The Journal (Newcastle, England) back issues from March 2008:
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: regional news.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Professor fired A SHAMED academic has been fired from a top job at a North university following two cases of plagiarism dating back to more than 20 years ago. Professor Tony Antoniou stepped down as dean of Durham University's business school last September following allegations ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: business.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... The North East's leading business newspaper includes a two-minute ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: opinion.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... If a public head of steam starts to get up in favour of major reform of our parliamentary ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: best of the web.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Today, the sadistic killers of disabled Brent Martin are beginning life sentences, with a total minimum term of ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: home and abroad.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Plastic bags pledge THE Government is ready to force supermarkets to reduce use of plastic bags if they do not take steps voluntarily, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said. He hailed the example of retailers like Ikea, which took single-use plastic bags out of its stores last July, ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: culture.(Features)
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2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: sport.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... United fit for the battle KEVIN Keegan has improved the fitness of Newcastle United's squad since Sam Allardyce's departure, says Damien Duff. Full story: Back Page Key test for Cats ROY Keane has made no attempt to play down the importance of ...
Jassim is just half the man he was; Great North Run challenge for student.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Jule Wilson AFTER facing one of the biggest challenges of his life by losing almost half his body weight, Jassim Al-Kanani has set himself an even bigger one. The 27-year-old, of Errington Road, Darras Hall, Ponteland, Northumberland, will be tackling this ...
North Today: Tory takes mayor seat.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE seat left vacant by the death of a popular councillor in a Northumberland town has been filled. Following a by-election for the Hexham Gilesgate ward on both Hexham Town Council and Tynedale District Council, Conservative candidate Paul Dixon will take the seat, ...
North Today: Crime camera.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... TROUBLEMAKERS in Cramlington face being caught on camera after Blyth Valley Council's community assembly provided funding for a ...
North Today: New car park.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BUILDING work starts on Monday on a new 400-space multi-storey car park at the Northumberland Park Metro station in North Tyneside. Until it is complete, passengers can use a temporary car park across the Shiremoor ...
North Today: Views on show.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... CHILDREN are to showcase their views to the public in a major interactive exhibition at one of the region's most important art centres. On Tuesday nursery-age children from Cruddas Park Early Years Centre in Newcastle will host the exhibition at the Baltic as part of a project ...
North Today: Youth awards.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... INSPIRATIONAL youngsters are to be celebrated at an awards ceremony. The Sunderland Young Achievers Awards will take place on ...
Praise for judge who wanted to be extra tough; Court told figures on young murderers have doubled as killers face 'real deterrent' sentence.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Dan Warburton VICTIM support groups and MPs last night praised a North judge who considered handing out sentences over and above Home Office guidelines to act as a real deterrent to violent crime. Judge John Milford took the highly unusual step of ...
Cheers as killers led to prison.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... RELATIVES of Brent Martin cheered from the public gallery as Hughes, Miller and Bonallie were led to the cells. Outside the court Brent's mother, Brenda Martin, welcomed the sentences. She said that the family was relieved the case had now ended. She also ...
What the law suggests for length of jail terms.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... UNDER the Criminal Justice Act of 2003, 12 years is the starting point for a judge to consider the minimum time a youth under the age of 18 must spend in custody for an offence of murder - which carries a life sentence. That tariff increases or decreases depending on the ...
Their behaviour was like a pack of animals as they repeatedly punched, headbutted, kicked and stamped on Brent Martin.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Hilary Clixby THREE young killers were yesterday locked up for life for the sadistic murder of a vulnerable man in a prolonged drink-fuelled attack. William Hughes, 22, Marcus Miller, 16, and Stephen Bonallie, 17, repeatedly kicked, punched, headbutted and ...
'Lock up yobs who breach Asbos'.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE Brent Martin case came on the same day that Northumbria Police chief Mike Craik called on the courts to imprison more yobs who break anti-social behaviour orders (Asbos). The chief constable yesterday said Asbos worked in reducing disorder but said not punishing breaches had ...
Alcohol blamed for toll of death.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE easy availability of cheap alcohol was a significant factor in the rising number of juvenile murderers, a barrister told the court. Ben Nolan QC, defending Marcus Miller, said heavy alcohol intoxication was a common denominator in many young murder cases. He said ...
North Today: Stabbing accused.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A MAN has been charged following a stabbing in South Shields. Mark Thompson, 26, of Laygate, South Shields, appeared at South Tyneside ...
North Today: Bogus builders.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... POLICE issued an appeal for information yesterday about a team of bogus builders working in the North East. Three men have been arrested and charged ...
North Today: Bag snatched.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A MAN was arrested after a bag snatch in a supermarket car park. The theft happened when a woman, 58, was unloading her shopping into her car outside Asda ...
North Today: Missing man.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... POLICE have renewed an appeal for help to trace a man who has been missing from home for six days. Brian Hewitt, 39, left his sister's home in Spennymoor, County Durham, at about 7am on Sunday and has made no contact with anyone since. Police have received ...
North Today: Homes delay.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... ABID to deliver sheltered housing for the elderly in a Northumberland market town has been put on hold. Alnwick District Council's development control committee deferred an application from McCarthy and Stone after the applicants tabled last-minute changes on ...
