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  • 1 week ago | bbc.com | Tom Burgess

    Two charged as baby 'critically injured'Tom BurgessBBC News, North East and CumbriaGoogleThe baby was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in NewcastleTwo people have been charged after a baby was seriously injured. Emergency services were called to a house in Waltham Close in Branksome, Darlington, at 13:45 BST on Monday. A one-year-old baby with critical injuries was taken to Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary for further treatment, Durham Police said.

  • 1 week ago | bbc.com | Tom Burgess

    Little tern nests filled with eggs ready to hatchTom BurgessBBC News, North East and CumbriaTVWT Volunteers and WardensMore than 100 little terns are already nesting at Seaton CarewMore than 50 nests at a seaside resort are filled with little tern eggs which are ready to hatch. Last year, a record 140 birds were born at Seaton Carew in Hartlepool and this year things "are progressing well", conservationists say.

  • 2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Tom Burgess

    Crows 'attack' residents trying to save baby birdTom BurgessBBC News, North East and CumbriaBBCOne of the crows sitting in a tree watching over the areaA community has described how they were "viciously attacked" by two crows while trying save a baby bird that had fallen from its nest. People living around Rievaulx Avenue in Billingham, Teesside, first spotted the chick on Tuesday morning and began to put out food, with children also laying jumpers to keep it warm.

  • 2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Tom Burgess

    A personal trainer raced naked from his house when an arsonist set fire to three cars on his driveway. Mike Hind, 41, stayed up to watch television on Tuesday night after his wife and three children went to bed. A doorbell camera on their Middlesbrough property alerted the gym coach to somebody on his drive around midnight and, after seeing an orange flash, he looked out to see three cars on fire before screaming to his family to "get out".

  • 2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Tom Burgess

    Naked trainer chases driveway car arsonistTom BurgessBBC News, North East and CumbriaMike HindVideo captured the three cars being covered in a liquid and set alightA personal trainer raced naked from his house when an arsonist set fire to three cars on his driveway. Mike Hind, 41, stayed up to watch television on Tuesday night after his wife and three children went to bed.

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