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Our debate with the three Tees Valley Mayor candidates is available to watch online now ⤵️
#BBCTeesMayor | #BBCPolitics
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Michael Carrick wasn't always underrated - back in 1995 even Andi Peters was tipping him for greatness
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Discover the unlikely tale of the ladies hairdresser who invented a heat-resistant material that bamboozled NASA, the MOD and Boeing.
I loved piecing together this insane little oddity with the brilliant @leejtees
Watch here - bbc.in/2IsA0Jz
#starlite
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Sunderland miners thank Bruce Springsteen for strike donation bbc.in/48HkJik
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Garth Marenghi's Darkplace premiered 20 years ago today. Happy anniversary @MrHolness @RichardAyoade @alicelowe @porksmith!
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'I was ashamed about speech condition'
Former footballer and broadcaster Chris Kamara has spoken about his diagnosis with apraxia, which affected his speech and balance
bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0h7gp6…
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It was 30 years ago this evening that The Day Today started delivering its own brand of news.
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Minutes of a secret Post Office meeting, uncovered in court, show the Post Office’s then PR boss directly lobbied senior BBC management to try to stop negative coverage of the scandal
The Post Office declined to comment during the public inquiry
bbc.in/3vs8Mz8
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Middlesbrough fans react to beating Chelsea in the League Cup semi-final first leg 💪🏆
#Boro | #UTB | #CFC | #BBCFootball
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Government's asylum figures show uncleared backlog bbc.in/3NKRDXG
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This is a good thread in response to a lot of the very similar opinion pieces in some local papers across the UK yesterday.
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Former Middlesbrough manager, Terry Venables, has passed away at the age of 80: bbc.in/3N1Hgi9
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Stockton North's @ACunninghamMP has just raised a point of order accusing Home Secretary James Cleverly of saying "because it's a shithole" about his constituency during this PMQ. The Home Secretary has denied saying it, but Alex Cunningham says he wants an apology.
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Boris Johnson suggested injecting himself with Covid on TV - ex-adviser bbc.in/3FQtU40
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This document shows how much city regions will get from reallocation of HS2 funds. Note that £617m of the £978m for Tees Valley had already been allocated in the 2023 Spring Budget. The HS2 uplift is listed added this week is £361m between 2027 and 2032 gov.uk/government/publicatio…
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Huge thanks to @LeeJBBC from @BBCNEandCumbria for stopping to chat to us in the RVI @NewcastleHosps about everything #mito during World @MitoAware Week 💚
Are you mito aware? Find out more here: newcastle-mitochondria.com/w…
#worldmitoweek #mitoaware #mitoresearch #projectpearl
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From Jonathan Slater - former permanent secretary at DfE @BBCr4today a devastating revelation- they asked for cash to rebuild/repair 300-400 schools a year - were given £ for 100 - then Rishi Sunak as chancellor in 2021 cut that to 50 schools
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Sunderland boy, 5, is 'youngest' to finish Coast-to-Coast bbc.in/47XFqYk