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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 2 - The Untold Story

Fears, anguish and frustration in a northern UK town hit by racist riots

Middlesbrough, which has witnessed several episodes of discriminatory violence, is far from healed, say residents.

Al Jazeera

Man who assaulted protester during Middlesbrough riots ‘feared for local mosque’

Ameer Khalile was one of a group of Asian men who ran towards the victim shouting ‘you white scum’ before kicking him as he lay in a ditch

Evening Standard

Yorkshire chef rues ‘so much waste’ after thieves write off van and 2,500 pies inside

Tommy Banks had appealed for the pies bearing his name to be given to people in need

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Norway manager Gemma Grainger: ‘There’s a respectful, trusting nature with Norwegians’

Middlesbrough-born coach on her multi-talented squad, leaving Wales and her instinctive desire to manage

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: a hilarious drag queen comedy set in Middlesbrough

Phil Dunning’s Smoggie Queens is full of laughs and love. Plus: the Jackal continues to elude MI6. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

How to watch 'Smoggie Queens' online from anywhere – stream LGBTQ+ comedy series

A funny and beguiling underdog story on two fronts. Here's how to watch "Smoggie Queens" online, on TV and from anywhere in the world.

Tom’s Guide

‘Stunning, but so wrong’: inside raucous new drag sitcom Smoggie Queens

It’s loud, proud and very, very daft: the new BBC comedy plunges viewers into Middlesbrough’s hilariously catty drag scene. The creator and star Phil Dunning talks prosecco, parmos – and picking the worst wigs possible

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Gordon Brown-backed charity expanding to help more families with cost of living

A new Multibank is to open in Middlesbrough.

The Independent UK

Teenager jailed for role in Middlesbrough riots is freed on appeal

Baroness Carr said the riots were ‘fuelled by misinformation and far right sentiment, spreading to various towns and cities across the nation’

The Independent UK

Teenager who smashed window during Middlesbrough riots freed on appeal

Judges suspend Dylan Willis’s jail term on account of his ADHD and low IQ but uphold sentences of three other men

The Guardian - UK

Man who stopped drivers during UK riots to check they were white is jailed

Jake Wray from Middlesbrough gets 38 months after racist chants and pushing flaming wheelie bin into police

The Guardian - UK

Urgent appeal to find missing woman as police become ‘increasingly concerned’

Angela Simpson was last seen walking in the Ormesby area of Middlesbrough on Sunday evening

The Independent UK

Woman, 52, and daughter admit part in far-right disorder in Middlesbrough

Amanda Walton, who was walking dog when she threw missile, daughter and daughter’s boyfriend all plead guilty

The Guardian - UK

Boy, 11, among 14 held over riots in Middlesbrough and Hartlepool

Man, 20, jailed for trying to instigate riot in Huddersfield; boy, 15, admits throwing glass bottle in unrest in Bolton

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Evening Standard

Child, 11, among youngest to be arrested over UK riots, police say

He was one of 14 people arrested by police in morning raids on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Child, 11, arrested over violent disorder at Middlesbrough riots

Over 110 arrested over riots in Hartlepool and Middlesbrough

The Guardian - UK

‘People just like rioting’: why swift justice may blur real motivations behind UK rampage

Experts raise concerns that speed of court hearings could cloud complex reasons behind large-scale disorder and curtail search for lessons

The Independent UK

Teenagers among those in court over UK riots as arrests surge across the country

A string of arrests were made along with an array of court appearances after rioting across the country in the past week

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The Guardian - UK

Man in hospital after suspected hate crime attack in Belfast

Attack came on second night of disorder in city as dozens of people appear in courts across England charged with offences linked to riots

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‘That’s my car, you fascist thugs’: far-right rampage engulfs Middlesbrough

Town resembles battle zone as protesters wreak destruction and menace police and neighbours

The Independent UK

Harry Kane hopes Ben Stokes chat can inspire England at Euro 2024

The Test captain visited the England squad at their Middlesbrough training base before Gareth Southgate’s men jetted off to Germany.

The Guardian - UK

Time for the Tories to face up to the damage they have done

The Conservative party has slavishly – and ruinously – followed Margaret Thatcher’s mantra of putting the market before everything

WhatToWatch

Smoggie Queens: release date, cast, plot, exclusive interview, trailer and everything you need to know

Smoggie Queens is a BBC comedy about a group of LGBTQ+ friends sharing a house in Middlesbrough.

The Guardian - UK

How town centres are recovering from the fall of Debenhams

Former Debenhams stores across the UK are being reinvented, with a dizzying array of new uses – but only a third of the sites are now occupied by retailers

The Guardian - UK

The big picture: life in the shadow of a Teesside ironworks by Graham Smith

The Middlesbrough-born photographer’s 1981 portrait has intimations of the gruelling working life endured by his father and of Britain’s lost industrial past

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