The Journal (Newcastle, England) back issues from July 2009:
New hope for cancer patients.
Jul 01, 2009 ... THREE cancer charities have given hope to North East cancer patients who fail to respond to treatment by offering them one last throw of the dice ...
U-turn over ID cards plan.
Jul 01, 2009 ... ID CARDS will no longer be compulsory for everyone in the country said Home Secretary Alan Johnson in a ...
Heartache for grieving mother.
Jul 01, 2009 ... THE mother of a North woman killed in a terror bomb blast in Turkey spoke of her ...
Just let him off to get on with his life; Four years on, with a legal bill of pounds 10,000 and counting, judge blasts council over driver with out-of-date disabled parking badge.
Jul 01, 2009 ... TWO parking tickets served on a disabled driver who failed to displaying his valid pass condemned him to a four-year legal battle which reached a climax yesterday. Retired policeman David Athey, 59, was fined pounds 120 for the offences ...
INSIDE TODAY.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Letters ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 Family notices ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...12 Journal Campaign ... ... ... ... ... .... 14 Culture ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 18 TV ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .... 20 Business ...
VARIED CAREER.
Jul 01, 2009 ... BINGO! is the latest venture in the varied career of the play's director Anne Orwin. Anne, who lives in Whitley Bay, appeared in 17 series of TV's Byker Grove, in which she played foster mum Lu Gallagher. "Byker Grove was a great breeding ground for young talent and it was like ...
Social commentary of a different kind; Drama about a club to be shown in a club.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Tony Henderson AN over-60s drama group will be hoping for a full house when they stage their latest play, called Bingo! The play is set in the concert room of a social club at the start of a session. And a performance of the play on Sunday will be ...
Chip pan drama; NORTH TODAY: BLAZE.
Jul 01, 2009 ... A PENSIONER fled her home after a chip pan fire sent flames tearing through her kitchen. Firefighters were called at around 5.45pm yesterday to a ground ...
Carers thanked; NORTH TODAY: RECOGNITION.
Jul 01, 2009 ... AN ARMY of foster carers will receive civic thanks and awards from the Mayor of Sunderland this evening recognising their contribution to life in the city. Around 150 of the city's foster carers will be attending a celebratory evening at the Seaburn Marriott Hotel, where 23 of the invited ...
End of the line? NORTH TODAY: CONCERN.
Jul 01, 2009 ... CONCERNS were raised last night about the future of a Northumberland BT phone box. A notice has been placed in the box on Harbour Road, in Beadnell, stating a consultation on ...
One in six jobless; NORTH TODAY: UNEMPLOYMENT.
Jul 01, 2009 ... A NEWCASTLE councillor has attacked Government efforts to tackle the rising rate of unemployment on Tyneside. Liberal ...
River plunge; NORTH TODAY: POLICE.
Jul 01, 2009 ... A MAN is in a critical condition after plunging 85ft from a Wearside bridge. Emergency services launched a rescue effort after the man fell into the River Wear from ...
'I needed to put a face to this monster' Mother sees man accused of terror bomb.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Dan Warburton THE MOTHER of a woman killed in a Turkish terrorist blast spoke of her heartache last night after the trial of the suspected bomber was adjourned for three months. Sharon Holden's 21-year-old daughter was killed on July 16, 2005, when a bomb ...
NORTH ARTIST FEARS FOR HIS FUTURE.
Jul 01, 2009 ... A DURHAM artist who was cleared of mocking Turkey's prime minister by portraying him as a dog in a collage has fled the country after hearing his acquittal has been overturned. Michael Dickinson, 59, returned home after hearing a late-night TV report saying the acquittal had been quashed ...
'Waste of time and cash' Judge questions wisdom of case.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Rob Kennedy AJUDGE has branded the prosecution of a disabled former policeman for displaying an out-of-date parking badge a complete waste of taxpayers' money. David Athey was taken to court after not paying two parking fines imposed when he mistakenly displayed a ...
UK assets seized; BRITAIN TODAY: FRAUD.
Jul 01, 2009 ... MORE than pounds 60m of funds believed to be connected to cricket entrepreneur Sir Allen Stanford's alleged investment fraud have been seized in UK banks. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said it had ...
Bad teachers could be banned from class.
Jul 01, 2009 ... TEACHERS will face five-year check-ups to ensure they are fit to teach and could be banned from the classroom if they are not up to scratch. Children's Secretary Ed Balls announced yesterday the "licence to teach" which he said will put teachers on a par with doctors and ...
