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‘There’s nothing I can’t do’

RUNNING THEIR OWN SHOW: Guy Turnbull, centre, with Walter Young and Carol Bell, who have set up the Social Work Co-Operative

9:49am Friday 10th July 2009

Guy Turnbull learnt to live with his disability by ignoring it. Now, he tells Steve Pratt, he wants to bring his people-before-profit ethos to helping solve the shortage of social workers.

Big Brother casts longer shadow

9:51am Friday 10th July 2009

DESPITE everything, Britain remains at heart a law-abiding, peaceful nation.

Pursuit of the truth

9:45am Friday 10th July 2009

CONFUSION reigned last night over the new allegations of widespread phone tapping of ministers, MPs and celebrities by journalists working for the News of the World.

In good taste

GASTRONOMIC GURUS: Gregg Wallace, left, and John Torode

10:01am Friday 10th July 2009

Celebrity Masterchef (BBC1, 8.30pm); T in the Park 2009 (BBC3, 8pm); Torchwood: Children Of Earth (BBC1, 9pm)

The wheel thing

BEAUTY AND THE BIKE: From left are Sofija Kriauciunaite, Ashley Mulangu, Nicole Donkin, Lauren Pyrah, Harriet Endersby and Kate Pilbeam

10:10am Friday 10th July 2009

Cycling is clever and keeps you fit, but it simply isn’t cool. Lauren Pyrah meets the husband and wife team who are trying to get North-East teenage girls on their bikes and change the image of cycling forever.

Black spot on roses

10:13am Friday 10th July 2009

Reader's question

Money for beginners: Time to get your money back

10:20am Friday 10th July 2009

You could be in line for a big payout if you were tricked by this huge mis-selling scandal, says Martin Lewis.

‘We have to stem this tide’

‘We have to stem this tide’

12:29pm Thursday 9th July 2009

With the future of steelmaking on Teesside shrouded in uncertainty, questions over the future of the £10bn chemical industry were raised last night after the closure of two key plants. Deborah Johnson reports.

Evening stars

Enthusiasts at their Mutual Improvement Class

12:36pm Thursday 9th July 2009

UNNAMED but by no means anonymous, engine No 20 provided a sidings sideshow last Friday evening for those with a one-track mind.

It's too late - after all these years

12:32pm Thursday 9th July 2009

SHOULD we be happy when the Government finally comes up with the correct policy – or furious that, with the General Election clock ticking, it is now too late to implement it?


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