- 'Sharp drop' in degree courses
- Travellers 'hit by rip-off charges'
- Probe into sex-selection abortions
- UK urged to support tar sands ban
- GPs 'over-paid for ghost patients'
- Action urged on hip fracture costs
- Clegg reveals £1bn jobs fund boost
- RBS set to unveil £400m bonus pot
- Tributes to 'jolly jester' Carson
- Fast-track asylum delays criticised
- Korean firm wins MoD tankers deal
- Mother and daughter given Asbos
- 'Exceptionally' mild weather on way
- Teenager 'repeatedly raped by gang'
- Man quizzed over women's murders
- Cherie Blair makes phone hack claim
- Man accused of murdering vicar
- Peacocks saved, but 3,000 jobs go
- Sex attacker was under surveillance
- RBS set to unveil £400m bonus pot
Wraithscape
Jobling witnesses told a different story
WILLIAM Jobling, a drunkard, approached magistrate Nicholas Fairles and asked him for drinking money.
William Jobling - hero or villain?
So a memorial is to be erected in memory of William Jobling.
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Reality of the ‘Highgate Vampire’ affair
LAST week I detailed the incredible story of David Farrant, a man who, back in the 1970s, was vilified in the press and jailed for allegedly desecrating corpses at Highgate Cemetery in London. The case made headlines across the world.
Scary sights in the cemetery
MANY years ago, a young man by the name of David Farrant achieved a degree of notoriety when, with a group of colleagues, he visited the somewhat dishevelled Highgate Cemetery in London due to their interest in the occult.
David Miliband
Youth unemployment is problem we can’t afford
YESTERDAY. there was a debate in the House of Commons about youth unemployment.
Stephen Hepburn
NHS reorganisation expensive and pointless
Here’s a statistic that the ConDems are not broadcasting – £1.7bn.
Growing Pains
A weekend visit from the family
WE had my parents up this weekend. My parents and my sister actually.
Saving my kids from the perils of chocolate
JUST when I thought all the chocolate had gone, more has been put in its place.
My son’s obsessed with remote controls
THERE’S a lot of things going missing from my house at the moment.
Newbery
Atheist wins silly little battle - but war goes on
CLIVE Bone looks like one of those men with too much money in his bank account, and too much time on his hands.
Political outlook is stormy for Cameron
SIX weeks ago, this column, in its humble way, suggested David Cameron’s claim to have exercised a veto over the latest European treaty was not only delusional but a complete fallacy.
What was achieved by stripping Goodwin of knighthood?
SO Fred Goodwin (the name sounds reassuringly common without the ‘Sir’ in front of it) has been stripped of his knighthood.
Branson brave to lead fight to legalise drugs
IF alcohol and nicotine were to be discovered now, they would immediately be classified as dangerous drugs and, in all probability, banned.
Go For It!
Young people should go extra mile to find work
UNEMPLOYMENT in the North East has dropped for the first time in six months, bucking the national trend.
Have you got Business In You?
OVER the past week or so, Prime Minister David Cameron has launched a new campaign aiming to inspire people to start or grow their business.
Think about creating jobs, not just taking them
I’LL start this week by showcasing some of the fantastic events and organisations in the North East which are striving to help bring the business community together.
- Transfer Rumours: Tuesday, February 21
- Tottenham Hotspur set to swoop for Newcastle United ace
- Transfer Rumours Feb 22 update: Demba Ba, Asamoah Gyan, Newcastle, Sunderland, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Leicester
- Toddlers hurt by motorbike
- Transfer Rumours Feb 22: Demba Ba, Asamoah Gyan, Newcastle, Sunderland, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea
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Weather for Jarrow
Thursday 23 February 2012
Today
Cloudy
Temperature: 7 C to 14 C
Wind Speed: 25 mph
Wind direction: West
Tomorrow
Sunny spells
Temperature: 4 C to 10 C
Wind Speed: 26 mph
Wind direction: West
