The Journal (Newcastle, England) back issues from July 2008:
81 post offices in North on closure hitlist; Customers warn of devastating blow.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Paul James, Adrian Pearson and Brian Daniel THE closure of more than 80 post offices in the North East will be announced today. Campaigners now have six weeks to convince the Royal Mail to save their community branches. A total of 81 post offices in Tyne and ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: regional news.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Council rewards EXTRA Government funds will go to hard-up North councils if they prove progress towards to a series of targets. A shake-up in the number of rules and checklists councils have to follow will mean city leaders can tailor services to specific problems in there areas ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: business.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... The North East's leading business newspaper includes a two-minute ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: opinion.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Would I, a mother and grandmother in a room surrounded by at least 20 ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: best of the web.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... YOU can see the full list of North East post offices earmarked for ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: home and abroad.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Tesco bar Zimbabwe TESCO is to stop sourcing products from Zimbabwe as the political crisis there escalates, the retailer announced last night. Tesco said it had taken the "difficult decision" to cut trade "until there is an end to the current political crisis". ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: culture.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... culture 22 Join the culture club at www.thejournalcultureclub.co.uk ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: sport.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... What now for Barton? JOEY Barton could be out of jail this morning but he will still be contemplating the possibility that his Newcastle United career is over after pleading guilty to a second assault charge in the space of just two months. Full story: Back Page ...
Gun terror for landlord; Armed robber steals weekend takings at pub.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Dan Warburton APUB landlord was held at gunpoint by a masked raider and told he would die if he did not stuff fistfuls of cash into a plastic bag. Alder Bradford, 48, was counting the weekend's takings at 9am yesterday when a man wearing a motorcycle helmet ...
Face of the mother fighting for life.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THIS is the mother fighting for her life after being found with severe head injuries by her 10-year-old daughter at their home. Kathryn Cook, 44, was discovered in a bedroom of the house in Penshaw Gardens, Stanley, County Durham, last Wednesday, when daughter Rebecca returned ...
NORTH TODAY: Inquiries ongoing; SUDDEN DEATH.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... POLICE enquiries are continuing following the sudden death of a man in North Tyneside. Officers were called at just after 6pm on Saturday to The Promenade at Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, to reports ...
NORTH TODAY: Victim named; PLUNGE.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A MAN who fell from a five-storey fire escape in Newcastle city centre was named by police yesterday. The body of David James ...
NORTH TODAY: Popular author; FREE TALK.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A SUNDERLAND writer and broadcaster is to give a talk on the latest in her popular series of books next week. Cleadon writer Carol Cooke will be a guest at the July 9 ...
NORTH TODAY: Metro crackdown; DISORDER.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... POLICE have launched new operation to cut down on youth disorder on the Metro. The initiative has been rolled out in North Tyneside following the success ...
NORTH TODAY: Tourist bus route; NEW SERVICE.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... AN open top tourist bus is to take in the sights of South Tyneside from this weekend. Nexus and South Tyneside Council are running the new hourly service, which passes beaches, dramatic coastal scenery and a leisure ...
FALCONER'S SKILLS AND PROFILE 'CAN ONLY BE GOOD NEWS'.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE former minister tasked with bringing jobs and money to Newcastle and Gateshead has promised to do all he can to ensure business and Whitehall bureaucrats take another look at the area. Lord Falconer, a long-term friend and colleague of Tony Blair, was this week appointed to ...
Reward offered to reduce teen mums; Councils make health priority in cash deal.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Adrian Pearson Regional Affairs Correspondent EXTRA Government funds will be handed out to hard-up North councils if they can prove they have made progress towards to a series of targets. A shake-up in the number of rules and checklists councils have to ...
Barton to be freed despite new attack; Player admits knocking out team mate.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Nathan Rees NEWCASTLE United midfielder Joey Barton is likely to leave jail today despite admitting attacking a former team mate. The England international - who was jailed for assault and affray in Liverpool earlier this year - was due to go on trial at ...
Stars were to testify against player.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A HOST of footballing stars had been due to give evidence, had Barton maintained his not guilty plea. Manchester City striker Paul Dickov saw Barton lying on top of Dabo as others stood by and watched. Prosecutor Richard Vardon said: "Paul Dickov ran over and put ...
Fight to save threatened post offices starts today; POST OFFICE CLOSURES 81 premises in North on Royal Mail target list.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Paul James, Adrian Pearson and Brian Daniel THE fight to save dozens of North East post offices will be launched today after the Royal Mail confirmed that 81 will be either closed or downgraded. Campaigners have six weeks from today to convince the Royal Mail ...
'This is our livelihood they're playing with' POST OFFICE CLOSURES.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A NORTHUMBERLAND postmistress who is included on a list of branches proposed for closure last night defied a ban on speaking out to hit out at Royal Mail. Wendy Thackray is the owner of the only post office at Norham, near Berwick, one of many across Northumberland, Durham and ...
MPs pledge to back protests; POST OFFICE CLOSURES.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... NEWCASTLE North MP Doug Henderson said: "I have already had representations from the Garden Village Post Office and some of their customers. And in the case of the Garden Village, I am not convinced of the reasons they have given for closure. "After further consultation with ...
Missing woman is unwell, says dad.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE father of missing Sunderland mother Natalie Bracht last night urged her to return home after an interview claiming to be with her appeared on the internet. Police said that during her time on the run with her daughters, Ms Bracht has approached a number of organisations, ...
Sustained attack on teenager.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... POLICE have issued an appeal for witnesses after a sustained attack on a teenager by a gang in South Tyneside. The 18-year-old victim was walking with friends between Holly Street and Hill Street in Jarrow at around 10.50pm on Friday when they were approached by another group. ...
LONG LEGS ON THREE WHEELS ACROSS INDIA.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... FOUR North East friends are planning to drive more than 2,000 miles in a tiny three-wheeled "tuk-tuk" across Asia. The group leave on New Year's Day in the 150cc vehicle from Pondicherry in the south of India, and will finish two weeks later in the hill town of Shillong. ...
pounds 612,000 pay-off for the Rock's watchdog.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE City chief directly in charge of supervising Newcastle-based Northern Rock at the time of its collapse left the Financial Services Authority (FSA) with a pounds 612,000 pay-off, it has emerged. Clive Briault stepped down as managing director of the FSA's retail banking ...
Fearful arts groups focus on survival; Cuts predicted for sake of the Olympics.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Adrian Pearson Regional Affairs Correspondent MINISTERS are being accused of following a "London-centric" policy as arts bodies prepare for an expected "comprehensive dismantling" of regional champions. Double standards at the Department for Culture, Media and ...
Don't be hard on pupils; Some subjects more difficult than others.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jule Wilson EXAMINERS should take into account the difficulty of subjects like science and maths when marking compared to "easier" options like media studies, according to North East researchers. The research, released today by Durham University, states that ...
SIR BOBBY IS HONOURED BY BEING MADE FREEMAN OF HOME CITY.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... SIR Bobby Robson will become a Freeman of Durham City after councillors last night voted in favour of honouring the football legend. The 75-year-old former Newcastle United and England manager received the nomination for his services to sport, charity and the local community. ...
The Journal: Give us some results, not bullet points.(Leaders)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A HEALTH service tailored to the region's needs, an overseer to ensure delivery, quality boards to improve services and an emphasis on prevention. The latest vision for the NHS is not short on ambition, that's for sure. Neither is it lacking ideas that staff will find bracing, ...
The Journal: Bitter battle looming.(Leaders)
Jul 01, 2008 ... TODAY will mark the start of what could be a bitter battle for 81 communities in the North East. At 10am Royal Mail will name which post offices in the region it plans to close down and which will be relocated. That kick-starts a six-week consultation period for local ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Reducing energy use most effective way to cut greenhouse gas emissions.(Letters)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: ANDY BUTEN THE Government's renewable energy proposals should revolutionise energy generation and show we can cut greenhouse gas emissions without causing environmental harm or penalising the poor. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is urging the ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Missing policy may leave us in the dark.(Letters)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: RAY FARNSWORTH ONCE again the Government have made a major policy statement without thinking it through. Irrespective of the merits of wind farms, it is essential that the investment in an extra 7,000 turbines must be matched by a roughly equivalent ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Turbines won't blow away Labour votes.(Letters)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: KAREN ARCHBOLD I WRITE in connection with the recent Journal articles on the expansion of onshore wind farms and the Government announcement on meeting its European Union renewable energy targets. In his ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Making mountains out of molehills.(Letters)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: ALAN DIXON THE official policy of the three main political parties in the United Kingdom - Conservative, Labour and Lib Dem - is to remain within the European Union. I wonder, then, where the affiliations of the Voice of the North anti-EU correspondents lie ....
