@apwecho

Digital Audience and Content Editor at The Northern Echo. From Newton Aycliffe and doesn't care who knows it. Knows a lot of stuff about William Shatner.

Joined March 2015
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I was at the riverside to watch this incredible moment. Read my account in @TheNorthernEcho of how this important object was recovered after hundreds of years on the riverbed and what secrets it might give up @DiveIntoDurham thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2…

Ancient cauldron successfully lifted from North East river after 'military operation'

An ancient iron cauldron which has lain undisturbed beneath a North East river for hundreds of years has been successfully recovered in a major archaeological operation.

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Kevin Kennedy, aka Curly Watts, speaks to @TheNorthernEcho about his role in a new musical version of an Oscar Wilde play, shortly got have its world premiere at @DarlingtonHipp thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2…

Why bringing Dorian Gray to Darlington for world premiere is ‘proper rock and roll’

After 50 years in showbusiness, Kevin Kennedy tells Andrew White why a dark new role is sending him back on the road.

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Wow, didn’t think that would happen. Great news for Boro. Full story in @TheNorthernEcho thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/…

Full details as Southampton KICKED OUT of play-offs & Middlesbrough to play in final

Middlesbrough have been reinstated into the Championship play-offs and will compete in the final against Hull City after Southampton were kicked out following today's Independent Disciplinary...

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Today’s Object of the Week in @TheNorthernEcho is a 200 year old drawing of an ichthyosaur skull using ink extracted from a cephalopod. And it links directly back to Mary Anning: thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2…

Rediscovered drawing in ancient ink unveils 200-year link to fossil hunting icon

Today's Object of the Week is a mysterious drawing executed in an extraordinary medium — one harvested from ancient creatures that swam in Jurassic seas.

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My interview with Daniel Casey for @TheNorthernEcho ahead of his role as DS Barnaby in Midsomer Murders at @DarlingtonHipp in which he speak of his excitement about coming home (he’s from Stockton): thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2…

Childhood memories flood back for Midsomer Murders star as he returns to Darlington

A Teesside-born star reflects on a career with its roots in the North East as he returns to familiar ground when Midsomer Murders comes to Darlington. Daniel Casey speaks to Andrew White.

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Object of the Week in @TheNorthernEcho is a powerful sculpture in Durham city centre which has a story to tell: thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2…

How monks, a coffin and a powerful sculpture help to tell Durham’s origin story

Today’s Object of the week is a powerful sculpture in Durham city centre that captures the moment monks carried St Cuthbert’s coffin to the place that would become home to one of England’s greatest...

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With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, today’s Object of the Week in @TheNorthernEcho has a distinctly romantic edge - Victorian-style! thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2…

Looking for love, