The Journal (Newcastle, England) back issues from October 2008:
Television merger threatens North regional identity; Local staff and programmes to be slashed.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Graeme King THE regional identity of the North East was dealt a blow last night as ITV confirmed the merger of Tyne Tees and Border Television that will see local programming slashed. More than half of the company's 168-strong workforce will be made redundant ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: regional news.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Turbine claims BUILDING wind turbines could damage the North East's pounds 4bn tourism industry, it was claimed last night. Northumberland tourist boss Giles Ingram said visitors to the region would be put off if the green energy generators continue being built. But wind farm ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: business.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The North East's leading business newspaper includes a two-minute round-up of the ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: opinion.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... In an age of the 'placeless city', where every high street seems to have the same chain stores and ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: best of the web.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Let us know what you think about the Tyne Tees ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: home and abroad.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Paying for university MORE than half the UK's students are being helped through university by their families, a survey has found. Parents and grandparents are helping some 58% of students at university with the cost of their university fees, accommodation and living costs says a ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: culture.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... culture 18 Join the culture club at www.thejour nalcultureclub.co.uk CAPTION(S): ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: sport.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Mort denies return FORMER Newcastle chairman Chris Mort has denied he is on the verge of returning to Tyneside following reports he had been asked to help owner Mike Ashley find a buyer for the club. Full story: Back Page Keane talks opened ...
Quinn backs pool appeal; Will honour memory of former keeper.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Stuart Rayner SUNDERLAND Football Club yesterday called on its supporters to get behind a campaign to raise pounds 1.2m for the region's top sports academy for children with special needs and honour one of its former players in the process. Black Cats ...
Wind farms 'risk to lucrative tourism' pounds 4bn industry threat - claim.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Dan Warburton BUILDING wind turbines could damage the North East's pounds 4bn tourism industry, it was claimed last night. Northumberland Tourism boss Giles Ingram predicted visitors to the region's beautiful countryside would be put off if the green energy ...
WALKERS TELL OF THEIR CONCERN.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... WALKERS have voiced fears that too many wind farms will be built in beautiful countryside - including Northumberland moorlands. The Ramblers' Association claims unspoiled rural areas will see a trebling of the number of large-scale wind farms in the next three years. ...
STUDY INTO EFFECT ON BIRDS.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... LOWLAND farm birds are not unduly bothered by wind turbines, a study suggests. Ecologist Dr Mark Whittingham and his team from Newcastle University conducted surveys on farmland around two wind farms. They recorded almost 3,000 birds from 33 different species. ...
NORTH TODAY: Knife raider; CRIME.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... POLICE are appealing for information after a North Shields newsagent was robbed. A man walked into Mills Newsagent on Anselm Road at 10pm on Monday, threatened two staff members with a kitchen knife and demanded money. A female ...
NORTH TODAY: Guide dogs event; CHARITY.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... GUIDE Dog Week celebrations are coming to Newcastle. The guide dogs team will be handing out complimentary ...
NORTH TODAY: Campaign win; MARKETING.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A BONFIRE night and fireworks drive in the North East - to reduce incidents - has won the best Integrated Campaign in the 2008 Chartered Institute of Public Relations Excellence Awards. ...
NORTH TODAY: Walk this way; EDUCATION.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A NATIONAL campaign to get more secondary school pupils walking to school is launched tomorrow. Step Up is a new project from national charity Living Streets, funded ...
NORTH TODAY: Activist tribute; UNION.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A TEACHER from South Tyneside has been named the country's Young Activist of the Year for her work promoting the Association of Teachers and Lecturers. Carla ...
Cut! Local TV 15 minutes; North ITV staff to be halved, shows slashed.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Graeme King ITV local programmes will be cut to just 15 minutes a day and more than half its North staff axed. The company last night confirmed a proposed merger between Tyne Tees and Border and said 91 of its 168 workers would go. And it will mean the proud ...