Johnson performs U-turn on ID cards; Controversial cards will not be compulsory.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Jack Doyle HOME Secretary Alan Johnson last night signalled a major climbdown on ID cards as he ruled out making them compulsory. Plans to force some airport workers to carry the controversial cards were also dramatically ditched. In his first major policy ...
Bill in doubt; BRITAIN TODAY: EXPENSES.
Jul 01, 2009 ... PLANS for the independent regulation of MPs' expenses claims are incompatible with human rights laws, an influential parliamentary committee warned last night. The Joint Committee ...
Cancer meat link; BRITAIN TODAY: HEALTH.
Jul 01, 2009 ... A MEAT-FREE diet could reduce the risk of developing cancer, a study claims. More than 61,000 people were monitored over 12 years by Cancer Research UK scientists from Oxford, who ...
Girl's 'suffering' BRITAIN TODAY: SWINE FLU.
Jul 01, 2009 ... A SIX-YEAR-OLD girl who died after contracting swine flu was born with a rare life-threatening disease, an inquest heard. Sameerah Ahmad suffered from an extremely rare disorder affecting her small intestine. Doctors also suspected she was suffering from ...
Unhappy homes; BRITAIN TODAY: SOCIAL.
Jul 01, 2009 ... PARENTS whose children stay at home are more likely to suffer depression than those whose offspring move out, researchers claim. The ...
Runaway van hits house.
Jul 01, 2009 ... A RUNAWAY van crashed into the home of a Northumberland musician, causing substantial damage to her gas mains supply. Maureen Davison had a lucky escape when the vehicle lost control as it was being driven down Pottery Bank Court, Morpeth, at around 7am yesterday. ...
No guarantees on transport; PM refuses to rule out budget cuts.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: William Green FEARS of spending cuts in regional transport budgets were last night ratcheted up after Gordon Brown refused to guarantee their future. North MPs have already warned cuts will hit regional transport spending hardest while multi-billion schemes in ...
Shed destroyed; NORTH TODAY: BLAZE.
Jul 01, 2009 ... A BLAZE destroyed a garden shed following a suspected arson attack. The shed was set on fire between 11.30pm and ...
Driven man; NORTH TODAY: CHARITY.
Jul 01, 2009 ... EXCAVATOR driver Chris Collier, 36, who works on UK Coal's Stobswood opencast site near Morpeth, has handed over almost pounds 2,000 to the Spinal Research charity after completing the London Marathon in April. Chris, who is married ...
Delays on A68; NORTH TODAY: TRAFFIC.
Jul 01, 2009 ... LETTERS have been sent to local residents and businesses warning them of resurfacing work which will be carried out on the A68 road in Northumberland for two weeks ...
Valuable land; NORTH TODAY: AUCTION.
Jul 01, 2009 ... LAND owned by mining company UK Coal, including about 700 acres in County Durham and Northumberland, raised pounds 4.3m when it was sold at auction recently. ...
School raided; NORTH TODAY: POLICE.
Jul 01, 2009 ... THIEVES targeted a Tyneside school in a late-night raid. The attack happened between 1.30am and 1.40am on Wednesday June 17 at the Holy Trinity Primary School on Brockley Avenue, South Shields. Cash ...
Pubs are reeling from smoke ban as habits change.
Jul 01, 2009 ... THE ban was guaranteed to change the smoking industry for better or for worse when it was introduced two years ago. Jo O'Donnell has met with doctors and landlords to see how the rules have affected smoking - and drinking - habits across the North East TWO years after smoking ...
TV appeal hit by tennis; Fewer than one million watch show.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Neil McKay MILLIONS of TV viewers missed an appeal for the brutal attackers of a frail retired North GP due to tennis star Andy Murray's on-court heroics. Murray's epic Wimbledon encounter with Stanislas Wawrinka on Monday night lasted well over the scheduled ...
Opportunity gone to give town a boost; VOICE OF THE NORTH.
Jul 01, 2009 ... NOW we know the preferred sites for the new academy school in Consett (Belleview or Crookhall), it sends a clear signal that there are very unlikely to be new sports facilities as both sites would not be big enough for both projects. Our county councillors Robson, Brown and ...
Time for an end.
Jul 01, 2009 ... AFTER more than four years of legal arguments, a dispute over parking tickets issued to a disabled driver in Newcastle has benefited from the intervention of Judge ...
A deserved ban.
