ONE in four people will experience a mental health problem in their lifetime, and those involved in the football community are no exception. Hartlepool United Football Club are teaming up with Learning Curve Group to offer free online training in Mental Health Awareness to encourage people to start talking about […]
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‘My steel boots provide more mental support than my football boots’
Former professional Footballer Evan Horwood tells us why his mental health battle gave him no choice but to quit the game he loves and being back in the classroom is keeping him the happiest he has ever been. ‘Playing Football is the best job in the world’. ‘But, did my […]
Covid latest: deadline passes, deaths spike, vaccine plans advance
HERE’S a round-up of today’s latest news on the coronavirus pandemic from around the UK. Greater Manchester Tier 3 deadline passes – but no announcement BORIS Johnson’s deadline for agreeing a deal with Greater Manchester leaders on tougher coronavirus controls has passed without an official announcement. The Government threatened […]
Poolie Pride: Hartlepool Town Rallies Together in Support of Football Club
Fans of Hartlepool United Football Club have come together to raise money in aid of the suffering club. People of the town have expressed how proud they are of their town and their club. Hartlepudlian born fashion designer, Michelle Taylor Ward, 43, says: “It’s really brought the town together. It’s […]
Charity single to support Bradley Lowery Foundation reaches iTunes top 20
A single by a Hartlepool duo to support the Bradley Lowery Foundation has reached the iTunes top 20. Olivia Crawford and Georgia Fletcher, who are known as Liv’N’G, released the song called Smile for Bradley. The pair recorded a cover of Charlie Chaplin’s Smile and added their own verse. It was released […]
Tributes paid on Facebook to Hartlepool dad killed in France
Tributes have been left for the British victims of a horrific car crash in Southern France. Driver John Crompton, 31, from Hartlepool, and two of his children, Morgan Christian Lund, aged nine, and four-year-old Evie-Lily Crompton died at the scene after their Nissan plummeted into a safety barrier at about […]
Hartlepool marks Queen’s 90th Birthday
Beacons were lit all over the North East yesterday night, as the region joined the rest of the UK in wishing a Happy Birthday to Britain’s longest reigning monarch. Ceremonies across the North East paid homage to her Majesty on her 90th Birthday as part of a nationwide symbol of […]
Teens jailed to minimum 15 years for Angela Wrightson murder
Two teenage girls who murdered a 39-year-old woman by battering her to death with household objects in a five-hour ordeal have been given life sentences with a minimum of 15 years. The pair, who cannot be named for legal reasons, showed no reaction when they were sentenced at Leeds Crown […]
Missing Hartlepool man David Dixon confirmed ‘Brussels Attacks’ victim
Missing man from Hartlepool David Dixon has been confirmed a victim of Tuesday’s ‘Brussels Attacks’. The 53-year-old was living in Brussels as an IT programmer. His family appealed for his whereabouts when he had failed to turn up to work, however, it has now been confirmed by the foreign office and […]
Man from the North East missing following Brussels Attacks
#brusselsattack @BBCBreaking @Independent @PressAssnJa British man missing in #brusselsattack pic.twitter.com/xXVh6lALtp — Simon Hartley-Jones (@syhartleyjones) 22 March 2016 A man from the North East is missing in the aftermath of the Brussels terror attacks. David Dixon, who lives in Brussels but is originally from Hartlepool, was travelling to work on Tuesday […]