Alex O'Leary
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Journalist at @TheNorthernEcho | Formerly @TeessideLive | Got a story? Contact me on alex.oleary @newsquest .co.uk | Views my own ✍🏻
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“We are not going to let them divide us”
Heartwarming scenes in
#Middlesbrough
this morning as the community rallies together after the shocking disorder yesterday
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I spoke to lifelong Boro fan Ken last week about his fantastic poem and meeting
@nmaddo
and
@GaryAPhilipson
on his 80th birthday trip to the Riverside
#Boro
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Some more job news…
I’m thrilled to finally announce that I’ll be joining the fantastic
@TheNorthernEcho
team on Monday.
Can’t wait to get started in what’s sure to be an exciting first month! 🗳️
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“Middlesbrough is its people. And its people are strong”
The
#Middlesbrough
community was left heartbroken after shocking riots last night.
But the town bounced back - and the community ‘re-emerged stronger’.
Tomorrow’s
@TheNorthernEcho
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🚨 Some job news…
Today is my final day working at
@TeessideLive
.
It’s been an absolute pleasure to work at The Gazette for 2+ years - and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed working alongside (and learning from) such a brilliant team 🗞️
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10 years on from Northern Powerhouse and 5 since 'levelling up' was born, the North East is still only getting half the investment of the south.
Northern leaders say it's “nowhere near enough” - We are still being left behind.
Full story:
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This week, I spoke with the fantastic
@JamesArthur23
about his exciting new album Bitter Sweet Love
Part 1 is up now - where we talk about the record that's a 'love letter' to Teesside and going back to his roots
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I’ve been at the picket lines outside James Cook University Hospital today as nurses go on strike for safer staffing and better pay
#Middlesbrough
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Labour and
@Keir_Starmer
have today backed our manifesto for the North East 📍
Full story in tomorrow’s
@TheNorthernEcho
and online now 📰
#TomorrowsPapersToday
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Great thread by
@Rogan_JRo
The Northern Echo has been regularly covering it too.
I wouldn’t call this a ‘lack of local reporting’ ?
@DeborahMeaden
Hi Deborah. Here's a thread on just some of the stories from Teesside Live over the past year.
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Bit of a surreal day today… visited
@TeesAirport
ahead of the
@TeesAirshow
tomorrow to see the upcoming preparations and take flight in the Catalina flying boat!
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I had the pleasure of visiting
@TeessideHospice
this week to chat to care users and staff about the amazing work of the hospice that “feels like home” and gives people a chance to “live again”
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I visited Kirkleatham Museum today to see The Knife Angel, made up of 100,000 seized knives, which has returned to
#Teesside
to raise awareness of knife crime
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Just spoke with Niko Omilana, for Stockton West, who confirmed this is her legal name.
She said: “I’m doing this to get young people involved in politics. I’m excited, it’s a new environment for me, but I’m feeling hopeful.”
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ESPN studio host and Boro fan
@KayLMurray
is running 10k for
@SBRFoundation
, a charity that’s very close to her heart
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Fantastic evening tonight at the
#Jackdaw
premiere at Teesside Park
(Cheers for the pic
@terrythesnapper
)
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Have to say it was an amazing once-in-a-lifetime experience, especially since the plane is 79 years old and was used in WW2
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“Middlesbrough is its people. And its people are strong”
The
#Middlesbrough
community was left heartbroken after shocking riots last night.
But the town bounced back - and the community ‘re-emerged stronger’.
Tomorrow’s
@TheNorthernEcho
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Here we go… 🗳️
Just arrived at the Thornaby Pavillion for the Stockton North and Stockton West counts.
I’ll be bringing you all the updates through the night in this thread below
#GeneralElection2024
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Last week, I visited Maxi’s Mates, a rescue and rehoming centre for stray dogs in Dunsdale.
With 49 dogs out of a potential 53 kennels, the site is "always one or two away from breaking point." A heartbreaking but important story to tell.
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Today, Middlesbrough’s newest race track venue Level X launched - and first customers have already branded it ‘amazing.’
Read more here:
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‘Will you deliver for us?’
As Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer prepare to go head-to-head…
@TheNorthernEcho
tonight asks the next PM to back its manifesto for the North 📍
#TomorrowsPapersToday
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I visited
#Saltburn
this morning following last night's incident that saw a car drive off-road and onto the beach - injuring four people.
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Over 100 female players have been left without a club after Thornaby FC made the decision to axe the women's team over the weekend.
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‘At the moment, you are just riding the wave to see if things get better'
Teesside businesses are reacting to Jeremy Hunt’s autumn
#budget2022
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This morning, I spoke with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak about plans to 'criminalise homelessness.'
It comes one month after statistics revealed rough sleepers in Middlesbrough had increased by 200% in just one year
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Another major gig for Teesside announced🎤
Madness set to play at Albert Park next year. Our House, It Must Be Love, House of Fun... the tunes are endless
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Was lucky enough to get a sneak peek of the new Teesside Park
@timhortonsuk
on Friday ahead of the store’s opening tomorrow - and even got to try some of the food
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buzzing that this iconic show is coming back after far too long off air
Just need the Series 5 cast back now!
