The Journal (Newcastle, England) back issues from December 2008:
pounds 25m rebirth for mining villages.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Dave Black REGENERATION projects worth more than pounds 25m are set to provide a bright future for a cluster of former coalfield villages in Northumberland. Hundreds of new homes could be built, jobs created and a business park established under the ambitious ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: regional news.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Players bare all BURLY rugby players have braved the cold to strip down to their bare essentials. The team from Houghton RFC didn't think twice when approached to go nude for a charity calendar. It had sold more than 200 copies before the final pictures and is expected to raise ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: business.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... The North East's leading business newspaper is the best ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: opinion.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... We have to remember that economics is about human behaviour. People do ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: best of the web.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... LUKE Edwards will be holding his latest online chat at 12.30pm today. To have your say on events on and ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: home and abroad.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Police shoot man dead A MAN was shot dead yesterday by armed police. He was killed at around 3pm after officers responded to reports of an armed man in Guildford, Surrey. Investigators from the Independent Police Complaints Commission have arrived at the scene Troops ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: culture.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... culture 20 Join the culture club at www.thejour nalcultureclub.co.uk CAPTION(S): The work of Candice Tripp marries a ...
2 DAY IN 2 MINUTES: sport.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Shay's plea for help SHAY Given has repeated his call for Newcastle United to bring in reinforcements during the January transfer window. Full story: Back Page Sunderland slipping ROY Keane insists the malaise infecting Sunderland is nothing to ...
Blyth on the trail of a giant-killing; Blackburn await winners of replay.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Paul Loraine NON-LEAGUE Blyth Spartans' FA Cup dream is still alive, with the club landing a potential third round clash with Premier League giants Blackburn Rovers. The North East outfit earned a second round replay against League Two side Bournemouth with a ...
NORTH TODAY: Pigeons stolen; CRIME.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... PIGEONS worth more than pounds 1,000 have been stolen from an allotment in South Tyneside. The theft took place between 6pm on Thursday and 8am on Friday at the East View allotments at Boldon ...
NORTH TODAY: Top pool tuition; SWIMMING.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... SCHOOLCHILDREN from across the North East are to be taught by an Olympic swimmer in Sunderland tomorrow. The Oceans of Fun event will be run by Olympic swimming bronze medalist Steve Parry and ...
NORTH TODAY: Bookies raided; CRIME.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... A MASKED raider made off with cash after threatening staff at a Tyneside bookmaker. The man burst into William Hill on High Street East in Wallsend at ...
NORTH TODAY: In the pink; CHARITY.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... STAFF at Gateshead's MetroCentre who wore pink for the day have raised more than pounds 3,000 for charity. Management joined the ...
Brighter future for former pit villages; pounds 25m blueprint will revitalise rundown areas.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Dave Black AMBITIOUS regeneration projects totalling more than pounds 25m have been unveiled in a masterplan aimed at giving a cluster of former Northumberland coalfield villages a brighter future. The blueprint aims to help the neighbouring communities of ...
Rural communities get say in how cash is spent.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... RURAL communities will play a key role in deciding how pounds 2.1m worth of funding will be spent on promoting economic development in Northumberland's towns and villages. The war chest, which will be allocated and spent over the next three years, has been approved by One North ...
CALENDAR BOYS SHOW WHAT THEY'RE MADE OF - ALL IN A GOOD CAUSE.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... THESE burly rugby players have braved the cold to strip down to their bare essentials. The team from Houghton RFC didn't think twice when approached to go nude for a charity calendar. It sold more than 200 copies even before the final pictures were taken and is ...
Councils hit as cost of cremation soars; City leaders facing huge upgrading bill.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Adrian Pearson Regional Affairs Correspondent THE spiralling cost of cremation is set see the North East hit with a bill for more than pounds 10m. City leaders are looking at ways of raising funds to pay for a series of crematoria upgrades needed to meet ...
Pledge of support for Virgin workers.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... THE Government is ready to help dozens of Virgin workers who face losing their jobs in the North East, a Cabinet Minister promised last night. Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell said a "rapid response service" would be able to offer support and pledged that extra funds ...
