Durham family who spent 17 YEARS visiting the wrong grave receive apology
A County Durham family who spent 17 years visiting the wrong grave after a shocking mix-up has received an apology in the House of Commons.
About Me
I am a trainee reporter at The Northern Echo - The Great Daily of the North. I joined The Northern Echo in June 2022 just weeks after finishing my journalism degree and NCTJ diploma at the University of Sunderland. I graduated with a first class honours, was awarded the Sir Richard Storey and Sunderland Echo prizes, and a gold standard NCTJ diploma.
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When it was mentioned in the Northern Echo newsroom earlier this week that someone could have the opportunity to zipwire off the Tyne Bridge I wasn’t sure whether to jump at the opportunity or keep my head down and hope no one looked in my direction.
Come Friday (August 19) morning I was standing on the Tyne Bridge fully kitted out in my harness and helmet ready to fly over the river and down onto the Newcastle Quayside.
Come Friday (August 19) morning I was standing on the Tyne Bridge fully kitted out in my harness and helmet ready to fly over the river and down onto the Newcastle Quayside.
Love Island stars spotted by fans enjoying lunch at North East restaurant
Love Island stars Adam Collard and Paige Thorpe were spotted enjoying a bite of lunch on Tyneside this afternoon (August 18).
The Geordie bombshell has been spotted showing new girlfriend Paige around the North East over the last couple of days, but had time to pose for a selfie with fans while enjoying a bite to eat in Tynemouth.
The pair, who came fifth on this year’s series of Love Island, were seen having a bite of tapas at Allards Lounge on Tynemouth Front Street on Thursday (August 18) l
The Geordie bombshell has been spotted showing new girlfriend Paige around the North East over the last couple of days, but had time to pose for a selfie with fans while enjoying a bite to eat in Tynemouth.
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Exclusive: Dad finally found in County Durham graveyard - but only after ELEVEN graves are dug up
A grieving Durham family have told of their relief at the news they can finally lay their mum to rest after their dad’s grave was found.
Last month the Bell family discovered that someone else had been buried in their dad’s grave which they had been visiting for the last 17 years.
They only discovered the blunder after the death of their mum Hilda, who wished to be buried alongside her husband Thomas, but when gravediggers went to prepare the grave his body was nowhere to be seen.
Last month the Bell family discovered that someone else had been buried in their dad’s grave which they had been visiting for the last 17 years.
They only discovered the blunder after the death of their mum Hilda, who wished to be buried alongside her husband Thomas, but when gravediggers went to prepare the grave his body was nowhere to be seen.
Exclusive: Durham family spent 17 years visiting dad's grave - only to find someone else buried there
A grieving family spent 17 years visiting the grave of their dad – only to discover someone else has been buried there.
Tom Bell and his sisters discovered the shocking blunder after the death of their mum whose last wishes were to be buried alongside her husband Thomas Bell.
As they grieved the loss of mum Hilda, they were left stunned when they got a call from the undertaker to tell them gravediggers had found a stranger’s coffin in the grave where their dad should have been.
Tom Bell and his sisters discovered the shocking blunder after the death of their mum whose last wishes were to be buried alongside her husband Thomas Bell.
As they grieved the loss of mum Hilda, they were left stunned when they got a call from the undertaker to tell them gravediggers had found a stranger’s coffin in the grave where their dad should have been.
Dad hits out at Darlington school as daughter banned from prom despite paying £500 for dress
A Darlington dad has been left more than £500 out of pocket after his daughter was banned from going to her school prom after he paid for her ticket and dress.
Matthew Grainger, 51, says he is £550 worse off after his daughter Lillie, who goes to Polam Hall School, Darlington, was left devastated when she was told she hadn’t earned enough points to be invited to the prom.
The school requires students to earn 500 points to be invited with points awarded for ‘attending study club and tutoring se
Matthew Grainger, 51, says he is £550 worse off after his daughter Lillie, who goes to Polam Hall School, Darlington, was left devastated when she was told she hadn’t earned enough points to be invited to the prom.
The school requires students to earn 500 points to be invited with points awarded for ‘attending study club and tutoring se
Why did Labour lose in 2019?
Robert, a 63 year-old Labour party member from Blyth, who had fallen out of love with Corbyn by 2019, put his failure down to a lack of Brexit policy. “I wasn’t impressed with Corbyn after 2017,” he told me over the phone, “I think he tried to sit on the fence on Brexit for too long and the party ended up doing nothing”. As with all of my voter interviews I tried to build up a picture of them and their electoral background. Robert had voted to remain in 2016 but felt the party needed to move for
Safer transport Northumbria App downloaded only 1000 times in first month
A ‘must-have’ app designed to make public transport safer was downloaded only 1,000 times in its first month of being available.
Police and Crime Commissioner Kim McGuinness’ Safer Transport Northumbria app has cost taxpayers nearly £8,000 so far and was downloaded just 1,028 times in its first month on app stores, according to exclusive new figures revealed by Spark News...
Police and Crime Commissioner Kim McGuinness’ Safer Transport Northumbria app has cost taxpayers nearly £8,000 so far and was downloaded just 1,028 times in its first month on app stores, according to exclusive new figures revealed by Spark News...
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Revealed: Only 2.7% of UK police vehicles are electric
Only 2.71% of UK police vehicles are electric, according to exclusive new figures.
A Spark News investigation has revealed that fewer than one in 35 police vehicles are fully battery powered.
Forces have bought at least 845 electric vehicles (EVs), out of more than 31,173 police cars, vans and motorcycles in the UK.
12 police forces have no electric vehicles, despite government plans to end the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2030 in a bid to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050...
A Spark News investigation has revealed that fewer than one in 35 police vehicles are fully battery powered.
Forces have bought at least 845 electric vehicles (EVs), out of more than 31,173 police cars, vans and motorcycles in the UK.
12 police forces have no electric vehicles, despite government plans to end the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2030 in a bid to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050...
