Daily Teessider

TADEA Middlesbrough Lions will be in action again this week when they host Wear Valley Warriors on Thursday in the Durham League. The game will take place at Queens Campus at 6.30pm. The junior session will be […]

HMV warned today that it was in danger of breaching a bank covenant as it set out plans to sell 60 of its UK stores after sales plunged over the key Christmas trading period, sending its shares down to a record low. The retailer warned last month that it had made a poor start to [...]

The decision, by a Middlesbrough Council licensing panel, could be appealed. But if the decision stands it would mean the store, at 288-290 Acklam Road, would be one of only a handful run by the retail giant without an off-licence. Cleveland Police and local councillors objected to the granting of a licence. They pointed to [...]

Visitors to one of Britain’s most important wildlife reserves are being asked to help wild birds survive the winter, by keeping quiet. The Tees Estuary and other wetland sites in the Tees Valley are home to thousands of wintering birds who need to maximise their feeding time. Walkers, pets and water-sports can all disturb birds, [...]

The Middlesbrough squad have a double header at the tough Warrington Wolves on Saturday and then at Bury Blue Devils on Sunday with a 4pt haul at the top of coach James Thomson’s New Years wish list. A win over Warrington would inflict a fourth defeat on the former league leaders, blowing the race for [...]

facebook relationship status update wishful thinking, not anytime soon!

gonna have a look round and try and bring you some internet meme stuff  each day

what relationship options would you like to see on facebook?

Teesside Police admit keeping records on people who report crimes or who are questioned as witnesses to crimes. They presently have the records including date of births, names, adresses etc of 172,369 people, that’s more than 1 in 3 of Teesside’s population or half of Cleveland’s adult population. It is not known over what time period [...]

A soldier killed in an explosion in Afghanistan as he helped to clear an area of bombs has been named as Warrant Officer Class 2 Charlie Wood. WO Wood, 34 and from Middlesbrough, was serving with 23 Pioneer Regiment, The Royal Logistic Corps. A bomb exploded on Tuesday as he was helping co-ordinate the clearance [...]

The official SoundCloud Android app lets you easily access, browse and listen to the sounds shared to you while you’re on the road and away from your computer. The app also includes recording functionality that lets you capture any sound around you and instantly save it in the ‘Cloud. Stay tuned, plenty more to come too. [...]

At least eight new stores operated by the ‘big four’ supermarkets have been given the go-ahead on Teesside in the past two years, research has found, with more in the pipeline… Planning authorities were contacted to discover how many shops Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco had approved in the two years to November. Of the [...]

The e-mail account details of government officials, civil servants and defence company staff have been leaked online after computer hackers attacked a prominent group of gossip and news websites, a Times investigation shows. The work e-mail addresses and passwords of senior staff at the Crown Prosecution Service, officials at the Charity…[Read more]

Middlesbrough began in emphatic fashion, taking an early 16-5 lead at the mid way point of the first quarter, American star DaWaun Wells hitting 10pts. Robsinson began inside and did a good job of losing his marker in the low post to add 4 quick points. Ben Thompson was also hitting the target with two [...]

Asda Living Teesside has received a £1m makeover which has seen it become the first new look Asda Living store in the UK.The store on Teesside Shopping Park has been chosen as the first in the country to pioneer the new department store look and feel.The improvements, based on customer feedback, include a completely new layout, [...]

Burnley were Middlesbrough Lion’s test this weekend, the high flying Blaze, coached by former NBA star; Malcolm Leak, would be real indication of the Lions potential this season. Burnley had recently beaten Huddersfield Heat, last seasons champions and ended their 20 game winning streak so they came to Eston with good credentials. TADEA Lions though [...]

This weekend Royal Mail became the latest business to have its tough negotiations with suppliers aired in public after details of a presentation outlining its “radical cost-cutting programme” were leaked to the media. Delivering a presentation to an audience of 150 suppliers two days before the Serco news broke, Kath Harmeston, Royal Mail’s…[Read more]

In Hartlepool 20.4% of people aged over 50 are causing concern because they are in poor health, are isolated and living on a low income. The figures for Middlesbrough are 18% and 17.9% for Redcar and Cleveland. Middlesbrough Council estimates that there are presently 43,000 over-50s in the borough rising to more than 50,000 by [...]

Cinema chain blames World Cup for slump in takings and pins hopes on wave of 3D films, including latest JK Rowling adaptation the Deathly Hallows: Part 1. Cineworld said admissions dropped by 681,000 to 22.7m in the first six months of the year as Britons chose the action in the Cape Town over Iron Man [...]

More than 200 managers and administrators face redundancy in a huge shake-up of the NHS across Teesside, the proposed savings are due to take effect from April 2011. NHS North East said it hoped to avoid significant compulsory job losses. Union leaders expressed concern at the planned cuts, arguing managers carried out “important NHS functions”. [...]

Warmer seas could be responsible for a change in the type of dolphins spotted off the coast of the North East of England, a survey has suggested. The North East Cetacean Project found an increase in sightings of common, Bottle nose and Risso’s dolphins – species associated with warmer waters. There have also been fewer sightings [...]