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19-year-old man feels 'disciminated' after being fired due to his 'hygiene'

19-year-old man feels 'discriminated' after being fired due to his 'hygiene'
A man is 'furious' for being fired after a manager questions his personal hygiene.

CGI images of how the new station will look. Picture: TEES VALLEY COMBINED AUTHORITY

New details reveal how Darlington station will be transformed in redevelopment

Will Elon listen to Ben?

Houchen pitches Tesla-side to Elon Musk

Professor Cormac Ryan, Teesside University (back left), Jo Leversuch, Make-up Artist (back right), Dr Sophie Suri, Teesside University (front left), Pete Moore, Pain Champion (front middle) and Professor Denis Martin, Teesside University (front right)

University helps build Pete - the Artificial Intelligence pain expert

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Mike Ashley to open HUGE department store inside former Metrocentre Debenhams

Peter Greenwood from Darlington has been left unable to reach an online travel firm who owe him over £200. Picture: CHRIS BOOTH

Darlington man's holiday nightmare after travel firm does a 'disappearing trick'

The Nisa Local Dales Market Square in Grassington has undergone an extensive refurbishment

The unsuspecting corner shop which was 'run down' but now everybody 'loves it'

Aerial Ashes Ltd drone over Guisborough Picture: NORTHERN ECHO STOCK

Funeral firm offering to scatter loved one's ashes in the sky from a DRONE

Chief executive Dr Yvonne Gale

Fund's investments for North East firms passes £20m landmark

Teesside Airport 'should not be asking for any more money' after getting £20m

Teesside Airport 'should not be asking for any more money' after getting £20m

Pictures: NORTHERN ECHO CAMERA CLUB/LEE TURNER/PAUL GALE

Huge military plane spotted flying over the North East and North Yorkshire

One shopper captured this in Tesco Sunderland Picture: NORTHERN ECHO CONTRIBUTOR

Disbelief as Tesco starts selling Christmas goods - and summer isn't even over yet

Amazon Darlington Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT

The secret 'codes' that tell you where your Amazon parcel is coming from

The planned site near Blyth

North East MP confident about future of 8,000 Gigaplant jobs after crisis claims

The focus of bp's plans at Teesworks

Major update as two huge Teesside projects are given the green light

How the new plant at Blyth will look

North East factory bosses hit back at claims it is on 'life support' amid cuts

Ben Houchen and the Teesworks site

Ten out of ten for Teesworks as site gets major review from spending watchdog

Marion Marsland with some of the apprentices undergoing training at TICA

This Darlington firm is taking on apprentices and shows no signs of stopping

Lisa Jordan, from Landid; Councillor Graeme Miller, Leader of Sunderland City Council; James Silver, managing director of Landid; and Russell Toogood from Sir Robert McAlpine

Landmark offices start to take shape at Riverside development

Vale of Mowbray MD Mark Gatenby

Investors back ‘Vale of Scotch Eggs’ plan to create 30 jobs

Alan Smith of believe housing

Housing association boss slams 'disappointing' strategy from Truss and Sunak

Mike Greenup, left, and Matthew Wharton on the site of MB DIY’s new warehouse

Progress on new multi-million pound warehouse being built by Darlington firm

Property investment is growing

Darlington landlord's event to help build property careers

North Yorkshire Police has issued an update after Sam Diatta died following a disturbance at York jeweller's Mappin and Webb in Coney Street

Police update after man died following disturbance at jeweller's shop

Pub goes viral with its 'appalling' job advert that is not looking for 'Karen's' or 'wet wipes'

Pub goes viral with 'appalling' job advert that's not looking for 'Karen's' or 'wet wipes'

Gary Hunter and Steven Presho, the co-founders of comparegolfprices.co.uk

North-East duo set up new price comparison golf website

ITAE Productions said they did not believe the ad was offensive, adding that West was “notorious for murder, but that he was also a father, and that this was relevant to his crimes” (PA)

