Air passengers are spending a bleak Christmas Day in airport hotels as they wait for flights disrupted by the weekend fog. Most passengers had managed to continue their journeys by Tuesday morning, but some transit travellers remained stranded in hotels
A NORTH-EAST medic is spending the holiday period patching up war wounds, in a tent hospital in Afghanistan. Ben Banjeree spends much of his time at City Hospital, in Sunderland, where he works as a consultant vascular surgeon. But he is currently serving
THE son of a woman killed when she was knocked down while using a pedestrian crossing has paid tribute to his "wonderful, kind and generous mother". Audrey Elizabeth Whaley's Christmas presents remained unopened at her home in Stockton, Teesside, after
A 20-YEAR-OLD man was found unconscious after an apparent assault on Christmas Day. The man was found in Aldwich Drive, North Shields around 3am. He was suffering from serious head injuries and was transferred to North Tyneside General Hospital, where
SOMETIMES you just have to admire a car for what it is. In our politically correct world it is easy to criticise a new design for not being this, or having too much that; for needing too much in it or for giving too much out. But every now and then
BURGLARS fleeced hairdressing salon staff of their Christmas bonus money given by grateful customers. Intruders forced their way into Salon Shimo, in Newton Hall, Durham, before taking money, gift sets and work equipment from the premises. They removed
A MAN has been remanded in custody until the New Year accused of the manslaughter of his mother. Margaret Office, 74, died in Newcastle General Hospital last Wednesday, having been admitted to North Tyneside General Hospital earlier in the month. A
THE Archbishop of York said in his Christmas message that Madeleine McCann's abduction and other injustices throughout the world were examples of God being violated and blasphemed. Dr John Sentamu delivered his sermon at a packed York Minster, and told
A STATE-OF-THE-ART library will be built in the region following a £1.5m lottery cash injection. North Yorkshire County Council will add a further £1.6m to the fund to create a brand-new library facility for Harrogate. The funding will allow work to
NEWCASTLE Falcons will be grateful that Leeds and Worcester are well adrift in the Guinness Premiership after slipping to the fringe of the relegation places yesterday. Tries from Iain Balshaw and Olivier Azam helped Gloucester remain top after a competent
Coach Peter Moores insists it was England's failure to deliver rather than tactical mistakes which left them thankful to rain for damage limitation in Sri Lanka. Alastair Cook's seventh Test hundred and two heavy downpours, the second of which terminated
