A TONNE of potentially dangerous asbestos waste was found dumped in an estate yesterday. A team of council workers in protective suits, gloves and face masks bagged and sealed the broken corrugated asbestos board. The culprits were condemned for putting
THE new Guisborough Business Park could soon house 300 Redcar and Cleveland Council workers. The development has been selected as the new home for the local authority's environmental and technical services department. Developer Benchmark Properties has
TO generations of Teessiders, the late Wilf Mannion was an icon. It was a week ago today that the region said a final farewell to the unassuming legend, who starred for England and Middlesbrough. Wilf, who died earlier this month aged 81, was still held
A BOY who was shot at by a sniper is recovering today from surgery to remove a pellet from his head. Brendan Holland underwent a delicate operation yesterday, after doctors said there had been a risk the pellet might move and damage his eyes or even his
A JILTED lover torched his former girlfriend's bed because he could not bear her new boyfriend being in it with her, a court was told yesterday. After a binge of ten pints of beer and whisky chasers, John Stokoe, 29, poured petrol through the bedroom
SOME of the best wildlife pictures in the world have gone on display in Teesside. The Out of this World exhibition at the Bellamy Pavilion in Redcar contains all 143 winning photographs from the 1999 BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition. Subjects
Bryan Robson is likely to be facing a misconduct charge today when the FA meet to consider his angry confrontation with referee Neale Barry 12 days ago. Robson clashed with the Scunthorpe match official after the defeat at Coventry, and Lancaster Gate's
NEWLY-crowned Hartlepool player of the year Paul Stephenson last night reflected on his award and admitted: "It's all thanks to the manager.'' Stephenson polled almost twice as many votes as 16-goal midfielder Tommy Miller as he walked away with the supporters
AN overhaul of services for Teesside pensioners, which will see community teams set up to coordinate services, is under way. New teams are part of an overhaul of Age Concern Teesside, which will see two major branches of the charity moved. The Stockton
EXTRA pedal power has arrived on Teesside with the completion of a link in the National Cycleway Network. It has taken three months' and £200,000 to build a 1.1 mile stretch of the route by the River Tees between Newport Bridge Middlesbrough and the Tees
