The Journal (Newcastle, England) back issues from March 2009:
Can Old King Coal come back? 7,000 jobs may be in pipeline.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Adrian Pearson Regional Affairs Correspondent UNIONS are demanding the return of Old King Coal to the region with the opening of two new drift mines under the North Sea. The National Union of Mineworkers has called on the Government to carry out a feasibility ...
Geordie builder to wealthy landowner; Actor digs deep to discover a privileged past.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Tom Mullen HIS character in comedy Auf Wiedersehen, Pet made actor Kevin Whately famous for playing working class roles. But, as it turns out, the man who played gritty Geordie construction worker Neville Hope has a surprisingly well-to-do family history. ...
86-year-old tied up and robbed in her home.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... POLICE have released an e-fit of the knife-wielding man who tied up and robbed an elderly woman. The 86-year-old was asleep upstairs when the burglar broke in early last Wednesday, February 25. The pensioner disturbed the raider as he searched the house in Beaufront ...
Charity goes on the move.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... A CHARITY which has been helping disabled people in the North East for 20 years has moved into new headquarters as part of a pounds 32m shopping, office and leisure redevelopment in Northumberland. The Castle Morpeth Disability Association is the first organisation to move into ...
It's last orders every week as pubs struggle to stay afloat; Owners plead for help from Government.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Dan Warburton STRUGGLING pub owners are demanding a Government rescue package as the number of North East bar closures rockets to one every week. In January, The Journal revealed one pub in the region was closing every 10 days - with the shutdowns blamed on ...
The jukebox will play on at city's iconic local.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... ONE couple attempting to buck the trend of the declining pub industry are the new owners of one of Newcastle's best-known bars. Last month former Trent House owner, Tom Caulker, called time on his 23-year ownership of the pub to concentrate on his club, World Headquarters, at ...
MPs join campaign to ease strain on beer-lovers.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... A LARGE majority of people (70%) oppose an above-inflation increase in beer tax in the next Budget, according to a survey published last night. More than eight out of 10 people (83%) believe community spirit and values are under threat in Britain today, while more than six in 10 ...
Experts fear price of a pint could rise to pounds 4.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... SOARING costs of raw ingredients are piling pressure on the region's brewers as they seek to survive in the struggling market. One regional brewer, who did not want to be named, claimed the price of hops had more than trebled in the last two years. And it is claimed the rising ...
NORTH TODAY: Biker killed; ACCIDENT.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... A BIKER was killed in a crash with a lorry yesterday. The rider was thrown from his Yamaha motorbike in the accident on the B1339 north of Stanford, near Alnwick, Northumberland, at 11.40am. The accident happened near a crossroads on the road ...
NORTH TODAY: Attack plea; CRIME.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... A MAN was beaten by a gang of youths in an unprovoked attack. The victim was walking along Whiteleas Way in South Shields at about 9.35pm on Friday when a group of men aged between 16 and 20 set upon him. He was ...
NORTH TODAY: First glimpse; BUSINESS.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... EMPLOYERS in a former pit town have been given their first look at its new pounds 3m business park. Local company bosses were given a tour of ...
NORTH TODAY: Big band's date; MUSIC.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... A BIG band will swing into town at the Bowes Museum. Durham County Youth Big ...
Think North East First by numbers; One month in and our campaign for Journal readers to Think North East First is still going strong. With tourism enjoying a boom over half-term, the benefits of our bid have started to take hold. Today we give you the numbers that reinforce the issues at stake.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... 25 Issues of the Journal printed since we decided to help the region find its way out of the rece ss ion 25 Exclusive offers we have printed to help encourage families to reinvest their cash in the North East 63,000 Visitors have ...
Could there be light at the end of the tunnel for the coal industry? Unions claim mines can yet be reopened.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Adrian Pearson Regional Affairs Correspondent UNIONS are demanding the return of Old King Coal to the region with the opening of two new drift mines under the North Sea. The National Union of Mineworkers has called on the Government to carry out a feasibility ...
Key junction is at top of the wish-list.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... TRANSPORT campaigners have backed the Chamber's call for an urgent upgrading of A19 roundabouts north and south of the Tyne Tunnel. Leading politicians in North Tyneside are hoping the Treasury will take the chance in April to bring forward road improvements and bring much ...
Chancellor warned he must act now; Action plan to boost economy.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Adrian Pearson Regional Affairs Correspondent THE Chancellor will today be presented with an action plan designed to boost the region's economy amid warnings Alistair Darling is not doing enough to help struggling firms avoid further redundancies. Business ...