Police hold 39 after series of dawn raids.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... DOZENS more suspects have been arrested in a series of police raids as a crackdown continues on rising crime in Northumberland. Northumbria Police arrested 39 in 10 separate dawn raids on addresses across the county last week. More than 100 officers took part in the ...
BRITAIN TODAY: Murder hunt; CRIME.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... A MURDER investigation was launched yesterday after an elderly man died when a car thief ran him over after stealing his vehicle, a silver Skoda hatchback. Detectives have cordoned off the area of Bristol where ...
BRITAIN TODAY: Timmy out; ENTERTAINMENT.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... TV presenter Timmy Mallett was booted off I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here! The madcap comic went head to head with former police chief Brian Paddick last night in a Bushtucker ...
BRITAIN TODAY: New chief; POLICE.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... SIR Paul Stephenson will take the reins of Britain's largest police force today. The 55-year-old Lancastrian moves to the commissioner's office on the eighth ...
BRITAIN TODAY: Fall continues; HOMES.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... HOUSE prices continued to fall during November but the slump in sales looks close to bottoming out, a property group has said. The cost of a home ...
Tough crackdown on binge drinking; 'Irresponsible' pub discounts to be ended.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Joe Churcher NEW laws to tackle binge drinking will be unveiled this week which Home Secretary Jacqui Smith hopes will end scenes of "people lying on the pavements and being sick". Pubs, clubs and shops face a ban on "irresponsible" price promotions and will ...
Letter: It's English, like; VOICE OF THE NORTH.(Letters)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mrs A MATTHEW I WOULD like Mr T Cowan of Cresswell (Voice of the North, November 28) to know that "this lingo which has spread from the South" is in fact unadulterated English. Take a look at ...
Letter: Government must answer to the people; VOICE OF THE NORTH.(Letters)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: BRYAN J ALLEN THE arrest of MP Damian Green, Shadow Immigration Minister, last Thursday sounded the death knell of British democracy. Is the arrest of Opposition MPs something New Labour learned from Mugabe? And all of this just because someone was doing their ...
Letter: Wansbeck candidate gets fulsome praise; VOICE OF THE NORTH.(Letters)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Coun MICHAEL JEANS I am afraid Coun Malcolm Brain was being more than a little mischievous when commenting on the lack of a suitable local candidate for the Conservatives in Hexham (Voice of the North, November 29). He is well aware of the difficulty in ...
Letter: Crisis encourages demand for change; VOICE OF THE NORTH.(Letters)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: ALAN GORST MOST of us are now bailing out the very people and organisations who created the capitalist depression. Few of those corrupt incompetents will lose their lucrative positions, while their victims lose homes, pensions, savings and jobs. The ...
VIEW OF THE NORTH.(Features)
Dec 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 ...
Investment is way out of depression.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: DAVID TAYLOR-GOOBY WE are facing a serious crisis and political dogma mustn't get in the way. In my opinion, we should be doing what gets the economy back on track and operating soundly as soon as we can, but protects the less well-off while doing it. So how ...
Stark warning for drivers who drink; They will be treated like a criminal.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Paul Loraine DRIVERS in the North East are being warned that a festive tipple could see them end up behind bars this Christmas as a hard-hitting road safety campaign is launched today. The pounds 1.6m THINK! campaign will be launched by Road Safety Minister ...
Nationwide manhunt ends in North.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... POLICE involved in a nationwide manhunt yesterday arrested a 26-year-old man in Durham on suspicion of attempted murder. Steven Maillard was being sought in connection with a frenzied knife attack which left a 20-year-old woman fighting for her life. The manhunt began ...
Fabulous collection is for sale; Huge interest is predicted.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: David Whetstone Arts & Entertainment Editor TREASURES from the private collection of a distinguished North East artist and academic are to be auctioned this week. Kenneth Rowntree (1915-97) was a well-known painter and professor of fine art at King's College, ...
WIN A pounds 1,000 WAITROSE CHRISTMAS FEAST.(Competition/Offers)
Dec 01, 2008 ... The Journal has teamed up with Waitrose Eldon Square to give you the chance to win the ultimate Christmas Feast. We are giving away pounds 1,000 worth of shopping vouchers to spend at Waitrose to make sure that you and your family have the best Christmas meal yet. With dedicated ...
