THE Fast Show was a little bit wooh and a little bit whey in the 1990s – a fast-paced BBC comedy sketch show, starring Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson, that was packed full of catchphrases and featured many scenes filmed in the North-East.It ran fro…
Demand for coronavirus tests is three to four times the number available, the director of NHS test and trace has admitted.Baroness Dido Harding, who told MPs there was capacity to carry out 242,817 tests a day, said the “sizeable” rise in demand had be…
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FOR Leeds United’s supporting cast, opportunities to catch Marcelo Bielsa’s eye in competitive fixtures away from the Premier League in 2020-21 will not be commonplace.
Wednesday, 16th September 2020, 6:00 am
Leeds Uni…
I recently interviewed Shauna McIntyre, who joined Sense Photonics as CEO after many years of engineering and executive roles in companies such as Google, Ford, and Honeywell, along with consulting on strategic issues related to transportation. Sense P…
A DOMESTIC violence protection order has been made against a 19-year-old.A 30-day order has been placed on Joseph Charlotte after police received a phone call requesting assistance on August 4. When police attended Charlotte had already vacated the pre…
Hearing to decide whether Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States, in LondonMoreLONDON (Reuters) – The London extradition hearing for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will resume on Monday after one of the lawyers in the case received …
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Amazon has seen a huge rise in sales during the coronavirus crisis as consumers seek to obtain goods without leaving home. But critics are increasingly raising concerns about conditions with the company and its contracto…
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It is nearly six months since the announcement of national lockdown. Students are returning to school. The exam debacle has been resolved, only narrowly missing becoming another example of hardwired inequity. The Culture Recovery Fund has opened, altho…
For many Kenosha residents, Saturday morning was starting like the five mornings before them since Jacob Blake’s shooting by the police last Sunday, after a night of large, peaceful protests demanding justice and equality.Hundreds took to the streets, …
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Dad furious after son bought £19,000 monster truck and Paypal sent in debt collectors
A dad says he’s being chased by debt collectors after his son accidentally paid £19,000 for a monster truck online.
When Mohammad Faraji, from Wallsend, accidentally …
AN investigation is underway after a collision between a truck and bus in Darlington town centre.It happened on Stonebridge, in Darlington, at about 9.05am today.
A spokeswoman for Darlington Police said it involved a flatbed truck and a bus.
She added…
AFTER a career spent serving in Bosnia and Iraq with the army, winning an Olympic silver medal and running his own chain of pubs and cocktail bars, Al Heathcote’s latest job might seem a little ordinary.
But the new general manager of Leander Club in H…