Airport rolls out a brand new runway; Painstaking work had to be done at night.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Adam Jupp INCH by inch, the runway at the region's biggest airport has been resurfaced. The pounds 6m project to help secure the future of the airport was today set to finish after around two months of work, all carried out in the middle of the night. More ...
Man's body found in North River.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... AN elderly man has been found dead in a North river. Emergency services were called to the River Wear, in Sunderland, yesterday morning after reports that a body had been spotted near to the Shipwrights public house, by a member of the public. Sunderland's RNLI ...
Arrest as three are taken to hospital after road smash.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... A DRIVER was arrested after a car crash, which injured three people. Two Audi A3 cars were involved in the collision, on the Coast Road, near the Billy Mill roundabout, North Shields, which happened at around 12.40am yesterday. Firefighters were called to free three ...
Women forced into prostitution to pay loans.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... LOAN sharks are forcing women into prostitution to pay off their debts. A specialist team set up to crack down on illegal money lenders in the North East has found that some terrified women have used sex to pay off their loans. The North East Illegal Money Lending ...
The Journal: Change takes froth off the pub business.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... THE accelerating crisis facing pub owners threatens to deliver a painful blow to Britain's social life. In an echo of times past, it also represents a risk to those perceived as being responsible for expensive beer and the demise of the locals where so much of it was once ...
The Journal: Unnecessary pressure.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... MEMBERS of the North East Chamber of Commerce are evidently uneasy about the way the economy is being handled. And they are far from alone in contrasting the resources pumped into the ailing banking system with the paltry aid offered to other strugglers. ...
The Journal: Still time to lead way.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... THE potential of coal to fuel the nation, and the region's economy while doing it, is emphasised again today. But the hope contained within the call for new coal seams ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - A real plan among all the Twittering.(Letters)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: PAUL EASTON DOMINIC Edmunds is right to ask the question: "Millions Twitter but where's the money?" (nebusiness, The Journal, February 26). It is a question many of us asked during the dotcom bubble of the late 1990s. I remember a friend linking me ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Lit & Phil merger is the only way forward.(Letters)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: STUART PORTHOUSE RICHARD Sharp's comments regarding the proposed merger of the Mining Institute and the Lit & Phil cannot be further from the truth (Voice of the North, February 24). He grossly belies the successful amount of work achieved since discussion first took ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Criticism of plans shows bitterness.(Letters)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: MARTIN CALLANAN SIR Jeremy Beecham's critique of the Conservative plans for local government (The Journal, February 26) owes much, I believe, to the bitterness he still harbours from his 17-year stint as leader of Newcastle City Council, most of it during a Tory ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Sir Jeremy's wise words on Tories.(Letters)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: ALAN DIXON WISE words from Sir Jeremy Beecham ("Beware Tories bearing promises", The Journal, February 26). You can always tell when Tories are telling fibs. Their lips move. The problem is that, today, alternative options to Tory government are thin on the ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - It's time to end the culture of long hours.(Letters)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: JT WHITE I REMEMBER the economic downturn of the 1970s and the planned shift from manufacturing to a service economy in the 1980s. The system in the 1970s to deal with unemployment and training was far superior to that of today. There were government-run skill ...
Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Motorists flounder over parking rules.(Letters)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: CHRIS ROBINSON NEIL Cuthbert, head of regulatory and public protection, Environment and Regeneration Directorate, Civic Centre, Newcastle, has certainly set out his stall to explain the innumerable parking restrictions being introduced to the city and its suburbs (Voice ...
VIEW OF THE NORTH.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... 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 ...
Keith's happy ending - and beginning.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: TOM GUTTERIDGE THERE'S nothing more satisfying than watching an old dog performing a new trick. As the cheers rang out with the bells of St Boniface's Church on Saturday afternoon, Craster the border terrier, proudly sporting a new purple collar and lead, led his smiling ...
Bus passengers will see their routes change.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... BUS users are being advised of changes to their normal services due to roadworks on the outskirts of Durham City. The resurfacing work, which started on Saturday, will affect the area around the A167 roundabout at Pity Me over the next three weekends. During the work ...
Yacht couple back on dry land; Pair rescued after drifting for 40 days.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Phil Doherty ANORTH EAST woman who was adrift for 40 days and nights in a yacht on the edge of the infamous Bermuda Triangle is now back on dry land. Andrea Davison, 48, from Wallsend, Newcastle, and her partner Stuart Armstrong, 51, disembarked at Amsterdam ...
