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  • Support makes Terra firmer

    A CHEMICALS company is forging ahead with a £2.1m upgrade that it hopes will give it an edge over the competition. Terra Nitrogen (UK) Limited secured a £250,000 Regional Selective Assistance grant from Tees Valley Regeneration (TVR) that will help it

  • Triple child killer to be freed in four years

    CHILD killer Maxine Robinson, who smothered three of her children as they slept in their beds, could walk free in about four years, it was revealed yesterday. Robinson, 37, was more than eight years into a life sentence for murdering 19-month-old Christine

  • Croft Original

    SPEND any time with Annabel Croft and you'll resolve to abandon every unhealthy element in your life and to exercise like a demon. The woman is a walking, talking advert for a healthy lifestyle - she's 37, but looks far younger and is honed and toned

  • Experts send mixed messages about property boom

    PESSIMISM about the future of the housing boom increased yesterday following the publication of two downbeat reports. Mortgage lending fell by £1bn last month, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), prompting speculation that price rises

  • Masked raiders -left victims traumatised'

    TWO masked robbers who took part in terrifying raids, in which thousands of pounds were stolen, have been jailed. Stephen Miller, 41, of Loftus Road, Thornaby, Teesside, and Carl Henry, 32, of Eastmount Road, Darlington, were described as "violent, dangerous

  • Sven assumes control to curb revolution fears

    Sven-Goran Eriksson insisted he remains in full command of the England team as he quelled talk of a "players' revolt" ahead of the morale-boosting victory against Switzerland. Eriksson confirmed he had consulted his four midfielders over which tactics

  • Defiant driver, 71, evokes spirit of Agincourt

    A pensioner who could not contain his anger at speed cameras ended up in court - even though he was snapped doing only 20mph in a 30mph zone. Frank Benson, 71, was so incensed at the camera that he took both hands off the steering wheel to flick a double

  • Rooney's a real hot property

    Sven-Goran Eriksson is expecting England sensation Wayne Rooney to become the hottest property in Europe and admitted he would try to sign the Everton striker if he was still a club manager. The England coach believes the list of clubs would be "very