Model, muscle, music
Musician and model David Stoker has just come third in the Mr England competition. But while female contestants often dream of ‘saving the world’, David merely wants to wow us with his musical talents, he tells Chris Pleasance.
She flies... like a Bird
IF you’ve ever seen a car chase in a film, chances are you’ve seen a J-turn. It’s when the hero realises the only way out is back. Enter the J-turn: reverse fast, spin the car in a graceful arc and drive off the way you came, checking the rear view mirror for the villains now eating your dust.
Melting moments
Novice glass-blower Chris Pleasance immerses himself in the heat of the moment as the National Glass Centre reopens this weekend after a £2m makeover.
Body bootiful
Jayne Davidson tells Chris Pleasance how she has used personal experience to set up Bootylicious Bootcamps to help women feel happy with the way they look.
A glass act
SUNK into the quayside at the mouth of the River Wear is a huge glass cube that will be familiar to locals as the National Glass Centre.
No secret any more
TUCKED between a forge and a farm cottage, among the hilly countryside which leads to the slopes of the Pennines, and just a short drive off the A66 in Ravensworth, is the “secret blacksmith’s garden” belonging to Enid and Peter Wilson.
Coal is on the up
MUCH has been said about the slow decline of mining in the UK, especially since the death of Margaret Thatcher.
Family moves to Australia and back in two months - at a cost of £10,000
A FAMILY who moved to Adelaide in September last year were back living in the region within just two months.
Teenager learns the ropes while he trains
AGGRESSION, tenacity and fighting spirit are all qualities to look for when picking the employees of the future.
The return to Eden
Mullets and mules, tattoos and T-shirt tans, grub, pubs, painted wagons, and blinged-up babies with golden dummies. What else could it be but the annual gathering of gypsies and travellers for Appleby Horse Fair? Chris Pleasance reports.
