The Journal (Newcastle, England) back issues from April 2008:
Kelly: It is not our fault.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... TRANSPORT Secretary Ruth Kelly yesterday blamed the economy for a lack of investment in the North East. Ms Kelly admitted road widening could bring benefits to the ...
'Give up your big payoff'.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... NORTH EAST MPs last night demanded former Northern Rock chief executive Adam Applegarth should give up his pounds 760,000 payoff. Prime Minister Gordon ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: regional news.(Sport)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Swoop on farm A FARM where police once found the country's biggest ever stash of illegal fireworks was yesterday raided again. More than 40 officers swooped on Ricklees Farm, off Spen Road in Greenside, Gateshead, to launch the second wave of Northumbria Police's Operation ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: business.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The North East's leading business newspaper includes a two-minute ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: opinion.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The children will feel the weight of their parents' resentment over what has ensued. If they love their parents they ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: best of the web.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... OUR chief reporter Paul James went out on early-morning raids with Northumbria ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: home and abroad.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... New threat of PO strike THE threat of a fresh national strike by postal workers is expected to come a step closer today in a row over pensions. The Communication Workers Union will announce the result of a ballot among tens of thousands of workers on changes to Royal Mail ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: culture.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... culture 22 Join the culture club at www.thejournalcultureclub.co.uk CAPTION(S): ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: sport.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The day it clicked STEVE Harper believes Newcastle United's thrashing of Tottenham Hotspur was the moment Kevin Keegan stamped his thrilling trademark on the club for a third time. Full story: Back Page No let-up for Cats SUNDERLAND'S Kenwyne ...
Floating a solution to high price of homes; Try European lifestyle with houseboats on Tyne.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Neil McKay FLOATING homes may be all the rage on canals in Amsterdam or Mediterranean marinas. But will they catch on in Byker? The answer is a resounding yes, according to boat-builder John Flynn and marina boss Brian Hunt, who have just sold ...
Ancient heritage casualty of war.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A HERITAGE expert from the North East last night revealed the scale of looting of ancient sites and museums in Iraq to feed a booming and lucrative international market in illicit antiquities. Peter Stone, Professor of Heritage Studies at Newcastle University, launched a book at ...
Free bus passes row 'set to go on'.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... DISPUTES over funding for new England-wide bus passes for the over-60s and disabled people look set to continue, MPs warned yesterday. The Commons transport committee issued the warning as the new pounds 1bn scheme allowing travel free after the morning rush-hour on any bus ...
North Today: Plea over weapon.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... DETECTIVES last night appealed for help to find the plank of wood they believe was used to murder teenager Ross Davidson. Officers have handed out leaflets in the Byker area of Newcastle where the 19-year-old lived and was killed, to encourage witnesses to come forward. ...
North Today: Taxi fall riddle.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A MAN was seriously ill in hospital last night after he fell from a moving taxi. The 21-year-old suffered head injuries in the fall on Norham Road, North Shields, at around 2am on Saturday. Police want to speak to two men who had earlier been in the taxi with the ...
North Today: Murder charge.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A MAN accused of killing a businessman shot dead in Blyth, Northumberland, appeared before Newcastle Crown Court yesterday. Zhong Guo denied the murder of Iranian-born Shahdad ...
North Today: Prison warning.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A MUGGER who attacked a 77-year-old woman has been warned he faces jail. Darryl Lidgard was due to stand trial yesterday at Newcastle Crown Court accused of robbing the pensioner of her handbag and contents including a ...
We're not sure we can afford anything; Kelly vows to widen Yorkshire A1 but in region it's still a rural lane.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Adrian Pearson Regional Affairs Correspondent TRANSPORT Secretary Ruth Kelly has blamed the economy for the lack of investment in North East roads and trains - despite the Labour Government enjoying the longest uninterrupted period of growth in 200 years. ...
Confusion over route.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A SECTION of the A1 in North Yorkshire is to be widened to three lanes in what the Government described as the creation of a "motorway standard" road from London to New castle. The Department of Transport said yesterday that a scheme to provide the "missing link" of motorway ...