Showcase for young talent reignites row; Work projected on to facade of at-risk building.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tony Henderson Environment Editor FILMS returned to a landmark cinema last night after years of closure - and reignited controversy over the future fate of the building. The films were projected on to the exterior of the former Odeon cinema in Pilgrim Street, ...
Shearer joins duchess to host glittering fundraiser.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... ALAN Shearer and the Duchess of Northumberland teamed up to offer some unusual prizes at a charity dinner. The pair hosted a glittering fundraising dinner on Friday to help raise funds for the next phase of the Alnwick Garden, to help it become what is heralded as the world's ...
NORTH TODAY: Happy at home; HOUSING.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... A MAJOR survey of Blyth Valley Housing tenants has revealed that 90% are satisfied with their accommodation, compared to 85% when the first such survey was carried ...
NORTH TODAY: Best of country; EVENT.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... SHOPPERS can pick up all manner of festive fare at the Morpeth Christmas farmers' market to be held in the market square on Saturday from 9am. ...
NORTH TODAY: Jack's a winner; PHOTOGRAPHY.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... MORPETH First School pupil Jack Murphy is this year's winner of the annual George Bell Memorial Trophy for photography presented by the town's ...
NORTH TODAY: Sale deal soon; PLANNING.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... CASTLE Morpeth councillors are this week expected to agree the details of the proposed sale of Morpeth golf course to the club ...
NORTH TODAY: More buses; TRANSPORT.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... BUS passengers will benefit from extra services on Boxing Day. Nexus will subsidise 133 buses to provide 48 bus routes across Tyne and Wear at a cost of pounds 85,000. A further 10 routes are to be operated commerc ially by Go North East and limited Metro service will ...
culture: hot ticket.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Simple Minds, Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, Wednesday, 7.30pm. Tel. 0844 493-6666. The hit band ...
culture: Bright future for band with endless enthusiasm; The Pigeon Detectives at Newcastle Carling Academy.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mark Davies TWO average support acts ensured that by the time the main attraction bounced on stage, the audience was well up for it. With no mucking about, they opened with their two biggest hits, I Found Out and Emergency, both giving rise to anthemic ...
culture: Take a tripp inside candice's world; The work of Candice Tripp marries a macabre storybook feel with disturbing imagery and dark humour. Anna Richardson meets the artist who likes to turn the concept of childhood innocence on its head.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... ABEAR meets a skull-faced child in a fairytale wood, and it's not clear who is the more perturbed. Close by, a prettily painted rocking horse reveals its skeletal self on the second glance, and a frog and a hare swap heads in a practical joke with a sinister edge. Welcome to the ...
culture: Film aims to bring underground dance to a new audience.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Emily Woodrow B-BOYING is coming to South Shields. Also known as break-dancing, it's the street-style dance that evolved as part of the hip-hop movement among African American and Puerto youths in New York. Planet Bboy is a documentary film that ...
Ticket offer for Aladdin at Gala Theatre Durham; The Journal culture club.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... THIS year, for the first time, Durham's Gala Theatre is taking its pantomime in-house, producing a fun-packed show which will appeal to all the family. Aladdin features live music and a specially-written script, staying true to the original story while adding a truly northern ...
TIME OUT: Quiz of the Day.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Patrick Stewart - see Question 6 1. In which sport might you see a western roll? 2. Which English navigator gave his name to an island north-east of Tasmania, a mountain range in southern Australia and a river in Queensland? 3. The rowan is another ...
TIME OUT: Name the Year.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... FOR our picture puzzle each day we take a shot from The Journal archives, giving you a bit of a clue and asking you to name the year the picture was taken. Today's photograph, above, shows quarryman Peter Watson, the hammerman at Kirkwhelpington Quarry whose trade was ...
Next year worst for decades, says EEF.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Karen Dent MANUFACTURERS say they are facing their toughest conditions for 20 years as a result of the economy's significant and sustained downturn. The grim analysis comes from the manufacturing organisation EEF, which is calling for a full point cut in ...
Golden words from medal-winner Chris.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... OLYMPIC swimmer Chris Cook will be passing on his seven principles of success at an event in Newcastle tomorrow. Chris, who was featured in The Journal's Rising Stars and Future Leaders supplement will be the subject of the "A Conversation with ..." event run by the Bridge Club ....