'Loophole is an insult'.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Last week a couple accused of inflicting appalling injuries on twin babies escaped jail after neither would admit responsibility. Zoe Taylor, 19, and partner Daryl Gray, 22, blamed each other for injuries suffered by her four-month-old twins Imogen and Oliver. And Newcastle's most senior ...
Jade is back in hospital; Publicist says Big Brother star in pain.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Mark Bulstrode CANCER-STRICKEN Jade Goody was last night facing the prospect of an operation to relieve her "awful pain", her publicist Max Clifford said. The 27-year-old Big Brother star was set to be admitted to the Royal Marsden Hospital, south west ...
Call to shred Sir Fred's pension.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... SIR Fred Goodwin will not get his pounds 650,000-plus pension even if he is legally entitled to it, Commons Leader Harriet Harman vowed yesterday in the strongest Government attack yet on the former banking chief. In what appeared to be a strong hint that the law could even be ...
Losers don't want repeat challenge.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... THE losing finalists in this year's University Challenge yesterday said they did not want a rematch despite claims a member of the winning team may have broken the rules as he was no longer a student. The BBC have launched an investigation following reports that Sam Kay, who ...
HOPEFULS TAKE THEIR TURN AT AUDITIONS.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... SINGERS and dancers impressed judges in open auditions for a Broadway musical. The Newcastle Musical Theatre Company held the first heat of auditions for their production of The Producers, which will open at Newcastle's Theatre Royal later this year. The comedy ...
Campaigners' anger as landfill extended; Planners support bid for extra time.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Dave Black FRESH anger has erupted after council planning officials gave their support to a controversial bid to continuing tipping operations at a Northumberland landfill site for a further two and a half years. Waste management company Sita UK wants to delay ...
50 cars destroyed in blaze at salvage yard.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... MORE than 50 cars were destroyed in a fire at a salvage yard. Firefighters spent two hours tackling the blaze, at North East Motor Salvage, on the North West Industrial Estate, in Peterlee, County Durham. The fire is believed to have started in one of the cars but ...
pounds 1m boost to footballing stars of tomorrow.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... NEWCASTLE United star Steven Taylor helped give grass roots football a massive boost by handing over a pounds 1m Football Foundation cheque to build a new community sports complex. The Magpie defender joined football-mad youngsters from Longhoughton Rangers Youth Football Club ...
Fashion: Bright designs for spring; Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood has produced a stunning spring/summer collection featuring brights, stripes gold lame and her trademark ruffles and drapes. Liz Lamb rifles through the racks to see what's on offer.(Features)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Liz Lamb ANGLOMANIA THE collection re-interprets Vivienne Westwood's iconic shapes for a younger, more casual customer. For spring/summer Anglomania takes its inspiration from Greek antiquity. Pieces include draped column dresses in plain and ...
Miners' strike 25 years on; Despite passage of time a town's bitterness lingers.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Neil McKay TWENTY five years ago, miners in the North East joined a national strike over pit closures in what became one of the bitterest industrial disputes of recent times. Supporting the strike plunged many mining families into poverty and communities were ...
On the front line in fight for survival.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... PAM Blanchard remembers all too well the food parcels she prepared during the year-long miners strike. "There were about 30, all single lads, and they were entitled to no money. "The married miners were entitled to some money for their families, but the single ones ...
Trees remain on campus; University fails to overturn TPO.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Tony Henderson Environment Editor UNIVERSITY bosses have failed in their bid to overturn a protection order to save 300 trees. Last October Northumbria University applied for outline planning permission for up to 200 homes on its Heaton Manor House campus on ...
DOG OWNERS TAKE THE LEAD.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... DOG lovers in a seaside village have deliberately flouted a controversial beach ban on their pets - to mark the first anniversary of its introduction. More than 20 owners took their dogs for a morning walk along the sands in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland on Saturday, in ...
culture: Premier poet heralds library; As he prepares to mark the completion of Newcastle City Library, Poet Laureate Andrew Motion talks to David Whetstone.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: David Whetstone Anew chapter in North East life begins this week as Newcastle City Council takes possession of the pounds 40.2m new City Library Construction partners Kajima, Tolent and Ryder will officially hand the keys of the imposing glass building over to Newcastle ...
hot ticket.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Nicola Benedetti Violin Recital Hall One, The Sage Gateshead. Tonight, 7.30pm. Tel: (0191) 443 4661. ...
