Since one of the main talking points of February is St Valentine’s Day we thought we would research the event to find some interesting and fun facts to share with you. • About 1 billion Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged in the USA and Europe every year. Apart from Christmas that’s the largest seasonal card-sending [...]
Instead of taking her out this year, why not sweep her off her feet with this classic recipe for St Valentine’s Day. It’s easy to make, absolutely delicious and bound to impress. What you need • 2 boneless 8oz pork steaks • 1 large onion, finely chopped • a handful of mushrooms, finely sliced • [...]
For much of January, Sunday night’s TV was transformed from the extremely ordinary to the very exceptional. The reason was the BBC’s resurrection of their ‘Sherlock’ series, a contemporary update of the original Sherlock Holmes detective stories and also the introduction of a new series about London midwives in the 1950s. The Sherlock series was [...]
If you are the sort of car buyer who wants the thrills of a hot hatchback without the large bills, there is certainly space in the market for a car like Suzuki’s Swift Sport. This is the second generation of the model, with a series of improvements over the first since it was launched in [...]
When Tony and Joy Shildrick decided to start their own building/home improvement business in Redcar, they wanted to create a unique experience for their customers and Bespoke Better by Design and Bespoke Conservatories were born. Bespoke Better By Design’s showroom is situated opposite the main Post Office on Cleveland Street in Redcar. The Bespoke showroom [...]
An YouTube video posted from Sweden of a rabbit rounding up a flock of sheep has gone viral. The maker of the video, who writes a blog on farming, heard about the bunny’s unusual talent and went to the farm in the village of Ornskoldsvik to capture it on film. Champis the grey rabbit apparently [...]
One evening a grandson was talking to his granddad about current events. The grandson asked his granddad what he thought about last year’s London riots, the computer age, and how things used to be when he was young. His Granddad replied, “Well, let me think a minute. I was born before television was first broadcast. [...]
Festive food is usually rich in sugar, fat, and alcohol. The downside is a sluggish liver and bloated intestines, not to mention the extra weight. More exercise is indicated! However, the intestines may need a little help to shift the sludge that has accumulated in the colon and added to the bloated waist line. Colon [...]
RSS, which stands for “really simple syndication”, means you can stay in touch with many different sources of news and information. Rather than having to revisit a site several times a day to check for new entries or headlines. All you need to keep up to date is an RSS Reader, you probably already have [...]
Watch out people, the Twitter DM spam is doing the rounds again and many people are falling for it! Twitter is being hit by DM spam, phishing scams and malware which targets Twitter users and can easily be avoided. Basic rule is do not click any link from a user you do not know or [...]
Building and Construction students at Redcar College visited the site of the new leisure, business support and community facility...
Time-lapse video of the construction on the London 2012 of the Olympic Orbit Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond’s spiralling...
Time Lapse on the construction of the Temenos Temenos, the first of the Tees Valley Giants, was officially launched...
Residents are being urged to turn out in force to commemorate a piece of sporting history next month –...
You can send create your own advertising banner and send it to us to be placed on our website....
A big thank you to everybody who has submitted their drawings of the Redcar blast furnace this month!...