Britain Today: Goose had deadly flu.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A CANADA goose has tested positive for the potentially deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said yesterday. The bird was found dead less than a ...
Britain Today: Final farewell.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE ashes of Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary were scattered into the sea by his family yesterday in a private ceremony off his native New Zealand. The ...
Britain Today: Trespass arrest.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A PARLIAMENTARY pass-holder arrested on suspicion of helping climate change activists to stage a rooftop protest has been bailed, police said. The ...
Britain Today: Amy all clear.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... SINGER Amy Winehouse will not face charges in connection with an alleged conspiracy to pervert the course of justice involving her husband. She was arrested "by appointment" in December and voluntarily ...
Britain Today: Scam at garage.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... POLICE investigating a bank card cloning scam at a petrol station found a small, drilled hole in the ceiling above a ...
Britain Today: Rage on rise.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... AN increasing number of people are suffering from "work rage", often reverting to shouting and yelling abuse at colleagues, according to a new report. ...
Warrior Prince prepares to return; Anger as publicity forces end to tour of duty.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By John Bingham PRINCE Harry was last night preparing to return to Britain after being pulled out of his frontline deployment in Afghanistan for his own safety and that of his fellow soldiers. The 23-year-old Household Cavalry officer, who has been fighting ...
Harry 'just one of the lads' says fellow soldier.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A SUNDERLAND soldier who served under Prince Harry in Afghanistan has described the young Royal as being "like one of the lads". Lance Corporal Chris Douglass, 28, (pictured right) took the arrival of Prince Harry to command the Spartan reconnaissance vehicle he had been ...
Making Mum proud.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... PRINCE Harry hopes he would have made his mother Diana, Princess of Wales, proud by serving in Afghanistan. Harry, 23, who was just 12 when his mother was killed in a car crash in Paris in August 1997, said he believed she was looking down on him, "having a giggle" when things ...
Families' hostage plea.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE families of five men held captive in Iraq for nine months made a desperate plea for their release yesterday. In a statement released through the Foreign Office they address the kidnappers directly, saying: "Please, show the world your true humanity, and let our loved ones ...
University fires dean after plagiarism row; Academic copied research and thesis.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Neil McKay A SHAMED academic has been fired following two cases of plagiarism dating back more than 20 years. Professor Tony Antoniou stepped down as dean of Durham University's business school last September following allegations that he plagiarised work ...
MP moves to allay job loss fears.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... NORTH East Minister Nick Brown has promised to keep a "close eye" on regional employment amid concerns of job cuts at a major Government department and Northern Rock. Mr Brown said the North East was not being "disproportionately" affected by the planned 12,000 jobs losses at ...
pounds 15,000 fine for polluting stream.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A TYNESIDE company was fined pounds 15,000 yesterday for causing heavy pollution. Ibstock Brick, a brick manufacturing company which trades in Throckley, Newcastle, was convicted for allowing clay slurry to pollute Dewley Burn in the village. Paul Harley, prosecuting ...
Making rail progress; Extra and longer trains plan for East Coast Main Line.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Sam Wood EXTRA trains between London and the North East and Scotland could be on the way after Network Rail yesterday unveiled plans for more services. The improvements are proposed by Network Rail for the East Coast Main Line under a new strategy document ...
Aiming to make numbers the only fallers.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... SLIPS, trips and falls at work cost the North East more than pounds 35m last year, a report revealed yesterday. According to figures released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 2,196 people were injured and one person died, in incidents of this type across the North East ....
Blyth academy is given the go-ahead.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE Government has given the goahead for a controversial city academy in Northumberland. Children's Secretary Ed Balls and Schools Minister Andrew Adonis have approved the funding agreements for the Bede Academy in Blyth, it was announced yesterday. The academy will ...
Mother's special day steeped in tragedy; Second anniversary of murder.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Dan Warburton THE MOTHER of a talented photographer who was killed in a frenzied knife attack has spoken of life without her son, two years on from his death. On a day when Barbara Yusuf-Porter should be smothered in love from her children, she will ...
Calls grow for the death penalty.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BARBARA Yusuf-Porter yesterday called for a re-introduction of the death penalty. The comment follows those made by the mother of murdered Northumberland prostitute Paula Clennell - who said that her killer Steve Wright should be executed. Mrs Yusuf-Porter said: ...
North Today: Fairs Cup sale scores.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... MEMENTOS from the last time Newcastle United won a major trophy have been sold at auction. Among items at the Bonhams sale a Newcastle Fairs Cup victory menu, signed by United players, from the celebration dinner at Michael's Club, ...
North Today: Green cars.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... TWO electric cars will be delivered on Monday to the Environment Agency in Newcastle. The Smart cars will carry a logo designed in a ...
North Today: Cinema plans.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... NEW plans have been lodged for the redevelopment of a former cinema site in Berwick. Park Portfolio Ltd is applying to the borough council to demolish the Playhouse in ...
