ADVERTISEMENT Published December 2021 “Beware o’ Peg Powler! Don’t tha go near to t’river bank!” That’s what generations of Teesdale parents have told their children. But it’s not just children that should take heed. Peg will grab anyone who gets too near the water’s edge and will drag them toContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT Fire chiefs have warned parents to think twice about using candles this Halloween and said costumes can go up in flames in a matter of seconds. Mams and dads across Tyne and Wear may be making the last touches to their family’s Halloween plans ahead of a night ofContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT Watching Britannia Unchained stumble in the aftermath of Brexit is as tragic as it was foreseeable. It required no oracular powers to predict the obvious perils of separating the United Kingdom from its closest and biggest trading partner, not to mention severing ancient ties thicker than blood. The financial futureContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT Shell posts profits of £8 bn for just one quarter, while people go cold and hungry and the earth continues on its path to destruction… The heartline’s connected to the oil pipe the oil pipe’s connected to the fat graph the fat graph’s connected to the big grin theContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT As the nights become longer, people across the North East are preparing to set reminders to wind their clocks back on 30 October to reflect the change in season. Despite this routine occurring twice every year, many people are caught out by the extra hour lost or gained. ButContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT This winter audiences across the North East of England are being invited to see The Devil Danced in Our Eyes a funny and moving tale about family, sexuality and the internet co-written and performed by Jonluke McKie. Featuring original live music, audiences will be able to meet 15-year-old JamieContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT It was announced today that the UK has a new Prime Minister – again. This one didn’t even have to be elected by MPs or members of his own party. He was the only candidate to achieve the required 100+ backers and so he will be duly ‘crowned’. RishiContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT Read by Nicola Tipton at the first National Rejoin March, 22 October 2022 I want my country back, the country they’ve taken away. Where has it gone … the tolerant, inclusive, diverse, creative, outward-looking, fair-minded, pre-Brexit one? Where is she now? I have lost her, the one I loved,Continue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT Just when it can’t get any more surreal, we hear that Tees Valley Mayor, Ben Houchen and Simon Clarke, MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, have decided to throw in their support and back Boris Johnson to be theContinue Reading
ADVERTISEMENT In her previous recent attempt to become PM, Penny Mordaunt talked a good deal about her past naval service as a qualification for high office. As this article records, Mordaunt allowed claims to be made about her that she had taken command of a naval vessel, actively served (whileContinue Reading
