained the car as it travelled through Houghton-le-Spring, County Durham, on Thursday, following an intelligence-led operation. They discovered ...
'Child in a youth's body' But robberies teenager gets five years.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: By Sam Wood A "CHILDLIKE" youth with an attention deficit disorder (ADHD) has been sentenced to five years behind bars for two robberies. The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had pleaded guilty to the charges at an earlier hearing, and was ...
Crash caused by heart attack.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... A DRIVER died after suffering a heart attack behind the wheel. Peter Howarth Long staff was driving his Toyota along the A694 Lintzford Road in Hamsterley Mill, County Durham, just after 4pm on Thursday, when his car left the road and crashed into a post and rail fence. ...
Family runs to raise awareness; In just over a month's time, 50,000 runners will set off on the 27th Great North Run. This year The Journal has teamed up with organiser Nova International to bring you expert advice on how to succeed in the 13.1-mile challenge from Newcastle to South Shields. Each week we'll be giving you training tips on how to stay fit and healthy in the build-up to the event, which takes place on Sunday, September 30.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: By Chris Robinson A SELFLESS mother who won a landmark tribunal against her disabled son's local education authority is on her marks for her first half marathon. Terry Gibson campaigned for teachers at 17-year-old Michael's school to be trained in specialist ...
Keep going when training gets too hard.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... BUPA's medical director Dr Andrew Vallance-Owen, who will also be lining up for his 12th Great North Run said there are obvious health benefits associated with running. He said: "With the sun on your back, it's the perfect time to lift the spirits and pound around the track ....
The spirit to excel.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... THIS year sees the fifth anniversary of the Spirit of South Tyneside awards which were created to help single out those runners who have beat the odds to cross the finish line. As well as a winning trophy, first, second and third placed winners will also received pounds 1,000, ...