The Journal: Time to make the penalty fit this crime.(Leaders)
Mar 01, 2008 ... IT is hard for any normal person to imagine the sheer inhumanity involved in the murder of Sunderland man Brent Martin. His three sadistic killers subjected him to a prolonged attack which saw them travel across two housing estates in Sunderland for over an hour - betting on who ...
The Journal: A start on the journey.(Leaders)
Mar 01, 2008 ... PLANS by Network rail to have more, and longer, trains on the East Coast Main Line are to be welcomed. A new strategy document aims to get the most from the route and more trains with more carriages are a good enough start. But there is more that has to be done to ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - We've better things to do with pounds 1m than throw it in a hole in the ground.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: LINDSAY PERKS OBE I BELIEVE your front page story "Council throws away a million" (The Journal, February 26) is misleading, and diverts attention from the real priority for North Tyneside Council. It has been unable to get proper performance of a contract it ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Looks like we won't a smooth ride get.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: CLIVE ROPER IT appears the Conservative leader is once again promising road improvements in the North (The Journal, February 28). If I may I highlight one paragraph: "But it would be irresponsible to make specific commitments now, ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - End of the road for all those bus lanes?(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: TONY PELTON WHAT a traffic shambles there was in Newcastle on Tuesday, February 26, when only one and half bridges across the Tyne were in operation. The council should abolish the usually empty bus lanes, re-open ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Advice available on children's schooling.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: PETER NELSON THE beginning of March is the time when many parents of 10 and 11-year-olds wait anxiously by their doormats for the letter that tells them to which secondary school their child has been allocated. Secondary schooling is one of the biggest ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Now there is a tax on cleanliness.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: G GILROY ON examining a recent shopping bill from Morrisons, I found they showed a breakdown of the valued added tax-free items and those which were subject to 17.5% VAT. I don't think other supermarkets give this detail. On checking the items subject to VAT, I note that ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Let us all hear your happy memories.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... I AM writing a book about childhood and how we lived in post war Britain - covering the years from 1945 to the mid 1960s - and would love to hear from anyone who would like to share their stories of being young during that time. As with my previous books, everyone who replies ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - What has happened to our democracy?(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: RAY FARNSWORTH AS your readers will recall, we voted against a North East Assembly a number of years ago, but we had an unelected assembly forced upon us. More recently we have (via our elected district councillors and our MPs) stated very clearly that we did ...
VIEW OF THE NORTH.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... 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 visit our website at ...
A huge task, but not a hopeless one.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: HUGH MORGAN WILLIAMS FEBRUARY was not just a bad month for the North East. Not since Siemens announced that it was withdrawing from chip production 10 years ago has the region suffered such a humiliating blow as the nationalisation of Northern Rock. I would venture to ...
Rock deputy chief is to retire early.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE deputy chief executive of Northern Rock is to take early retirement, it was announced yesterday. David Baker is to step down from the bank, which was controversially nationalised earlier this month, on May 2. He has spent 34 years at Northern Rock, and was deputy ...
Missing snake under the bed; Boa constrictor is found in flat.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Dan Warburton A MISSING boa constrictor that sparked a mass search has re-emerged - from under the owner's bed. Shakira, a 5ft Colombian rainbow boa constrictor, went missing from its tank on the seventh floor of St Anthony's House in Walker, Newcastle, on ...
Chaos as gales sweep the region; Metros and flights cancelled while match called off.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Sam Wood GALES and driving rain swept the region last night causing transport chaos and the postponement of a top flight rugby match. The Metro system was cancelled between Jesmond and South Gosforth because of the danger of a tree collapsing on to a train ....
Women trapped by falling tree.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... TWO elderly women were trapped under a tree blown down in yesterday's gales. Firefighters used a circular saw to free the women, who were pinned to the ground in the Italian Gardens, Saltburn, Cleveland. The women had been enjoying a windswept walk in the gardens, ...
MS sufferer in claim for unfair dismissal; Prison worker takes service to tribunal.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Paul Loraine A PRISON worker with multiple sclerosis claims his boss told him: "It would be easier for the department if there weren't people like you." Sean Gorman, of Kenton, was dismissed from Castington Young Offenders Institution in Morpeth, ...
Justice sought for sick workers.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... NORTH EAST MPs battling to secure compensation for thousands of workers suffering from an asbestos related condition have held positive discussions with Justice Secretary Jack Straw. The meeting comes after a House of Lords ruling last year that denies victims of pleural plaques ...
Throw in everything bar the kitchen sink; Teasmade and shredder jostle for airtime in musical event.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By David Whetstone Arts & Entertainment Editor HISTORY gets made in some extraordinary ways - as was demonstrated at Baltic last night by the first UK recreation of a famous piece of avant garde music. In making Variations VII in 1966, the American John Cage ...
North Today: pounds 1m refurb of museum.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... CONSULTANTS reveal at least pounds 1m will have to be spent refurbishing Berwick Museum and Art Gallery which forms part of the Barracks complex near the town centre. And they are suggesting that the exceptional cultural heritage of Berwick should play a ...
North Today: Easter fun.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... FLEDGLING artists can join in some cracking Easter fun next week when Durham Clayport Library holds an Easter crafts session on Saturday, March 8, for children aged four to 12. ...