Brown denies spending is skewed.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... GORDON BROWN yesterday insisted spending on transport was not skewed to London and the South East, despite multi-billion pound schemes such as the Crossrail project to improve rail links across the capital. The Prime Minister said: "The important thing to recognise about ...
Quango to get more powers.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... SUPER quango One NorthEast could soon be responsible for all major planning and economic policies in the region - as well as the cash behind them. The Government is pushing ahead with plans to scrap the North East Assembly, hand over new responsibilities to the development ...
Man to sue over boyhood tragedy.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Paul Loraine THE son of a diver killed in the North Sea is seeking compensation from the Norwegian government. Stephen Lucas was 10 when his father Roy, 38, died in a diving bell explosion at the Byford Dolphin rig off the Norwegian coast in November 1983 ....
Rush for North Sea oil after its 1971 discovery.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... NORWAY discovered oil on its continental shelf in 1971. The period that followed saw a rush for oil in the North Sea and, at that point, the nature of the work carried out by the divers was often exploratory. A court case taken against the Government by 24 former ...
Outrage at 'reward for failure' Prime Minister ducks calls for probe as massive payoff for former Rock chief is revealed.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By William Green Political Editor GORDON Brown last night ducked calls for an inquiry into Northern Rock's ex-bosses and refused to condemn a pounds 760,000 payoff for its former leader. Shareholders and union chiefs want an inquiry but the Prime Minister ...
'It was his model which ruined bank'.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... SHAREHOLDERS and union chiefs reacted with anger to the payout for former North Rock boss Adam Applegarth. Robin Ashby, of the Northern Rock Small Shareholders' Association, said the bank's former chief executive should have been paid his notice period salary and no more. ...
Support may go on beyond 2011.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: William Green TAXPAYERS' support for Northern Rock may continue beyond 2011 if the global economy does not stabilise, the Chancellor yesterday signalled. Alistair Darling said he had approved plans from the Rock's new bosses for it to repay pounds 24bn of ...
Scientists go to ground for answers; Soil study may help with climate change.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Tony Henderson Environment Editor WHEN it comes to tackling climate change, the answer could, after all, lie in the soil. A team from Newcastle University aims to score a global first by designing soils that can remove carbon from the atmosphere, ...
Britain Today: No heroes in size zero.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... AN obsession with size zero could be forcing people into extreme diets followed by periods of bingeing on junk food, an expert warned yesterday. Studies have suggested that starvation followed by enjoyment of highly palatable foods like burgers ...
Britain Today: Player banned.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A FOOTBALLER who drove to a training ground while over the limit, four hours after leaving a nightclub, was fined pounds 2,300 and disqualified from driving for 20 months. Norwich City midfielder Matthew Pattison was arrested after police were tipped ...
Britain Today: pounds 230,000 con.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A TRADING standards' chief yesterday sent out a warning after a pensioner was tricked into buying pounds 230,000 of worthless shares. Thieves in Germany tricked the Dorset man into handing ...
Britain Today: Call for a cap.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... THE Government should cap levels of immigration to Britain, a Parliamentary inquiry concluded yesterday. Peers delivered a blow to the Home Office by concluding that record immigration had led to "little or no impact" ...
Britain Today: pounds 200,000 raid.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... TEN luxury cars, including a Lamborghini and a Porsche, were stolen in a daring raid at an industrial unit, police said yesterday. The high ...
Mass casualties luckily avoided in plane crash.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... INVESTIGATORS were last night combing the wreckage of Sunday's fatal plane crash for clues as to what caused the accident. All five passengers and crew aboard the private jet were killed when it ploughed into a house in Farnborough, Kent, and burst into flames. Had ...
No evidence Diana murdered - coroner; Al Fayed's theories branded 'worthless'.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By John Bingham THE Diana, Princess of Wales inquest coroner yesterday ruled out the possibility of a finding that she was murdered, saying there is "not a shred of evidence". Lord Justice Scott Baker also branded butler Paul Burrell a "liar" as he launched a ...
NAMED AND SHAMED.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... FORMER royal butler Paul Burrell was branded a liar yesterday. The coroner in charge of the inquest named him in a list of people who are "liars by their own admission". Lord Justice Scott Baker told the jury: "I refer to James Andanson, Paul Burrell and John ...
