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BBC News
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Race Across the World brothers applied to defy age
Two brothers who competed in the TV series Race Across the World said they took on the challenge to show they could complete it at any and Brian Mole, who are both in their 60s, were one of five teams who raced more than 14,000km (8,700 miles) across China, Nepal and India to win £20, who lives in Middlesbrough, said: "I saw the first series and I thought, 'could I do that?' And of course I could."After making the decision to apply he then needed to find a partner, but unfortunately Brian was not his first choice."The wife didn't want to go on it, so I called Brian and asked him if he fancied it," said said it took him a little while to make up his mind, but he was glad he did."I think Melvyn ran out of friends who would want to go on it with him. So in the end he contacted me and I said yes."The adventure then started there - and it truly was a fantastic adventure." Speaking to BBC Radio Tees, the pair said one of the difficulties they faced was explaining to people they could not use a mobile Melvyn said skills they learned as children prepared them well for the journey."When we were kids we could read a compass, we could read a map and we would jump on trains and end up in the middle of the Peak District and get lost," he said."And we're still here." But they said one of the hardest parts of the journey was the "torture" the camera crew put them through."One of the most awkward feeling is you have to be with [the crew] when they're eating," Melvyn said."They'll order from the restaurant to the table. They'll get burgers, chips, they'll go to McDonald's - and you're sitting with what you can afford."It is torture, especially if they're having a beer." Follow BBC Tees on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
BBC News
23-04-2025
- Business
- BBC News
No Hartlepool sale before end of season
Hartlepool United will not be sold before the end of the season, says the club's interim BBC Radio Tees understands that negotiations are ongoing with parties interested in taking over the club. In a statement on the club's website, external, the interim board stressed that due processes with potential interested parties were still ongoing but would not be completed before the National League season finishes on 5 May. Current owner Raj Singh will fund club operations until that date, as he stated when he put the club up for sale last month. The club plans to release season tickets for the 2025/26 campaign on Thursday to show "potential investors and owners how valuable Hartlepool United is".They also stated that revenue generated from these would be ringfenced to maintain the club's operations beyond the end of the season, which has been formally endorsed by the current owner.
BBC News
08-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'A lot at stake for both teams'
Middlesbrough boss Michael Carrick has been speaking to BBC Radio Tees ahead of Tuesday's vital Championship clash with Leeds United (20:00 BST).Here are the main takeaways from his press conference: The club are "still looking" at the injury Neto Borges suffered in the 2-0 win at Blackburn on Friday. "It looked like a really bad twist," Carrick said. "Unfortunate really, Neto's been fantastic for us. We will see how he is and how he can recover but it was a blow to lose him."Centre-back Dael Fry has returned to training following a calf injury and is "back involved".On Leeds' run of one win from six games (D4 L1): "It's similar to ourselves in many ways. It's a difficult league. You can have results and it doesn't necessarily mean there's an awful lot wrong. It's fine margins."He added: "We're fully expecting their best version, we know what they're capable of. We will expect that and be ready for that. There's a lot at stake for both teams".Carrick believes the fixture has "all the ingredients to be a good game of football". "The supporters will be up for it and all round, it makes for a really good night," he said."The game is based on emotion and the passion of winning and you've got to use that," he added. "That's the beauty of it. That's why we all love the game because it drives you mad at times but it's the feeling of trying to get hold of something and achieving something."
BBC News
13-03-2025
- Business
- BBC News
'Business as usual' for Hartlepool
Hartlepool United head coach Anthony Limbrick insists the focus is on football despite off-field events at the Raj Singh resigned on Tuesday with immediate effect and wants to sell the club, who are 15th in the National has guaranteed that funds will be available to pay players and staff until the end of the season, but beyond that the future is uncertain."In football, there are a lot of uncertainties all the time and this is another example of that," Limbrick told BBC Radio Tees. "It's business as usual for us. We need to focus on that and come together as a group and keep the group together and keep focused on what is happening moving forward." Limbrick has spoken to his chairman following the announcement, but the Australian wants his players to concentrate on playing out the final 11 games of Pools' season. "For us, it doesn't change day-to-day," he said. "Nothing affects the day-to-day of what we're having until the end of the season."That was the important bit and we're focused on that."
BBC News
12-03-2025
- BBC News
Attacked Middlesbrough couple expecting jailed 'elated' by fine
A couple who were expecting to be sent to prison after they were attacked by neighbours in Thailand are "elated" after being fined instead. Mary Byrne, 69, and her husband Desmond, 77, who emigrated from Middlesbrough in 2021, said they were "punched and kicked" by a younger couple in a dispute over a small neighbours were prosecuted and Mr and Mrs Byrne were also charged, but instead of a jail sentence they have both received a small fine from a Byrne's brother Tim Maley said they had also been told they would get their passports back, but the "champagne corks were not popping yet" until they were on a flight back to the UK. In December 2023, the Byrnes were alerted to a commotion in their garden and said they were kicked and punched in a fracas which was caught on Byrne said their neighbours were Thai kickboxers and the woman "continually stamped" on her head while her husband was "ferociously thumped 22 times".Mr Maley said he had spoken to the couple after their court appearance and that despite being "mobbed" by the Thai media, they were relieved at only being fined about £200 each. Mr Maley told BBC Radio Tees the Byrnes were worried that the other couple might appeal the said: "The judge did find them [the Byrnes] guilty to a minor degree and fined them but not to any great consequence and they are incredibly elated."They've told me they are going to get their passports back in a day and fingers crossed there won't be any comeback from the court."But they are very nervous and won't be popping any champagne corks yet in Thailand with family and friends."We have to wait until they are up in the air and on their way to the white cliffs of Dover." 'Magic bullet needed' Pictures of the couple showed extensive facial bruising and cuts after the attack. Mrs Byrne said her husband kicked his leg up at one stage but did not strike anyone."I strongly believe, 100%, it was in defence," she initially denying charges, the other couple are understood to have pleaded in May last year, Mr and Mrs Byrne were called to a police station and told they were being charged with injuring their Byrnes said they had their fingerprints taken and passports confiscated. "We were extremely shocked," Mrs Byrne said."The superficial injuries to both of these people is laughable."Luke Myer, the couple's former MP, said he had been doing everything he could to raise the couple's plight with the Foreign Office.A Foreign Office spokesperson said it was in touch with two British nationals in Thailand as well as the local Maley said the saga had gripped the media all over the world but the "real heroes" were the people of Teesside who had "got behind" the Byrnes by lobbying MPs and the Foreign Office."That help has come from the local area and rippled out and washed over the world - the magic bullet we needed," he said. Follow BBC Tees on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram. Send your story ideas here.