Troubadours and traditionalists.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... AUDIENCE veterans of the African Soul Rebel tours will be bristling with excitement as the fifth version of this never less than superb series rolls into town. As ever, it includes a true great of the world's music scene, this time in the form of the genius troubadour of ...
Exhibition openings.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Invisible Adversaries: Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland Invisible Adversaries counterposes new work by nine international artists with paintings by artists including John Constable, Francisco de Goya and JJ Grandville. The contemporary artists explore gender ...
Angry mob prove they're just out for a good time.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Chris Knox Kaiser Chiefs Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle. HAVING just put rumours of a split behind them, it was clear that the Kaiser Chiefs had something to prove on Saturday night. A rip-roaring performance by indie-dance troupe Black ...
TIME OUT: Quiz of the Day.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... 1. In which European Union country is the province of Extremadura? 2. Julian Lloyd Webber, brother of composer Andrew, is a renowned performer on which musical instrument? 3. In soccer, which two teams would contest a Steel City derby? 4. What name is given ...
TIME OUT.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Name the Year 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. Durham University students Daniel Robinson, left, from Nottingham studying English and Mike ...
Gloomy outlook as recession bites hard.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Peter McCusker HUNDREDS of North East manufacturers have recorded their gloomiest ever predictions as many revert to short-time working and staff redundancies in the wake of the deepest recession for years. The quarterly survey from the manufacturers body EEF ...
Creditors claim pounds 14m debt from Officers Club.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Peter McCusker THE companies which previously owned menswear retail chain The Officers Club collapsed with debts of over pounds 10m and its creditors will today hear how much they are set to receive from its administrators. PricewaterhouseCoopers have ...
Employers and staff can be winners.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: KEVIN ROWAN IWAS lucky enough last week to be invited by JobCentre Plus to present one of the awards celebrating the achievements in the region of Local Employment Partnerships (LEPs). LEPs are essentially agreements between business and Government which ...
Drug company planning expansion after grant success; Real help for businesses now.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... A CHEMICAL company plans a pounds 100,000 expansion to increase production of drugs for medical research around the world. Billingham-based Cambridge Research Biochemicals (CRB), a manufacturer of peptides and antibodies, is to buy a new chemical synthesiser to make more ...
Sage advice for young business.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Andrew Mernin IN A small office on a Washington trading estate last week, the man who created a North East behemoth may well have helped spawn another baby giant set to take over the world. Graham Wylie, one of the founders FTSE 100 global software empire ...
From action man to history man; From the jungles of South America to the grandeur of Gibside, Karen Dent meets action man turned heritage consultant Tony Walton.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... GIVE them as near as lifethreatening experience as you possibly can' was Tony Walton's brief before he headed to Chile for the first of the 26 expeditions he would lead for Operation Raleigh. But he didn't realise he would have to organise a full-scale international rescue for ...
THE QUESTIONNAIRE.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... What car do you drive? Volvo estate V70 What's your favourite restaurant? Basilica's on Gosforth High Street. Who or what makes you laugh? The grandchildren make me laugh and As Time Goes By with Judi Dench creases me up What's your favourite ...
ITV to reveal crunch toll on advertising revenue; Taking Stock.(Business)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Iain Laing ITV's plans for tackling the sharpest advertising slowdown in recent memory will be in the spotlight when it reports annual results next week. Banking giant HSBC will be the last of the UK's major players to post full-year figures today after a ...
SHARE TIPS; Taking Stock.(Business)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Sunday Telegraph DISTRIBUTION group Bunzl (581p), which generates half of its revenue from the US and a fifth from Continental Europe, has benefited from the weak pound. The group, which reported an 8% rise in pre-tax profits to pounds 206.9m last week has also benefited from ...
Serco upbeat in light of organic growth; SHARE WATCH Taking Stock.(Business)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: ANDREW J MILLER SERCO - There were no surprises in Serco's recent full-year results, with the group reporting organic growth of 10.3% and an increase in margins of 0.3%, as guided by management. The group's order book increased further from the previous ...
Sara's crafty companion wins hearts in the States.(Business)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Karen Dent THE talents of a young County Durham entrepreneur have been recognised across the Atlantic after she scooped a major prize for innovation. Sara Davis, who runs Crafters Companion, has taken advantage of America's renewed interest in traditional ...
New thoughts on small firms' safety issues.(Business)
Mar 02, 2009 ... HEALTH and safety watchdogs are considering a new strategy to ensure small businesses are keeping up to date with regulations and requirements. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is consulting on ways to ensure small firms meet their legal obligations "in a manner ...