Acclaimed series is casualty.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... ONE programme being culled by the ITV merger is North East fans' favourite The Dales Diary. The series, presented by Luke Casey, has been broadcast for 17 years on Tyne Tees, uncovering rural life across the region. Originally homing in on lives in the North Yorkshire ...
BRITAIN TODAY: Three arrested; MURDER INQUIRY.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... THREE men were arrested yesterday in connection with the murder of a banker allegedly set upon after remonstrating with a gang attacking a homeless man. Father-of-two Frank McGarahan, 45, of Much Hadham, Herts, died in hospital yesterday after ...
BRITAIN TODAY: Murder charge; TWO ACCUSED.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... TWO youths appeared at the Old Bailey yesterday accused of murdering 16-year-old Ben Hitchock. Ben died in June last year, when he was stabbed after a fight broke out over gatecrashers ...
BRITAIN TODAY: Cherie's praise; POLITICS.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... CHERIE Blair has compared her husband to Winston Churchill. She said former prime minister Tony Blair would be judged "very well" by history, in an ...
BRITAIN TODAY: Electric blaze; CUTTY SARK FIRE.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A FIRE which caused pounds 10m of damage to the Cutty Sark was sparked by electrical machinery, police have said. Investigators found an industrial vacuum cleaner ...
BRITAIN TODAY: Custody 'concern' SUSPECTS.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A COUNCIL of Europe human rights watchdog expressed "considerable concern" yesterday about the prospect of terrorist suspects being held in police ...
Economy needs quick, decisive action; Bush in fourth address to the nation in week.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Wesley Johnson PRESIDENT George Bush was forced into making his fourth address to the nation in a week yesterday as the US financial crisis stumbled on. He warned that quick decisive action was needed to avoid "painful and lasting" damage to the nation after the EUR700bn ...
Call for reversal of 'no' vote.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... THE European Commission yesterday challenged Washington politicians to show "statesmanship" and reverse yesterday's rejection of the bail-out plans. The global economic turmoil had started in the US and it was now up to America to demonstrate responsibility for helping restore ...
PROTECTION WANTED.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... SCOTLAND'S First Minister pressed for unlimited protection for sterling bank deposits at a meeting yesterday with the Chancellor, aides said. The meeting between Alex Salmond, Alistair Darling and SNP treasury spokesman Stewart Hosie took place yesterday afternoon. ...
Rock's future is questioned.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: William Green Political Editor NORTHERN Rock's future was yesterday questioned by David Cameron as business chiefs insisted it can thrive with the North East beating the global economic slowdown. Tory leader David Cameron said it was "too early" to judge if ...
Move to reduce new deposits.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... IT is understood that Northern Rock has seen a significant rise in new deposits over recent days as confidence in other banks has been hit by the developments in the United States. Under the terms of its nationalisation earlier this year, the Newcastle bank limits its share of ...
CITY AVOIDS FRESH BLOODBATH.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... THE FTSE 100 Index avoided another bloodbath yesterday amid hopes a rescue of the US financial system could still be on the cards. Further heavy losses for world markets had been feared after yesterday's shock US Congress rejection of the bail-out plan. But the FTSE ...
Sold camera 'had MI6 shots of terror suspects'.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... THE Foreign Office has confirmed police are investigating the sale of a camera on eBay said to have contained MI6 images of terror suspects. A bidder who bought the digital camera for pounds 17 on the auction website, discovered photos of suspects, their names and fingerprints ...
'I didn't realise until I saw his arm missing'.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A MAN working on a tree with a chainsaw calmly knocked on his next door neighbour's door and said: "Please help, I've just cut my arm off." John Stirling's chainsaw slipped and severed his arm below the elbow in Telscombe Cliffs, near Brighton, East Sussex, on Monday morning. ...
Gurkha veterans win historic victory; Ministers unlawful in excluding old soldiers from UK.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Stephen Howard GURKHAS celebrated victory yesterday in their court battle for the right to settle in Britain. Hundreds of the Nepalese fighters and their families cheered outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London after a High Court judge ruled the Government's ...
BRITAIN TODAY: School tables late; EDUCATION.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... THIS year's performance tables for England's primary schools will be published three months late. They are usually published in December but ...