New start on the cards as Joanne fights back.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Karen Dent AN artist struck with two debilitating conditions that made her unable to leave her house has set up a business from home. Joanne Lawson, a gifted painter and sculptor, refused to give in to illness after she was diagnosed with ME and the sleeping ...
Why Mr Darling had to act.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: KEVIN ROWAN THERE are clear and apparently opposite views about last week's Pre-Budget Report. The Conservative Party doesn't believe that public sector borrowing now is the right action, on the basis it seems that we would be storing up problems for the future. ...
Takeover gives IFA funding to expand.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... ONE of the region's biggest independent financial advisers has secured the funding to expand after being acquired by a larger national firm. Rutherford Wilkinson, which has a pounds 2.5m turnover and employs 16 advisers, was snapped up by the Perspective Financial Group for an ...
Furniture dealer is wooed by bidders.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... FURNITURE retailer Land of Leather is understood to have received approaches from a number of potential bidders. The Kent-based group is thought to have received a number of preliminary takeover inquiries during the past few weeks. Turnaround specialist Hilco, which failed to ...
Caravan jobs go as downturn hits leisure industry.(News)(Industry overview)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Peter McCusker A UNION says more than 120 jobs have been axed or face the axe at the country's second-biggest caravan and motorhome maker as the economic downturn has led to a dramatic fall in orders. In May this year The Journal reported that 50 of the 420 ...
Dragon to snap up Woolies?(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... WOOLWORTHS could be broken up this week as around a dozen serious bidders circle the high street chain. Parts of the group's 815-store portfolio could be sold off in parcels to rival retailers, despite administrator Deloitte receiving several bids for the entire group. ...
Wayne's putting get-up-and-go into Gateshead; Monday Interview Brimming with ideas and opinions from fashion to housing, Karen Dent meets the whirlwind of energy that is designer Wayne Hemingway, MBE.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008 ... WAYNE Hemingway never seems to stop. The day we met for The Monday Interview, the man who made his name with fashion house Red or Dead then became a champion of social housing on Tyneside had run from Gateshead to South Shields, addressed a meeting at the Baltic and slotted The Journal ...
Tesco's discount range finds every little helps; Taking stock.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Russell Lynch and Holly Williams SOFTWARE group Sage is likely to warn over the impact of a worsening economic outlook in its full-year results on Wednesday. The Newcastle company described market conditions as "uncertain and challenging" in August, although ...
SHARE TIPS; Taking stock.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Sunday Telegraph COMPASS (306.25p), the world's largest catering company by market capitalisation, is likely to benefit from the economic downturn as businesses outsource their catering services to cut costs. Pre-tax profits rose 33.3% to pounds 589m in the year to ...
Cholesterol franchise creates fat profits; SHARE WATCH Taking stock.(Business)(Financial report)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: ANDREW J MILLER ASTRAZENECA (AZN) has enjoyed a successful 2008. Reduced short-term generic threats on two products in its core portfolio, strong operational performance, a good handle on costs and positive trial data resulted in strong share price performance in a ...
No costume drama with fancy dress business; Small business.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Karen Dent AFANCY dress fan is taking the risque route with her new business. Marion Topping saw a gap in the market to dress up young women for hen nights, parties and clubbing after working at a fancy dress hire shop in her home town of Horden, near Peterlee. ...
No point in waiting - get networking; Small business.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: CAROLE WHITE IN recent years, networking has become a real buzzword in the business world. In the North East we are lucky to have many organisations that host successful networking events across the region, but how well prepared are you to attend? There are ...
It's still possible to start up; Small business.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: JILL LEE WITH tough market conditions facing the economy, it would seem to many that now is not the right time to set up a new business. However, with careful planning and tailored support, it is still possible to build an enterprise that can survive and thrive in these ...
Momentum growing for bluetongue area bans; Farming.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Anna Lognonne MOMENTUM is growing for a ban on the import of animals from bluetongue hotspots after another farming organisation threw its weight behind the calls. The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) is the latest organisation to voice ...
NFU pressure over CAP funding; Farming.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... THE NFU plans to put pressure on the Government to ensure farmers are entitled to any extra funds made available during the recent CAP Health Check. In particular, the union is keen to get the Government to access the new provision, which allows member states to channel unused ...