Luxury cars seized as police raid farm; Fresh clampdown on career criminals.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Paul James Chief Reporter A FARM where police once found the country's biggest ever stash of illegal fireworks was yesterday raided by financial investigators. More than 40 officers swooped on Ricklees Farm, off Spen Road in Greenside, Gateshead, to launch ...
Give us the information and we'll do the rest - officers.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... THOSE who fear intimidation or reprisals from giving information to the police financial investigators need not give their name and will not be asked to appear in court. Police are hoping yesterday's raids will both reassure informants that they are being listened to and also ...
North Today: Footballer in court.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... FORMER Newcastle player Matty Pattison drove to his club's training ground while drunk - four hours after leaving a nightclub, a court heard yesterday. Police arrested the 21-year-old midfielder, who now plays for Norwich, at 8.30am on March 16 after being tipped off by the ...
North Today: Bogus builder.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A BOGUS builder fleeced a Gateshead pensioner out of pounds 150 for building work he never did. At around 1pm on Friday March 21, the fake builder, who claimed to be from the council doing work on the side, told a 75-year-old man in Dorset Avenue, Birtley, that his roof needed ...
North Today: Driver injured.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A WOMAN was taken to hospital with serious injuries following a car crash yesterday. Ambulance crews were called to Tynemouth Road in Heaton, Newcastle, just ...
North Today: Beer festival.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... ALASTAIR Gilmour's beer column in Friday's Taste North East England section should have read: The 32nd Newcastle Beer Festival starts on Wednesday, April 2, at Newcastle University Students' Union, King's Walk, Newcastle (near Haymarket Metro station) and features a full range of 120 ales ...
The Journal: Labour faces retribution at the ballot box.(Leaders)
Apr 01, 2008 ... THERE was a touch of farce about the visit to the North East yesterday of Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly. She's belongs to a Labour Government whose 10 years in power have been marked by regular boasts about how well the economy has performed under its stewardship. ...
The Journal: It all sounds fishy.(Leaders)
Apr 01, 2008 ... FAMILIES in County Durham may be miffed to learn they must wait even longer for the county council to deliver its verdict on fish oil supplements. Until then, they will to have to content themselves with Coun Michelle Hodgson's categoric statement ...
The Journal: Taking centre stage.(Leaders)
Apr 01, 2008 ... SELECTING the winners of The Journal Culture Awards was no easier this year than last. But it was as satisfying as ever. From the sublime Katie Doherty to the superb ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Councils have little formal power to require householders to clean up.(Letters)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: COUN GREG STONE THE article about the highly commendable Jesmond Residents Association Streetwalkers scheme (Voice of the North, March 31) touches on some wider issues. The state of the fronts and in some cases the backs of properties, particularly those in the rented ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Is this really the way to promote peace?(Letters)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: CHRIS BARNES FOR the past few years, the police have been harassing Newcastle's peace campaigners, preventing them from collecting money from the public. The city council is prosecuting an anti-racist group for the same "crime". Racism is one of the things ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Come back, Paul and Ian, please.(Letters)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: KATE WALTON VOICE of the North correspondence dated March 25 and 27 has provided two splendid epitaphs to Jonathan Miles, the hapless compere of Radio Newcastle's mid-morning slot. Surely there must be a Geordie out ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - What does the bishop believe?(Letters)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: W ARMSTRONG MAYBE the Bishop of Durham believes his life began at conception, and if his mother had the morning after pill and used it he wouldn't be here today (The Journal, March 24). Then again, he may believe that if someone like Lord Winston had ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - A fine mess over the Tesco plans.(Letters)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: COUN NIGEL TODD THERE is some comfort in Coun Mike Cookson's acknowledgement (Voice of the North, March 29) that Newcastle City Council's process for dealing with the redevelopment of the Newcastle General Hospital site is unlikely to be perfect. Other people might be ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Health message for children important.(Letters)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: SARAH KOVANDZICH THE news that Middlesbrough is in the top 10 for having the most sweet shops and takeaways near school is a real cause for concern (The Journal, March 28). This is because it is important that we get our children into healthy eating habits as ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Pen pals wanted by African United fan.(Letters)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: GILFIN CHAMBATI I'M a fanatic of the Magpies living in Zimbabwe and I am 18 years old. My problem is that since I started supporting Newcastle, I have seen about 21 matches. Here in Zimbabwe, games are shown mid-nights or not shown ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Irish told by EU their views don't count.(Letters)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: PHILIP WARREN ON January 20, during a debate in Strasbourg on the Lisbon Treaty, members of the European Parliament voted on amendment number 32 which asked the European Parliament to "undertake to respect the outcome of the referendum in Ireland". Only 129 ...