BRITAIN TODAY: Call for inquiry; SHIPPING ACCIDENT.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... THE widows of two men who died when their tug vessel capsized in freezing fog are calling for a public inquiry into the sinking. ...
BRITAIN TODAY: Wage warning; CRIME.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... THE Government plans to crack down on bosses who fail to pay the national minimum wage, ministers said yesterday as the rate increased. Hourly pay for ...
BRITAIN TODAY: Estate in hole; ENVIRONMENT.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... THE owners of a 3,000-acre country estate have been ordered to replant a 600ft-long hedge which was grubbed up without permission. Cotswold District Council served its ...
BRITAIN TODAY: Williams returns; ROYAL GALA.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... ROBIN WILLIAMS returns to the UK stage after a 25-year absence, with John Cleese and Rowan Atkinson, ...
Fan shown mercy now faces custody; Bottle thrower fails to face threat of ban.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Hilary Clixby ABENCH warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Newcastle United fan who hurled a plastic bottle at superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. Liam Thompson had escaped a stadium ban despite admitting throwing the bottle in anger at the Manchester United ...
Fraudster's target was own disabled mother.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A FRAUDSTER is back behind bars after fleecing her disabled mother. Elizabeth Carrotte repeatedly plundered Patricia Tait's bank account after obtaining her personal details, credit card and cheque book, Newcastle Crown Court heard. The mother of two admitted ...
Burns victim critically ill as man faces court.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... THE FAMILY of a man critically ill after being badly burned in an alleged attack in County Durham were at his bedside last night. Ashley Robinson, 28, remained in a medically induced coma. He is thought to have been attacked in a garage block behind Pendle Close, off ...
NORTH TODAY: Drugs charges; SIX ACCUSED.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... SIX men were yesterday charged with drugs offences after police raids in Sunderland on Monday in which 165 officers raided 15 properties, seizing cocaine, ecstasy and steroids and pounds 31,000 cash. Sean Barnfather, 26, of Townsend Road, Thorney Close, Sunderland, is charged ...
NORTH TODAY: Poetry reading; DEBUT ANTHOLOGY.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... POET Joan Hewitt will be reading from her debut anthology, Missing the Eclipse, in ...
NORTH TODAY: Woman hurt; FIGHT ON BUS.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A FIGHT between three men on a bus in Gateshead left an 81-year-old woman injured. Detectives said the trio were involved in an of altercation in which one of them ...
NORTH TODAY: Rugby for young; SPORT LESSONS.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... NEWCASTLE Falcons are to teach the basics of rugby to children from eight ...
The journal: Programming cuts diminish region's voice.(Leaders)
Oct 01, 2008 ... THE confirmation that ITV's regional news programming is to be drastically cut back as part of cost-saving measures will be particularly keenly felt in the North East and Cumbria. It is not just about the dilution of a local news service that has been at the heart of ITV's ...
The journal: Cost of wind turbines.(Leaders)
Oct 01, 2008 ... THE potential cost of building more wind farms in the North was laid bare by a recent report which stated tourism was worth pounds 4bn to the region. Now Northumberland Tourism director Giles Ingram has made plain his fears that these "man-made ...
