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 · Nov 28, 2024
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 · Nov 28, 2024
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 · Nov 27, 2024
‘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 The Guardian - UK · Nov 22, 2024
Gordon Brown-backed charity expanding to help more families with cost of living A new Multibank is to open in Middlesbrough. The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024
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 · Nov 7, 2024
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 · Nov 7, 2024
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 · Nov 6, 2024
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 · Sep 26, 2024
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 · Aug 29, 2024
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 The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2024
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 Evening Standard · Aug 28, 2024
Child, 11, arrested over violent disorder at Middlesbrough riots Over 110 arrested over riots in Hartlepool and Middlesbrough The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2024
‘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 Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2024
The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2024 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
The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2024 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
The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2024 ‘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 · Jun 29, 2024 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 · Jun 23, 2024 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 · Jun 21, 2024 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 · Jun 15, 2024 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 · Mar 24, 2024 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
The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2024 MP Andy McDonald has Labour whip restored after inquiry Middlesbrough MP was placed on precautionary suspension in October over speech at pro-Palestinian rally
The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2024 Tom Glover’s howler rescues a derby point for Sunderland at Middlesbrough Honours were shared in the meeting of north-east clubs, with an error from Boro keeper Tom Glover handing the visitors their equaliser
The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2024 ‘The art world were, “Don’t show me that, I’ll vomit”’: Jacqueline Poncelet on her controversial carpets As a major show of her work opens in Middlesbrough, the artist looks back on a career inspiring reactions ranging from from wistfulness to anger