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Cost of Euro regions will be astronomical.(Letters)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: F EVANS WIDER questions should be looked at regarding the European Union, such as what have Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, the Isle of Man and Channel Islands in common? They are affluent and not in the EU. Who or what drives the EU steamroller? France and ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Monstrosity of a development.(Letters)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Coun NICK KEMP I AGREE totally with the views of Mr Caisley and Mr Oliver (Voice of the North, June 26) regarding the decision of the planning inspector to allow the Wimpey tower appeal. This was a ridiculous decision that totally ignores the views of local ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Influential people list very informative.(Letters)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: DUNCAN ANDERSON YOUR list of the most influential people in the North East was most interesting and very informative indeed (The Journal, June 20). However, I considered that some people certainly did deserve a mention, but there were some folk who I felt were ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - What's happening to the insects?(Letters)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: DAVID TURNBULL ALTHOUGH this is an over-simplified way of looking at things, I thought your readers might like to look at my figures for this year for wildlife counts after last year's desperately poor summer weatherwise. So far this year I've seen no brown ...
VIEW OF THE NORTH.(Features)
Jul 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 www.journallive.co.uk/buyaphoto or call (0191) ...
Border terrier could be answer for PM.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: KEITH HANN CAN it really be just a year since we finally abandoned the charming, boyishly good-looking, but ultimately ineffectual Englishman, and pinned our hopes on the dour and undiplomatic Scot? I freely confess that I know as much about tennis as about ...
Smoking ban cuts cancer risk by 95%.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... WORKERS in the North are benefiting from the smoking ban which has cleared 95% of secondhand smoke, tests have shown. In a report to be released later today, the Government is expected to announce that the smoke-free law, introduced a year ago, has been a great success. ...
Grief renewed by killer appeal; Girl challenges sentence for murder.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Paul Loraine THE teenager who killed 18-year-old mother Samantha Madgin is trying to have her jail term cut. Jordan Jobson, 15, has been granted leave by judges to appeal against the 15-year sentence she was given for stabbing Samantha to death with a kitchen ...
William's costly air journey to wedding; Bill for royal helicopter trips over pounds 50,000.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Ben Guy AROYAL visit to a Borders wedding will cost the tax payer almost pounds 20,000, it emerged yesterday. In April The Journal reported how Prince William had landed a multi-million pound RAF Chinook helicopter in a field near Hexham while on his way to a ...
'This is a disgraceful waste of public money'.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A GROUP that opposes the monarchy system has slammed the "waste" of public money used on Prince William's flights. Republic spokesman Graham Smith said: "This is a disgraceful waste of public money. "In the last few days we have seen the extent to which the Windsors' ...
NORTH TODAY: Hit with bottle; CRIME.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A MAN was attacked with a bottle in a violent and unprovoked attack on Tyneside on Sunday. The attack happened at around 9.30pm on Welbeck Road's junction with Cullercoats Street, ...
NORTH TODAY: Lorry overturns; ACCIDENT.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... POLICE were called to the A69 near South Denton - close to the A1 roundabout - at around 7.45am after a lorry overturned. The driver, ...
NORTH TODAY: Official opening; PLAYGROUNDS.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... NEW playgrounds for children in an area of Gateshead have been officially launched by the local MP. Children in the Crawcrook area have had new equipment installed in their park in plenty of time for the summer holidays. Local MP ...
NORTH TODAY: Morpeth visit; POETRY.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A NEWCASTLE poet is making a special visit to Morpeth Library next week to read and discuss her debut collection of poems. Joan Hewitt will read from her collection Missing ...
Pledge to put quality at heart of care; VISION FOR NHS Long-awaited report looks at standards.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jane Kirby THE Government pledged to put quality at the heart of patient care yesterday as Health Minister Lord Darzi set out his vision for the NHS. His long-awaited report outlined measures to raise standards of care but also to increase choice over how and ...
