Crocodile ‘may have eaten dad’
REMAINS have been found in the stomach of a crocodile suspected of eating a North-east man.
Published: 10/10/2008
1km tall building unveiled in Dubai
PLANS have been unveiled for a 1km building, which could become the tallest in the world.
Published: 06/10/2008
OJ Simpson faces life in prison
OJ SIMPSON faces spending the rest of his life behind bars today after being found guilty of kidnapping and armed robbery in Las Vegas.
Published: 04/10/2008
Markets plummet after US no-vote
UK STOCKS plunged to a four-year low today after the United States rejected a £385 billion rescue package to help its ailing economy.
Published: 30/09/2008
Helpers put up 22 new homes in shanty town
A TEAM of kind-hearted North-east volunteers travelled thousands of miles to one of the world’s poorest areas.
Published: 27/09/2008
9 killed in gun rampage
A STUDENT ran amok with a pistol at a Finnish adult training college killing up to nine people today before shooting himself.
Published: 23/09/2008
SIX Britons, including a child, were injured in a deadly truck bombing in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, the Foreign Office said.
Published: 22/09/2008
Oil firm on alert after man abducted
CUTBACKS were being implemented on oil operations in Nigeria today – after a North-east businessman was snatched from his home.
Published: 17/09/2008
Aberdeen oil man tells of hurricane hell
DRIVING through the “ghost town” of Houston, an Aberdeen dad today told of the hurricane-hit city’s devastation.
Published: 15/09/2008
Texas set for Ike
HURRICANE Ike bore down on the Texas coast today and was set to batter the state.
Published: 13/09/2008
Battle to free survivors as 10 die in rail smash
AT LEAST 10 people were killed and more than 100 left injured or trapped today when two trains collided in Los Angeles.
Published: 13/09/2008
Family’s tributes to oil worker
A DEVASTATED family today paid tribute to an Aberdeen oil worker found dead in Azerbaijan.
Published: 12/09/2008
Smooth start for Big Bang experiment
SCIENTISTS celebrated today as the “Big Bang experiment” was launched.
Published: 11/09/2008
Woman in search for lost love
A WOMAN who wore purple hotpants to meet her sailor sweetheart is appealing for his Aberdeen pal to help find him – nearly 40 years on.
Published: 10/09/2008
Family’s video tribute to tragic Karen
A MOVING online tribute has been set up by the family of tragic backpacker Karen Aim.
Published: 09/09/2008
Will this machine destroy the world?
COULD this machine spell the end of the world?
Published: 05/09/2008
Expat tells of destruction in the wake of hurricane
AN ABERDEEN expatriate today described the effects of Hurricane Gustav after it battered his neighbourhood.
Published: 04/09/2008
Aberdeen family’s 11-hour journey to flee hurricane
AN ABERDEEN family drove for 11 hours to escape the devastation of Hurricane Gustav.
Published: 03/09/2008
Eight die as Hurricane Gustav hits America
HURRICANE Gustav has claimed eight lives after making landfall on America’s Gulf coast.
Published: 02/09/2008
‘Hurricane Gustav was a let-down’
HURRICANE-FORCE winds battered his house and torrential rain lashed down on it.
Published: 02/09/2008
US waits for ‘storm of the century’
HURRICANE Gustav was expected to make landfall on the US Gulf coast today, three years after Katrina devastated New Orleans.
Published: 01/09/2008
Russian head: ‘We’re not afraid of new cold war’
RUSSIA raised the stakes in the aftermath of its invasion of Georgia today by formally recognising two breakaway territories.
Published: 27/08/2008
153 burn to death in plane fireball
A PROBE was continuing today into Spain’s worst plan crash for 25 years, after 153 holiday-makers burned to death when their jet crashed on take-off.
Published: 21/08/2008
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