Dave Robson
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Ben ‘The Bomber’ Bonner relives the punch that won him a world title (opens the original)
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“It’s probably the best punch I’ve ever thrown”. Ben ‘The Bomber’ Bonner has been reflecting on the moment a lad from Grove Hill left a bare knuckle fighting champ on the canvas – and catapulted his own fight career to another level. Already an interim champion, Teessider Ben travelled to the USA for an American Independence showdown with Austin Trout for the vacant BKFC (Bare Knuckle Fight Championship) Lightweight title. A former boxing world champion who turned to bare knuckle, Trout was clea
US film crew document somersaulting pigeons, Mike Tyson and Teesside (opens the original)
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Look skyward from back gardens and yards across Middlesbrough and you may see something quite extraordinary. At first glance, it seems like an ordinary flock of pigeons – until, inexplicably to the uninitiated, they start doing rapid somersaults while apparently tumbling towards the ground. Feathers, quite literally, fly. Birmingham Rollers do what it says on the tin – they were originally bred as a hobby in Birmingham in the 19th century and roll spectacularly while in flight. A kit of Birmingh
Total refurb and floor-to-roof mural marks new chapter in The Dickens story (opens the original)
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Jack and mum Julie Spensley in the newly-refurbished Dickens Inn bar.(Image: Tom Banks) A legendary Teesside bar has unveiled a bold new look, inside and out. Since 1993, The Dickens Inn on Southfield Road, Middlesbrough, has been a mainstay of Teesside’s social scene. The brainchild of Tony and Julie Spensley, and with a name originally inspired by The Dickens Inn near London’s Tower Bridge, the iconic town centre bar rapidly became a big part of town life – so much so that few nights out in Bo
From Teesside to Hollywood: Stockton gym owner set for big screen debut (opens the original)
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He called his first gym Brawler – now Teesside martial arts expert Garry Bell is to appear in a movie of the same name. Directed by and starring Scott Adkins, one of the world’s top martial arts action stars, Brawler follows a disgraced MMA champion forced into the violent underworld to retrieve his stolen championship belt. The film, set for release later this year, will also star veteran actor Larry Lamb and Mortal Kombat’s Lewis Tan. It’s the directorial debut for Adkins, who’s previously sha
Nostalgia at 90 as grandma Pat visits site where business began (opens the original)
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Pat Waites with daughter Julie Hawkes and granddaughters Ellie, 28, and Aimee, 25(Image: UGC) She may be the oldest surviving person who had a business on a long-gone part of Stockton ’s high street – and it’s where she wanted to be on her 90th birthday. Pat Waites, with husband Ron, ran The Textile Centre, which sold bedding and soft furnishings, before that side of the street was knocked down and replaced by the Castlegate Centre in 1972. Now, even the Castlegate Centre has gone – flattened to
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