WIN A HOLIDAY HME FOR A YEAR; The Journal: Competition Cottage & Glendale Holiday Park Port Carlisle, Cumbria.(Competition/Offers)
Jul 01, 2008 ... The Journal has teamed up with Cottage and Glendale Holiday Park to offer you the chance to win an amazing prize. If you are lucky enough to win, you will be given the use of a brand new holiday home in the stunning surroundings of Port Carlisle in Cumbria. The ...
Health tsars to bring regional improvements; VISION FOR NHS.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE North East has been promised a health service tailored to its specific needs with high-performing hospitals handed annual bonuses of up to pounds 9m. Regional health tsars will be appointed, alongside new regional and national quality boards, to improve services and expand ...
BRITAIN TODAY: Threat to physics; EDUCATION.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE teaching of physics in England's schools is under threat because of a growing lack of specialist teachers, a report warned. Applications to physics teacher training courses have dropped by 27% in the past year, according to a ...
BRITAIN TODAY: Embryo screened; CANCER.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A COUPLE are expecting Britain's first baby screened not to have hereditary breast cancer in a move hailed today as "an exciting technological development". They decided to screen her embryos and remove the ...
BRITAIN TODAY: Meeting costs; CONSUMERS.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... CONSUMERS are managing to meet their day-to-day living costs without having to resort to using credit cards, payments body ...
TV star's plea to end knife violence; Ex-EastEnder in call to make streets safe.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Matt Williams and Sam Marsden A FORMER EastEnders star made an emotional plea for young people to put down their knives yesterday after her teenage brother became the latest victim of violence on Britain's streets. Popular GCSE student and budding actor Ben ...
Hundreds protest over plans for eco-towns.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... HUNDREDS of campaigners gathered outside Parliament yesterday to protest against Government plans to build eco-towns in their local areas. The protesters, who came from across the country, accused the Government of building "rural ghettos of the future" and failing to consult ...
Commuters face huge fare rises.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE high level of inflation will mean rail passengers having to face huge rises in fares in the new year, it was revealed yesterday. Train companies base their annual fare increases for regulated fares (which include annual season tickets) on the ...
MUCH TO BE PROUD OF AND GRATEFUL FOR WITH THE NHS.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: DENISE ROBERTSON IN July 1948 prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness were brought together under one umbrella organisation, the NHS, to create one of the most comprehensive health services in the world, but its most important feature was that treatment would be ...
World is not full of child abusers.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: DENISE ROBERTSON FORGET last week's idiotic behaviour by a supermarket which covered the cake-top picture of a five-month-old baby's bare bum with a star in case it aroused child molesters. That has caused more laughter than angst. Instead, concentrate on ...
DEFENDING BOB DYLAN'S GREATNESS.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: DENISE ROBERTSON LAST week on Radio Four Lenny Henry argued that Bob Dylan isn't as great as most people think he is. He argued in vain as far as I'm concerned. In the week of Zimbabwe's despair and the ...
MUGABE BACKS THE GENTLEMAN'S SPORT.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: DENISE ROBERTSON LAST week the Government used cricket as a weapon against Robert Mugabe when it banned Zimbabwe's national team from playing a one-day series against England and lobbied other countries to follow suit. Him Indoors is disappointed but ...
IT'S TOO MUCH INFORMATION.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: DENISE ROBERTSON NEWS that saintly Valerie Singleton actually had a torrid sex life, including a fling with squeaky clean fellow-presenter Peter Purves, was bizarre, rather like Andy Pandy having it away with Muffin the Mule. I was ...
IN FOR A PENNY, IN FOR POUNDS AT SALE OF ENTERTAINMENT MACHINES.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... AUCTION house administrator Louise Macklin will soon have the challenge of playing slot machines down to a fine art. An arcade slot machine from 1955 will be on show at Newcastle's Grey Street office of international auctioneers Bonhams until July 12, together with various ...
Teenager faces jail term for one-punch killing.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A TEENAGER is facing jail after admitting killing a 24-year-old man in a one-punch attack in a County Durham nightclub. Joseph Longstaff, 18, of Holyhill Gardens, Stanley, County Durham, yesterday denied the murder of Graeme Pounder on March 17 this year. But his plea ...