Jul 01, 2009 ... TWO years into the ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces, those unpleasant rooms full of cancer causing chemicals are not about to return. Which is how it should be, given the smelly, eye watering, lung burning nastiness that cigarette smoke can inflict ...
An important step in the fight for hope.
Jul 01, 2009 ... THE shadow that cancer can cast over people's lives often seems dark, impenetrable and full of foreboding. The menace it exudes is of so frightening a kind that pushing the very thought of it out of mind is the only way many can handle it. There are even those whose ...
Rural areas need work before homes; VOICE OF THE NORTH.
Jul 01, 2009 ... WHAT is all the angst about affordable housing in rural villages? Surely the first priority is work, you know, to pay rent or mortgage. Anyway so many people these days like to holiday abroad, especially the young. ...
Too much is spent promoting tourism; VOICE OF THE NORTH.
Jul 01, 2009 ... TOBIAS Ellwood is quite right in stating that the amount of money spent on promoting tourism in the North East is a waste of public funds. The amount of publicity given to the Alnwick ...
Give some thought to what you write; VOICE OF THE NORTH.
Jul 01, 2009 ... IN your article on peregrine falcons being found dead (The Journal, June 25), you refer to a "cruel poisoner being hunted". What other sort of poisoner is there? A kindly poisoner? A gentle, ...
Blair and Brown destroyed party; VOICE OF THE NORTH.
Jul 01, 2009 ... IN spite of the alleged efforts of Mr Tony Blair to stop and stifle it, the Iraq War inquiry will go ahead. Tony Blair's home policy continued by Gordon Brown has been responsible for the complete destruction of the Labour Party and may well usher in a fascist future for the people of ...
Original euro vote was for trading only; VOICE OF THE NORTH.
Jul 01, 2009 ... FJ White claims that the majority of people in Britain voted in favour of European membership (Voice of the North, June 22). What they were asked to vote for in 1975 was membership of a trading organisation that would have no effect on our laws or sovereignty. It has, of course, turned out ...
A TV repeat by any other name ... VOICE OF THE NORTH.
Jul 01, 2009 ... MR Lewis is most certainly leaning against an open door, when he brings up the subject of TV repeats (Voice of the North, June 29). The only thing is, Mr Lewis, the term 'repeat' went out with black and white television. Nowadays it's re-loaded, another chance to see, catch-up ...
Essential to have a future energy plan; VOICE OF THE NORTH.
Jul 01, 2009 ... MY point about wind power being an investment in the future seems to have been blown off course, towards Brazil, according to A Ferguson of Berwick-upon-Tweed. (Voice of the North, June 26). I was suggesting that as well as successfully harnessing the power of the wind, our ...
It's time to focus on a good recovery.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: HUGH M O R GA N WILLIAMS RECESSIONS don't tend to end on a particular date. The economy doesn't just bounce back as if the last few months were a temporary slip-up in the march of prosperity. We're currently in that difficult interim period. The economy's ...
VIEW OF THE NORTH.
Jul 01, 2009 ... LINE OF DEFENCE Codger's Fort at Rothbury, built in 1769 for Sir Walter Calverley Blackett, cannot have been so perfectly captured by a photographer as it has been here by reader James Thow of Chapel Park, Newcastle. Send your views of the ...
BIRTHS.
Jul 01, 2009 ... THOMPSON (Ryton). John and Kay (Cadwallender), are delighted to announce the birth of their ...
DEATHS.
Jul 01, 2009 ... ATKINSON (Hexham). Formerly of Whitley Bay. Peacefully at Close House Nursing Home, on 27th June 2009, aged 94 years, Eleanor, beloved wife of the late Russell, much loved mother of Stephanie, Jennifer and David and a loved and devoted grandmother and great grandmother. A Service of ...
New hope for cancer patients; Experimental drugs will be on offer.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Robert Weatherall NORTH East cancer patients who fail to respond to treatment could be offered one last throw of the dice in their battle for survival. Three cancer charities working in the region have officially declared they are set to work together in a bid ...
BIRTHDAY MEMORIES.
Jul 01, 2009 ... MARTIN (Stakeford). Birthday memories on July 1st. Olive, loving wife, mother and grandma. Sadly ...
IN MEMORIAM.(Obituary)
Jul 01, 2009 ... HODGSON (Crawcrook). In loving memory of my dear wife Valerie, died 1st July 2008. If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to Heaven and bring you home again. Always in my heart. Your ever loving husband Peter. HODGSON (Crawcrook). Valerie (nee ...