The journal: A deserving cause.(Leaders)
Oct 01, 2008 ... THE plans to create a sports academy for children with special needs in Sunderland is a tremendous way to honour tragic Black Cats star Tim Carter. The club and its ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Joe Kinnear's airport arrival leaves Newcastle taxi man wondering.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: JAMES BURKE LIKE many in Newcastle and surrounding areas, I am not happy with the situation at St James's Park and can only hope that the situation is resolved as soon as possible. Reportedly, the arrival of Joe Kinnear at the Toon was heralded by the fact ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Sunderland fan grateful for Keane.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: K WARDLE I DID not think it would be possible or feasible to put the names of a number of redundant managers into a hat and draw one out to see who the unlucky guy would be. So the unlucky guy is Joe Kinnear and I guess he is going to need all the luck that ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Glass hazard at Metro station.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: ANN BROWN SO "poor little Barton" is filling skips with rubbish at Prudhoe (The Journal, September 27). Why did the powers that be have to send him so far away to do his community service, when his own club can't even fulfil their own responsibilities? Let me ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Dales Diary editor says 'thank you'.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: PETER MITCHELL COULD I take this opportunity to thank the thousands of your readers who have supported The Dales Diary television series over the last 17 years? Because of changes in regional broadcasting policy, ITV has decided not to ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Doubts over hospital hypermarket plan.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: CHARLES DIX JUDGING from the recent letters from Charles Jackson and others (Voice of the North, September 25 & 26), some people have fallen for what I believe to be a big lie about Tesco and the Campus for Ageing and Vitality at the Newcastle General Hospital site. ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Council assurance on studentification.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Coun GREG STONE I CAN reassure James Lough (Voice of the North, September 29) that the Lib Dem leadership of Newcastle City Council is placing great emphasis on the issue of effective management of student accommodation in the city. Significant progress is ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Women and the Conser vatives.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: NEIL ATCHISON LET me give Anne Marie Trevelyan (Voice of the North, September 25) a lesson in political history with regard to the Conservative Party being responsible for women being given the right to vote. She is quite right that the Conservative and ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Will someone ask Labour about . . .?(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Coun ALAN WRIGHT A CORRESPONDENT asks "will someone tell the Conservatives that England doesn't stop at Leeds?" (Voice of the North, September 30) I believe the author is a well known Labour supporter and defeated Labour candidate, who should be asking the current ...
VIEW OF THE NORTH.(News)
Oct 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 ...
England's first post-global region.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: PAUL BENNEWORTH RECENT turmoil in financial markets underlines that the United Kingdom's economic strength, dominated by financial services, has been in relative decline now for several years. Since the early 2000s, our declining competitiveness was masked through ...
Boys need the role model male teachers can provide; Education may be hit by lack of men in primary schools.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Sam Wood THE education of primary school boys in the North East could be suffering because of a lack of male teachers in the region, new research has revealed. The study, from the Training and Development Agency (TDA) showed that male teachers can act as role ...
IT IS A FANTASTIC PROFESSION.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... DOMINIC Martin has been a teacher for four years after leaving the retail management industry. The 34-year-old teaches at Beech Hill Primary in West Denton. He said: "It is such a fantastic profession and it is a real privilege to work with children during their ...
Tributes to caring father; Brother-in-law on murder charge.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Dave Black TRIBUTES were paid yesterday to a caring Northumberland dad - as his brother-in-law appeared in court accused of his knife murder. Father-of-two Gary Carr, 38, died from a single stab wound to the neck after being attacked at his home in Oakland ...
TEENAGER SCOOPS pounds 7m ON LOTTERY.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A STUDENT yesterday said she couldn't stop screaming when she won more than pounds 7m on the Euro lottery. Ianthe Fullagar, 18, from Ravenglass, Cumbria, said: "At first I thought I had matched three numbers, so I couldn't believe it when I realised I had the five main numbers ...
WIN A STUDENT SURVIVAL PACK; The Journal: Competition.(Competition/Offers)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Journal has teamed up with TJ Hughes, the leading discount department store, to give you the chance to win one of five Student Survival packs worth pounds 100. Teenagers across the UK are preparing to embark on an exciting new adventure as they head off to university. ...
Rare city banknote is put up for sale; pounds 100 face value, but could fetch pounds 4,000 at auction.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Ben Guy A RARE and valuable North East bank note is expected to fetch up to pounds 4,000 when it is auctioned today. The valuable black and white pounds 100 note was issued by the Newcastle branch of the Bank of England on June 14, 1929. Any notes from the ...
Tenants to benefit from flexible scheme.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... SOCIAL housing tenants across Northumberland are to benefit from a county-wide scheme which gives them greater flexibility in choosing a home. The Northumberland Homefinder service - which replaces the six separate lettings systems operated by district councils - will be ...