#WaterlooRoad
✍️
@indie_pendent
'Waterloo Road' is returning to the small screen, after six years off-air.
@alex_oleary_
has the latest |
#TV
on The Indiependent
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Thanks to the crew and everyone who organised the flight/look around. You can watch and hear more about my trip to the
#Teesside
skies here:
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I find it baffling that police aren’t investigating this… Downing Street has top level security so the evidence is literally right in-front of them. Entire things a joke
#downingstreetparty
BREAKING: The Metropolitan Police says it will not investigate allegations of a party at Downing Street due to an "absence of evidence" and a force policy not to investigate retrospective breaches of coronavirus regulations.
Read more here:
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‘A complete disaster’
I spent an afternoon in Marton getting Teessiders’ reaction to the mini-budget U-turns and Liz Truss’s position as PM
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I visited Norfolk Shops in
#BerwickHills
today, days after an alleged attack took place.
Store workers claimed the balaclava-clad gang left shoppers ‘crying’ - and wouldn’t be named over fears they would be "tortured" by the gang
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Last week,
@JournoGeorgiaB
and I joined Cleveland Police on raids as part of a force crackdown on county lines
24 arrests were made and more than £160k worth of drugs were seized during the major operation
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Honestly couldn't recommend
@TedLasso
enough and can't wait for season 3...
Even better that it's got plenty of Teessiders in it📍
@billfellows12
@jezpswift
@chris_kammy
@JeffStelling
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EXC - Bailiffs have been ordered to shutter The Wired Lobby in Middlesbrough after an alleged 'lease breach'
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BREAKING: Matt Vickers wins Stockton West.
Huge cheers at the back of the hall as the results were announced this morning.
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Attended the launch of the refurbished
#Guisborough
Town Hall today - it’s been transformed into a very impressive group bedroom space and gin distillery
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🚨EXC - A senior Labour politician has confirmed the party will 'build on the successes' of the Treasury's Darlington HQ if they win power later this week.
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@guyrbailey
@Rogan_JRo
Hi
@guyrbailey
.
It is unfair to say we are not taking these 'national level scandals' seriously.
We have extensively reported on many of these important topics:
This narrative is getting toxic - and is resulting in nasty abuse toward many reporters
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Tomorrow evening I’ll be reporting live from Stockton for the
#GeneralElection24
@TheNorthernEcho
team will be bringing you the latest results, interviews, and analysis from across the North East
More on our plans here 🗳️
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Today's front page
@TeessideLive
📰
Everyone who attended the
#Boro
match on Saturday will have seen a plume of black smoke coming from a fire off Cargo Fleet Lane.
Now, the owner of the business hit by the blaze has told of its 'devastation' as an arson probe is launched.
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Some fantastic journalism from
@tburgessjourno
here following weeks of hard work and effort 👇🏻
BREAKING: This investigation has taken weeks to finally bring to light. Vulnerable people are being moved from London up to County Durham with absolutely no support for them when they arrive.
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It was a pleasure to sit down with Tony and Julie Spensley this week to look back on three decades of iconic
#Middlesbrough
venue The Dickens 🥂
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Had a great chat this week with friend and
#Emmerdale
star
@JessieElland
about her life and ‘surreal’ experiences playing Chloe on the popular soap
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Had a great trip out with Rob and Jay from
@TeesRiverRescue
last week to hear about everything the charity volunteers do to keep people safe on the
#Tees
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Right off the back of
#SquidGame
’s success, I’m talking about
@netflix
originals, popularity and the power that the streaming service has over the world.
Give it a read here:
@indie_pendent
Netflix Originals have been immensely successful for the streaming platform, but their effects aren't always positive
@alex_oleary_
takes a look at some of the most popular shows in Netflix's arsenal |
#TV
on The Indiependent
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Primark's new Teesside Park store has officially been given the green light - and will feature 37,000 sq ft of retail space
@teesside_park
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I visited St Peter’s last week, the school that taught Boro legend Wilf Mannion, to chat about their milestone 80th anniversary:
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Preparations are underway at the
#RiversideStadium
for the huge fan village ahead of the Arctic Monkeys gig on Monday evening 👀
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King Charles's speech in full as he addresses the nation for the first time as monarch and pays tribute to his "beloved mother"
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great start for
#NoTimeToDie
with strong figures and a solid 83% on
@rottentomatoes
been a loooong 18 months of waiting
@indie_pendent
The latest instalment of the Bond franchise has broken the international pandemic box office records, making $119m in its opening weekend.
@alex_oleary_
reports.
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🍻It’s back
Final preparations are underway as The Union Arms readies for relaunch on
#Yarm
High Street - with live sports and entertainment also returning to the popular pub
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Sue Gray's report is out - and found that the Prime Minister "must bear responsibility" for his lockdown parties
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It's one of Darlington's landmark redevelopment projects - but concerns have been raised over the long-term future of DL1.
It follows the sudden closure of Tomahawk Steakhouse - and claims of 'zero footfall'.