Fred West Father's Day promotion advert banned

Redcar beach during the heatwave Picture: Alexa Fox

We spent the day at Redcar beach on one of the hottest days this week

Marion Marsland with TICA apprentices, Dave Saville, and the EN:Able and NEPIC teams

Appointments: Key moves at companies across the North East

Ken Collins and Nick Wilson

£10m orders heading into South Shields brick firm in just SIX weeks

The proposed Lithium plant

New site at huge Australian port will feed into Teesside lithium facility

Northallerton Crazy Kingdom soft play centre survived the pandemic lockdowns by branching out into takeaway food and has reopened after a £200,000 investment Pictures: Alexa Fox

See inside the North East soft play centre that's just reopened after big refit

Brian Cain, with his son Bradley and daughter-in-law Amy

Spennymoor mechanic is 75 - and he has no plans to retire any time soon

Businesswoman Amber Kotrri was forced to defend her House of Zana firm and its branding after ZARA objected to her trademark application

Read Zara's one-line response after losing case against Darlington boutique

In an awful new announcement for households, Cornwall Insight said that bills could soar to around £3,582 in October, from £1,971, before rising even further in the New Year. Picture: PA MEDIA

Energy bills set to rise by THREE times at start of 2023 - here is how much

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen at Teesworks with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Greg Clark MP

Teessider Levelling Up Minister who helped build Teesworks back after five years

Managing director Elizabeth Armstrong and solicitor Gillian Ibbotson (Picture by Chris Booth)

North East solicitor gains top ranking for sixth consecutive year

The Husqvarna product

Robots are powering investment at this Newton Aycliffe factory

The Rounton Coffee Team at ‘The Granary’ in East Rounton

The North East village coffee firm celebrating success with another award

The Birtley Group site in Chester-le-Street

Strike at County Durham factory is OFF as unions look at new pay deal from bosses

Andrew Haigh, Chief Executive of Newcastle Building Society

Weeks after strong results, building society plans a major takeover deal

BrewDog has chosen Milburngate as the location for one of its popular bars

Cheers! Craft beer giant chooses its first Durham site for latest bar

RED recruits Georgia Pickering and Natish Kumar

More staff means bigger base for Newcastle engineering consultancy

Pictures: GOOGLE/INCIDENTS ON TEESSIDE AND COUNTY DURHAM

Drivers warned over £100 parking charges on roads near Teesside Airport

Someone has become a millionaire after £20m Lotto ticket is officially claimed

Someone has become a millionaire after £20m Lotto ticket is officially claimed

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'One hell of a ride': Popular cafe forced to shut down due to rising costs

'I'm so glad that I've won': Relief as fashion boutique wins ZARA legal battle

'I'm so glad that I've won': Relief as fashion boutique wins ZARA legal battle

Rohan McCulloch, paintings and sculpture specialist at Elstob & Elstob, is pictured with lots ahead of the auction house’s first Pictures and Sculpture Sale on 10 August. Featured clockwise is ‘Abstract’ by Stefan Knapp; a German

Snap up artwork by some of region's greatest artists

Rounton Coffee’s Norton branch has applied for an alcohol licence between 9am and 10.30pm to give its customers more of a choice

Coffee shop owner wants to serve alcohol and says he'll be a 'good neighbour'

Michelangelos in Ryton, Gateshead. Picture: GOOGLE

Hotel makes appearance on hit TV show and is slammed for its 's***' coloured walls

Darlington boutique fashion owner wins court battle against ZARA

Darlington boutique fashion owner wins court battle against ZARA

DME Systems Ltd co-founders Darren Coombe and Michael Van Zwanenberg and Councillor Margaret Meling, Lead Member for Economic Growth, Skills and Climate Change, South Tyneside Council. (Picture by Elliot Nichol)

Innovative subsea tech firm expands into new North East base

Date set for crunch talks over multi-million package for Teesside Airport

Date set for crunch talks over multi-million package for Teesside Airport

The Cliffemount Hotel in Runswick Bay near Whitby is under new ownership

Popular hotel under new ownership as family taking over it are 'excited'