Practice News Day around the UK Schools across the UK are taking part in a practice News Day on 13 November 2008 in preparation for the UK-wide event in March.
Crew criticised after sea rescue The owners of a speedboat which broke down off Sunderland were not properly equipped, say rescuers.
Stone, wood and love Thatcher, stonemason, carpenter. The men and women who stop our castles and cathedrals from crumbling away are in perilously short supply.
Shark snapped up by fishmongers A porbeagle shark is filleted by a North East fishmongers after the rare catch was hauled in by trawlermen.
Friday: light rain, Max Temp: 3°C (37°F), Min Temp: 3°C (37°F) Saturday: sunny, Max Temp: 6°C (43°F), Min Temp: -1°C (30°F) Sunday: sunny intervals, Max Temp: 5°C (41°F), Min Temp: 5°C (41°F)