Have we found the next Queen of Hearts?(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: KEITH HANN IHAVE just dragged myself to my desk after a weekend in my sick bed, where my semi-comatose rest was disturbed only by faint consciousness of a distant thumping. At first I thought it was caused by the International Olympic Committee banging their ...
VIEW OF THE NORTH.(Features)
Apr 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 ...
Instigator of funding controversy to face MPS.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By William Green Political Editor A CONTROVERSIAL funding deal that hands more public cash to Scotland than the North will come under the spotlight in Parliament today. The Commons justice committee, chaired by Berwick MP Alan Beith, is set to quiz Lord ...
11 have applied for pounds 200,000 job.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... ELEVEN candidates have applied for a pounds 200,000-a-year post as boss of what will become the North's largest authority. Two weeks ago councillors in County Durham agreed to advertise the job of chief executive to the new unitary authority. The committee overseeing ...
Nurse suspended for being union official - claim.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A SUSPENDED staff nurse is to face health chiefs at an employment tribunal after claiming he received unfair treatment for being a trade union member. Yunus Bakhsh was removed from his position of full-time Unison secretary for the North of Tyne branch in September 2006. ...
Police flights row; Rural Northumberland could lose cover.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Neil McKay PLANS to axe one North East police helicopter could leave parts of rural Northumberland short of cover. Police bosses in Northumbria and Durham last night confirmed their decision to halve their helicopter cover of the region. The ...
Joiner is jailed for attacking doorman.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A JOINER launched an unprovoked attack on a doorman after being refused admission to a city bar. Daniel Almond was already barred from Idols in Newcastle when he turned up demanding entry on September 14 last year. When he was turned away, he grabbed door supervisor ...
North Today: Improving lifestyles.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A SERIES of lifestyle courses are set to be launched in Gateshead this month. The Gateshead Housing Company has launched its fourth annual Moving Forward training ...
North Today: Sheep move in.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A NEW flock of sheep is greeting visitors to a North Tyneside farm. The Rising Sun Farm Trust has introduced ...
North Today: Town auction.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A NORTHUMBERLAND market town which lost an auction saleroom last year is the venue for a free antiques valuation day tomorrow. Newcastle auctioneers Anderson and Garland are staging the ...
Stopwatch ticking for all your heroes; Nominations for award close today.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Jule Wilson THERE are only hours left for you to nominate your loved ones in The Journal's Your Great North Run Award contest. The competition, which will see three unsung heroes of the famous race treated to a gala evening of entertainment at Gateshead's ...
Man arrested after casualty evacuated.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... PATIENTS were evacuated from the accident and emergency department of a hospital after a suspected bomb hoax. Police were alerted to a suspect package at North Tyneside General Hospital at about 11pm on Sunday. It was believed to have been left by a man who had by ...
RSPCA glad badger baiter faces prison.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... THE RSPCA has welcomed the jailing of a badger baiter. John Lee, of Ferndale Avenue, Middlesbrough, was convicted by Teesside magistrates of trying to take a badger, letting a Jack Russell dog encounter another animal, resulting in injury, and failing to exercise reasonable care ...
A phone call leads to chaos.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Denise Robertson WHEN Susan Pope's 10-year-old son was abusive and repeatedly swore at her she smacked him on the bottom. Her elder son, who was 15 and stroppy, called the police. Mrs Pope and her husband, a chartered surveyor, were arrested and held in a ...