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19th century petroleum hair wash engulfed pregnant woman in flames

1:53pm Thursday 13th December 2018

“RARELY has a more sensational story been heard,” said The Northern Echo 110 years ago.

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After so much political drama, very little has actually changed

8:13am Thursday 13th December 2018

After 24 hours of great drama, in the end, are we back where we started? Chris Lloyd watches the dust settle following Thursday night's vote of confidence​

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Julia Breen: I'm ready for the elf on the shelf to go gnome now

7:01am Thursday 13th December 2018

ONE of my favourite cartoons was posted on the Hurrah for Gin Facebook page last year.

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Duleep Singh, the man they called the Maharajah of Mulgrave

1:50pm Wednesday 12th December 2018

POTTERING around the Whitby area a couple of columns ago, we noted a rather large polar bear – made from white willow by local sculptor Emma Stothard – on the end of the pier at Staithes.

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Harry Mead: No longer Great but meek, lame and pitiful Britain if Brexit is abandoned

5:00am Wednesday 12th December 2018

DOES this House want to deliver Brexit? That question, put to the House of Commons by Theresa May, with a slight but knowing smile, contains the huge but unspoken truth that has been staring us in the face for some time: the cancellation of Brexit is coming closer almost by the hour.

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How Julie's gesture captured the true spirit of the 19th Northern Echo Local Heroes Awards

9:00am Tuesday 11th December 2018

THERE were so many wonderful moments during the 19th Local Heroes Awards but one above all the others captured the spirit of the occasion.

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Gown and out

4:54pm Friday 7th December 2018

NOW I’m a grandad, with old age looming fast on the horizon, my body is starting to wear out.

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Chris Lloyd: Last call for Teesside call sign

4:07pm Thursday 6th December 2018

WE live in a topsy-turvy world. We see it on a national level, where those who really want to remain in the EU may plunge us into a no-deal abrupt exit, and those who really want to leave may vote against a deal by which we more-or-less leave and so we end up staying forever.

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The Culines - eight generations of travelling showmen

2:45pm Wednesday 5th December 2018

JOHN CULINE recalls his childhood. Born in a caravan, left school at the age of 11, taught by his sisters to read and write, sent to Hull – and back? – to help their Yvonne on the bingo stall.

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Harry Mead: Brexit in three bitesize chunks

5:00am Wednesday 5th December 2018

BREXIT again – but in snatches, the better, I hope, to engage wavering attention.

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Digging for victory - the auction aimed at sprucing up Darlington parks

8:07pm Monday 3rd December 2018

DURING nigh on 40 years in journalism, I’ve seen lots of good ideas and plenty of bad ones. The Great Parks Auction was definitely one of the better ones.

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Digging for victory - Peter Barron on an auction with a difference

2:51pm Monday 3rd December 2018

DURING nearly 40 years in journalism, I’ve seen lots of good ideas and plenty of bad ones. The Great Parks Auction was definitely one of the better ones.

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Shooting at a casino leaves four dead in new Darlington movie Sparrowhawk

5:40pm Thursday 29th November 2018

Mike Tweddle's new film makes its hometown debut on Monday in Darlington. He tells Chris Lloyd why Sparrowhawk is more than just a flight of fancy

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Mike Amos: Remembering Tom Guy and the great cow rescue - the most memorable story from 54 years in journalism

1:10pm Thursday 29th November 2018

ON a wet and woebegone winter day in Swaledale, we gathered last Tuesday to say goodbye to Tom Guy, the man at the centre of the most memorable story in my 54 years in journalism.

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Julia Breen: Even 'strong' victims deserve justice - not judgement

6:05am Thursday 29th November 2018

STEREOTYPES. We are all guilty of lumping someone into a category.

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Harry Mead: Our nation has placed itself in colonial shackles

5:00am Wednesday 28th November 2018

LOOK… I’m truly sorry about this… Brexit. Yes, I know you’re sick to death of it. So am I. But I’m sure we can also agree that however it turns out it will fix the destiny of our nation not just “for decades,” as the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg invariably says, but far into the future, probably for as long as Britain and/or the EU exists.

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The 1,246th sunflower -heartbreaking story of the young man who was almost lost in time

8:49am Monday 26th November 2018

LAST week’s column told the remarkable story of how one North-East town marked the centenary of the end of the First World War.

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Ben Houchen: Building on the shoulders of giants

5:50am Monday 26th November 2018

WHEN our transport system works well you might barely notice it, but when it doesn’t meet the public’s expectations it can quickly become a make or break issue for politicians.

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Hannah Chapman: Sport solves the problem of being all Brexited out

5:00am Saturday 24th November 2018

I FIND myself in a similar state to that experienced by Chris Lloyd in Friday’s column – feeling like I should write a hard hitting piece about one of the many pressing issues of our time. But while Chris was distracted by the story of a woman killed by shampoo fumes in 1909, I am simply unable to find the energy to wade into anything too serious.

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The book stops here

9:18am Friday 23rd November 2018

THE last Grandad At Large instalment finished with the words: “Customer service isn’t what it was.”

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