Bishop Auckland salon in Echo’s best hairdresser top ten
Kendra Louise Dawson, 44, from Willington, is the salon owner of HairHaus in Bishop Auckland, and says it’s “been great” to be nominated for the award. Kendra Dawson at HairHaus in Bishop Auckland (Image: STUART BOULTON) In 2013, alongside another member of the salon team, Kendra took over the hairdresser’s, and just after the COVID…
Chester-le-Street pub hosts beer festival with Ā£2.89 pints
The Wicket Gate in Chester-le-Street will offer 25 real ales, including five international brews from Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Spain, and the USA, during the festival. This marks the first time the pub has served a real ale from Mexico. Stewart Grayson, pub manager, said: “The festival is a great celebration of real ale. “It will…
Asianista, Darlington ends ‘all you can eat’ Chinese tapas
Asianista, on Gladstone Street, shared the news on Facebook yesterday (February 22), that it will be closing for two weeks to undergo significant changes including a new menu, environment and team. The changes will also include removing the popular āall you can eatā Chinese tapas. The refurbishment comes just after the towns Restaurant Week, with…
FDA proposes new system for approving customized drugs and therapies for rare diseases
WASHINGTON ā Federal health officials on Monday laid out a proposal to spur development of customized treatments for patients with hard-to-treat diseases, including for rare genetic conditions that the pharmaceutical industry has long considered unprofitable. The preliminary Food and Drug Administration guidelines, if implemented, would create a new pathway for bespoke therapies that have only…
For Northeast blizzard, everything was just right to roll up a monster snowfall
WASHINGTON ā The norāeaster smacking much of the Northeast with nearly 3 feet of snow in places is as classic and powerful a blizzard as you can get, the strongest in a decade and up there with the most intense in history, meteorologists said. The nor’easter quickly intensified to easily qualify as a ā bomb…
For Northeast blizzard, everything was just right to roll up a monster snowfall
WASHINGTON ā The norāeaster smacking much of the Northeast with nearly 3 feet of snow in places is as classic and powerful a blizzard as you can get, the strongest in a decade and up there with the most intense in history, meteorologists said. The nor’easter quickly intensified to easily qualify as a ā bomb…
RFK Jr. fought pesticides for years. Now he’s backing their production
NEW YORK ā For years as an environmental lawyer, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. crusaded against a controversial herbicide ingredient known as glyphosate, even winning a landmark case against chemical giant Monsanto by arguing that its Roundup weedkiller contributed to his client’s cancer. But now that he’s the nation’s top health official, Kennedy is falling in…
Hegseth and Anthropic CEO set to meet as debate intensifies over the military’s use of AI
WASHINGTON ā Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to meet Tuesday with the CEO of Anthropic, with the artificial intelligence company the only one of its peers to not supply its technology to a new U.S. military internal network. Anthropic, maker of the chatbot Claude, declined to comment on the meeting but CEO Dario Amodei has…
Kiwi pole vaulters scrapping for world championship spots
New Zealand pole vaulter Imogen Ayris. Photo: Simon Stacpoole / www.photosport.nz The Athletics New Zealand selectors have a dilemma on their hands as they try to finalise their squad for next month’s World Indoor Championships in Poland. New Zealand’s three female pole vaulters are fighting for just two spots at the event. On Monday morning,…
‘There had been discussions’: Phoenix coach was on borrowed time before quitting
Phoenix operations manager Shaun Gill (right) with general manager David Dome. Photo: Photosport Former Wellington Phoenix coach Giancarlo Italiano was already on borrowed time before his resignation at the weekend. Italiano quit after Saturday’s 5-0 loss to Auckland FC. The Australian had been with the Phoenix since 2019 and head coach since 2023. On Monday,…