Full story in today's
@TheNorthernEcho
📰
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A terrifying story in today's
@TeessideLive
Teen schoolgirl Amelia said she 'thought she was going to die' after being 'shot in the head' in Middlesbrough.
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Here’s the moment Matt Vickers won in Stockton - he is now the ONLY Conservative MP left on Teesside
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Had a blast trying out the new go-karts at Level X in
#Middlesbrough
this week. Read about my zoom around the huge new site here:
📸
@IRCPIX
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@TwidoWanky
@Rogan_JRo
Hi. Thanks for your comment.
Please see here:
Just because we do poll stories, and try to start positive debates with readers, doesn't mean we aren't covering other important stories too.
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"Study my career over the past eight months, and then drive in the opposite direction" -
@afneil
's warning to
@piersmorgan
✍️
@indie_pendent
In the words of former chairman Andrew Neil, “it just got worse and worse.”
@alex_oleary_
on why GB News never stood a chance |
#Opinion
on The Indiependent
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Labour is set to be the largest party with 410 seats, the exit poll says.
The Conservatives on the other hand are set to have just 131, a disaster for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
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The Keys Nightclub in
#Yarm
has installed an airport-style scanner in a bid to stamp out knife crime
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An epic night - and yet another electric gig at the Riverside.
#ArcticMonkeysMiddlesbrough
#ArcticMonkeys
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Onto the results...
Could be a while before Stockton West and North are announced - the expected times were listed earlier this week as 3am and 4am.
I've got sour patch kids, a bar of galaxy and four lucozades to keep me going. Health is wealth.
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George Ooi, owner of Oodles, said the cycle lane has reduced the number of car parking spaces and will "take away the economy of the town"
#Middlesbrough
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A brand new music recording and photography studio launched in
#Middlesbrough
yesterday, bringing great new media facilities to the region
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I had the pleasure to chat with Marie last week about her eventful life and greatest memories... wishing her a very happy 100th birthday today🎉
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The family called both paranormal investigators and a priest to their home after the 'traumatising' otherworldly experiences
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Two people have been arrested after individuals reportedly scaled the balcony of Middlesbrough Town Hall yesterday
It sparked the closure of key roads in the town just hours before the start of Boro's semi-final play-off clash with Coventry
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BREAKING: PM Boris Johnson survives confidence vote
Confidence: 211 votes
No confidence: 148 votes
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BREAKING: Labour set for landslide majority, exit poll says.
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I’ve just heard from the director of corporate services Jed Morton
We are still waiting on some ballot boxes from the Darlington area - the new constituency boundary means some votes are coming from further afield (eg Hurworth) and are yet to arrive
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EXC: High-end fashion firm Triads set to relocate to
#Yarm
after over three decades in
#Middlesbrough
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Nine weeks and three tasks as project manager later, Teessider Brad’s time on
#TheApprentice
has come to an end
It was a pleasure to chat with him today all about his ‘surreal’ and ‘amazing’ experience 🎥
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The second part of my interview with
@JamesArthur23
is out now…
This one’s all about the ‘surreal’ Riverside Stadium gig - something James said he doesn’t think will ‘quite sink in’ until it happens 🎤
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NEW: A
#Skelton
worker has slammed the proposed closure of the Texon factory, branding it a 'massive blow' to East Cleveland
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@BenRamanauskas
Hi
@BenRamanauskas
, I'm a reporter for Teesside Live/The Gazette, could you please drop me a message? Cheers
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‘We do not feel protected’: Residents on a
#Middlesbrough
street were left in shock on New Year’s Eve after a suspected weapon was ‘fired at homes’
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I visited The
#Middlesbrough
Empire yesterday to try out the venue’s new fingerprint ID scanner that clubbers will use from today
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Vladyslav Vovk, a doctor from
@NTeesHpoolNHSFT
, is leading an NHS campaign to raise funds and send vital medical equipment to people in his homeland.
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"The pain - I couldn't breathe properly"
A horror trip over a Middlesbrough cycle lane has left Samantha with a shattered elbow - and facing the prospect of weeks in a cast
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🚨BREAKING: The skeleton of a baby has been found beneath the floorboards of a County Durham home.
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Horrific scenes in
#Middlesbrough
today after an explosion destroyed a home.
Full story online here and in
@TheNorthernEcho
tomorrow ✍🏻
Tomorrow's
@TheNorthernEcho
A scene of devastation
Heroic neighbours rescue a man from the rubble after a 'gas explosion' destroys a home and shocks a community in Middlesbrough
✍️
@alexoljourno
#TomorrowsPapersToday
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The future of Darlington’s House of Fraser store has been left hanging in the balance as the building goes on the market.
Full story online now here:
+ in tomorrow’s
@TheNorthernEcho
🗞️
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Great day across
#Teesside
today for The Queen’s Baton Relay ahead of the
#CommonwealthGames2022
. Read all about it here:
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First up - The
#Stockton
Wikipedia page was changed to "simply referred to as 's**thole'" yesterday following the alleged remark
#shitholegate
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