CITY leaders have met with Cabinet ministers to discuss Government help to create a Newcastle to New York transatlantic route which would help bring £1bn to the regional economy.
GRANDMOTHER Monica Dixon, who sparked a 35-hour police search when she went missing from her care home, was safe in hospital last night after being found huddled beneath bushes in a garden.
THE long-term futures of dozens of community centres in County Durham remain up in the air after council bosses confirmed the facilities it can afford to support.
HARD-PRESSED businesses struggling in the recession have been handed a second boost by council bosses - with the scrapping of a proposed "pavement tax" on cafe owners.
SPORT and Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson has opened a new £6.7m world-class sports facility at Durham University, cementing the university's global reputation as a centre for sporting excellence.
NORTH East MPs are piling pressure on the Government to release a document that critics claim will spell out the dangers posed to the NHS by a controversial overhaul.
NEWCASTLE United may have re-named their hallowed stadium, megabucks Manchester City could be about to usurp their multi-title winning neighbours and goal-line technology might yet revolutionise decision-making.
RALLY drivers left disappointed by a decision to close a historic river crossing to traffic have been given a glimmer of hope that they may be able to continue to use the ford.
COMMUNITIES Secretary Eric Pickles yesterday brought down the curtain on the era of state-sponsored multiculturalism, with a new strategy on community cohesion and integration which calls for people to come together around shared values.
RESTAURANT bosses have been landed with fines for thousands of pounds after bogus workers were arrested during immigration raids at two Northumberland restaurants.
