Hurworth Beer Festival coming to Rockliffe Park this summer
The three-day Hurworth Beer Festival will take place from Friday, June 26, to Sunday, June 28, at Rockliffe Park Cricket Club in Hurworth. Packed with cricket, live music, and family-friendly fun, the event promises something for everyone. Beer festival at Rockcliffe Park Cricket Club in Hurworth (Image: Supplied) The festival is a joint effort between…
Attorney for suspect in attack at Sam Altmanās home says he was in midst of ‘mental health crisis’
SAN FRANCISCO ā The man accused of trying to kill OpenAI CEO Sam Altman by throwing a Molotov cocktail at his San Francisco home was experiencing a mental health crisis and has been overcharged by prosecutors, his public defender said Tuesday. Daniel Moreno-Gama made his first court appearance on state charges with disheveled hair and…
Why many Americans are turning to AI for health advice, according to recent polls
NEW YORK ā When Tiffany Davis has a question about a symptom from the weight-loss injections sheās taking, she doesnāt call her doctor. She pulls out her phone and consults ChatGPT. āIāll just basically let ChatGPT know my status, how Iām feeling,ā said the 42-year-old in Mesquite, Texas. āI use it for anything that Iām…
Auckland FC coach Steve Corica to watch crucial clash from the stands following red card
Frustration has been building for Auckland FC coach Steve Corica. Photo: Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz Call it frustration, call it passion, but whatever it was, Football Australia have deemed it enough to hand Auckland FC coach Steve Corica the first red card of his coaching career. Corica copped a one-match ban for the red card he picked…
Madi Thomas returns from injury nightmare to make ANZ Premiership debut
Madi Thomas is relishing her first season in the ANZ Premiership. Photo: Supplied Two broken arms brutally ended Madi Thomas’ dream of attending last year’s Netball World Youth Cup, but within weeks she was offered her first ANZ Premiership contract. Thomas made her ANZ Premiership debut over the weekend for Te WÄnanga o Raukawa Pulse…
150-container self-storage hub planned near Sunderland
A planning application for land at The Galleries Retail Park in Washington, Sunderland, would see the creation of a new self-storage facility. The proposal involves the siting of about 153 corrugated steel containers, each painted and having a usable capacity of 32.6 cubic metres and floorspace of 14.76 square metres. A proposal of the site….
EO Car Chargers collapses into administration with 69 jobs
Electric vehicle (EV) charging company EO Car Chargers collapsed earlier in April after it experienced “challenging trading conditions in recent years”, the business said. Bosses say it had been been lossāmaking following an overseas expansion into the US, Australia, New Zealand and Italy. EO Car chargers builds EV charging infrastructure, software and round-the-clock repair and…
North East MP responds to new child poverty figures
Matt Vickers pointed to employment being the key on lifting children out of poverty, after new figures released by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on Thursday (March 26) showed millions across the country are living on the breadline. In the North East, areas with the highest levels of deprivation include Middlesbrough and Hartlepool,…
Lidl store plan in Middlesbrough set for crucial council decision
Lidl hopes that councillors on Middlesbrough Councilās planning committee will give their proposals the green light next week, as the saga over a potential shop in Linthorpe rumbles on into its fifth year. Thursday, April 9 will be judgement day, as councillors will have a moment of deja vu. In November 2023, members rejected Lidlās…
Parliamentary debate on Maya’s Law to take place today
Maya’s great aunt, Gemma Chappell, says the Government āmust step up and back Maya’s Law” to prevent the deaths of innocent children. Defenceless Maya died in Newcastleās RVI in September 2022, days after being violently shaken by her motherās new partner, Michael Daymond, at their home in Shotton Colliery, County Durham. Tragically, her family learnt…
