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Christmas comes late in Bedlington

The joy of Christmas is still to come for a group of stroke sufferers. The South-East Northumberland Stroke Support Group is holding its Christmas dinner on January 19. A £100 donation from Help the Aged means the 14-strong group of...

Posted by The Journal on January 7, 2009 12:18 PM

Evening of Glamour in Widdrington Station

A fine time was had by all at Dansers's 2008 Christmas Ball. The evening passed with everyone in high spirits despite several disturbances including a fight in the car park outside and an act of vandalism that resulted in a...

Posted by Helen Wilson on January 6, 2009 10:28 AM

Chipping service for real Christmas trees

Alnwick District Council is offering residents an environmentally friendly way to dispose of real Christmas trees. A series of collection points will be set up between January 5 and 9 to help people ensure that their trees are discarded responsibly....

Posted by The Journal on January 5, 2009 12:03 PM

Chipping service for real Christmas trees

Alnwick District Council is offering residents an environmentally friendly way to dispose of real Christmas trees. A series of collection points will be set up between January 5 and 9 to help people ensure that their trees are discarded responsibly....

Posted by The Journal on January 5, 2009 11:59 AM

Chipping service for real Christmas trees

Alnwick District Council is offering residents an environmentally friendly way to dispose of real Christmas trees. A series of collection points will be set up between January 5 and 9 to help people ensure that their trees are discarded responsibly....

Posted by The Journal on January 5, 2009 11:55 AM

Boat rescue family spend Christmas in rented house

A young family spent Christmas six miles from home after being forced out of their home. Local government worker Ian Havery, 42, his wife Alison and their six daughters were helped out of their riverside home by boat after it...

Posted by The Journal on January 1, 2009 4:17 PM

Festive cheer for Prudhoe school's pupils

As children wound down for the Christmas break, one set of youngsters had a special reason to feel the seasonal cheer. As well as the usual annual activities, including Harvest Festival, learning Christmas carols and staging a Nativity play, the...

Posted by The Journal on December 31, 2008 11:54 AM

Housing boss sorry for Prudhoe woman's nightmare

A housing company boss has apologised for a mum's nightmare Christmas when she and her son were left without heating or hot water. Divorcee Margaret Masters had planned to have Christmas dinner with her 84-year-old mum Elizabeth Mason, but, with...

Posted by The Journal on December 30, 2008 4:53 PM

Merry Christmas everybody! (Not gays or jews)

Merry Christmas everyone! Of course, speaking as a non-religious person myself; Christmas isn't just about Christianity any more. Christmas, in this country at least, is a time for people of all faiths and beliefs to come together. For example look...

Posted by Tom Scotney on December 25, 2008 4:42 PM

The Getintothis Alternative Christmas Message

Can collaborator, electronica guru, Liverpool expat and all-round dude, Jono Podmore delivers this year's alternative Christmas message - huzzah!...

Posted by Peter Guy on December 25, 2008 2:01 PM

Happy Christmas!

Posted by Laura Davis on December 25, 2008 8:00 AM

A seasonal message to everyone...

THE festive holidays are often notoriously short (and sometimes non-existent) for those of us in the media industry, so I shall be back here very soon, but I want to take this opportunity to wish all of you a...

Posted by David Bentley on December 25, 2008 1:15 AM

A tale of two Christmasses

A SEASONAL blog post for you - researchers at Liverpool University have uncovered details of a Christmas party held for its servants at the Victoria Building in 1895. It took place on December 27, with food and music, and was...

Posted by Laura Davis on December 24, 2008 4:05 PM

Hallelujah - the epiphany, plus Christmas bigotry and other festive tales

So, this is Christmas. What have you done? Another year over.......oops, wrong song. Last week I wrote of my outrage at how the X Factor was turning a work of genius into just another karaoke song. Then I changed my...

Posted by Paul Flower on December 24, 2008 11:21 AM

Liverpool fan Michael Shields to spend third Christmas in prison

MICHAEL Shields will spend his third Christmas behind bars after he was told he would not be given leave from an open jail. Merseyside MEP Arlene McCarthy had issued a personal appeal for a temporary release pass for Michael to...

Posted by Administrator on December 24, 2008 11:17 AM

My festive plea for Liverpool - no slip-ups!

NEXT up is a game at Anfield Liverpool are expected to win. And sadly with the Boxing Day visit of Bolton Wanderers comes a now familiar cry - 'No slips ups please, boys!' Of course, the way the Premier League...

Posted by Tommy Smith on December 24, 2008 11:11 AM

Council 'peed-off' over festive prank signs

People should ignore signs telling them that it is legal to urinate in certain public places in Nottingham, the city council said. The signs, which were put up by pranksters in and around Nottingham, are designed to look official. They...

Posted by James Shepherd on December 24, 2008 10:54 AM

Crimbovision!

Happy Christmas Eve! Boom Bang a Blog knows that one thought has been uppermost on your mind as you have queued outside Currys at 5am for the last Wii Fitness in the northern hemisphere, cursed Jamie Oliver for a lack...

Posted by Jamie McLoughlin on December 24, 2008 10:46 AM

Seaton Sluice pupils' festive cooking lessons

Youngsters in Northumberland have been getting lessons about festive fare that will keep them fit and healthy. Local children attended a festive cookery session at Seaton Sluice Middle School, while the Spar shop in North Seaton, Ashington, also hosted a...

Posted by The Journal on December 24, 2008 9:22 AM

Chateux Midden: Christmas treat

Fester has just stepped into the bath. As he removed his boxers and dropped them onto the bedroom floor I asked, rather pointedly, "And are you going to put on clean underpants tomorrow?" To which he replied "I might. Oh...

Posted by Brenda Boyd on December 23, 2008 10:29 PM