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Jul 01, 2009 ... BOARD (Chester le Street). John Board's family, would like to express thanks to all those who helped to care for John during his illness, especially the teams at Cestria Health Centre, Boots Pharmacy at Cestria, Lifespan and St. Cuthbert's Hospice. Our thanks also go to all friends who ...
2,000 female workers set for payout; Equality pay at council.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Dave Black MORE than 2,000 female council workers in Northumberland are set for payouts after agreement was finally reached to settle a long-running, pounds 50m equal pay claim. Women county council employees such as cleaners, kitchen assistants and carers ...
FESTIVAL PROVES PURE ESCAPISM FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS.
Jul 01, 2009 ... GUINNESS world record-breaking escapologist David Straitjacket launched an international music festival. David, eight times Guiness Record holder, opened BRASS: Durham International Music Festival by attempting to escape from a straitjacket and chains in under two minutes. David has been ...
Lotto cash to help spruce up neglected green space.
Jul 01, 2009 ... A MEMORIAL garden in a County Durham village is to be transformed thanks to a lottery grant. The Coxhoe Community Partnership, in Durham, is to receive pounds 48,000 from the Lottery-funded community spaces programme to spruce up the dilapidated garden. Originally ...
TV star is awarded honorary degree from Durham.
Jul 01, 2009 ... FORMER Tomorrow's World presenter, broadcaster and author, Judith Hann, was awarded an honorary degree from Durham University yesterday. Judith, who presented the popular science programme for 20 years, graduated from Durham in 1964 with an honours degree in zoology. ...
High spirits as new gin firm launches; Centuries-old tradition back in Tyne Valley.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Joanne Butcher DRINKERS partial to a drop of Mother's Ruin can now enjoy a truly local tipple. Fledgling venture Northumbria Spirit has revived a centuries-old tradition of producing liquor in the Tyne Valley with the launch of a premium gin. And, combined ...
Man arrested after hit and run smash.
Jul 01, 2009 ... POLICE arrested a man in relation to a serious hit-and-run accident in North Tyneside. Cyclist Alistair Barnett was knocked over by a black sports hatchback on Monkseaton Drive, near Sainsbury's supermarket, Whitley Bay, more than a week ago. The 51-year-old grandad-of-two ...
Day out to mark the end of era for school.
Jul 01, 2009 ... HUNDREDS of pupils and staff from a Northumberland school have enjoyed a special day out as part of a series of activities to mark its final term. Eleven coaches were required to take 550 youngsters, teachers, assistants, cooks, cleaners and other staff from Wensleydale Middle ...
'Puffin-nav' will be used to track birds; Probe into decline in numbers.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Tony Henderson PUFFINS are being recruited to act as "investigators" in a probe into a dramatic decline in their numbers off the North East coast. In what is a world-first move for puffins, scientists at Newcastle University are attaching three different ...
Hostages 'shot' WORLD TODAY: IRAQ.
Jul 01, 2009 ... TWO British hostages whose bodies were flown home from Iraq last week are thought to have been shot dead. Inquests into the deaths of security guards Jason Swindlehurst, 38, and Jason Creswell, 39, are ...
Britons injured; WORLD TODAY: TURKEY.
Jul 01, 2009 ... SEVEN Britons were injured in a hotel fire in Turkey, the Foreign Office said. The blaze took hold in accommodation in the ...
Shapes and sizes; WORLD TODAY: EUROPE.
Jul 01, 2009 ... CURVY cucumbers and knobbly carrots return to supermarket shelves today thanks to the abolition of EU rules on the size and shape of 36 types of fruit and veg. For 20 years ...
Yes to No bid; WORLD TODAY: EUROPE.
Jul 01, 2009 ... EUROPEAN judges have said yes to a German company's bid to trademark Dr No -despite opposition from the owners of the rights to the James Bond filWORLD TODAY ms. Dr No, the 1962 movie starring ...
Soldier's bad luck; WORLD TODAY: INQUEST.
Jul 01, 2009 ... A SOLDIER died as a result of "tragic bad luck" during a Taliban firefight in Afghanistan, an inquest heard. Private ...
Dame's new deal; WORLD TODAY: SHOWBUSINESS.
Jul 01, 2009 ... DAME Shirley Bassey has signed a new major label ...
Jackson had 'cut father from will' Pictures show singer's final rehearsals.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Matt Williams MICHAEL Jackson cut his father out of his last will in a move that would deprive him of a share in his fortune, it was reported last night. The Wall Street Journal said the It also emerged that Jackson was worth a net pounds 143m as of ...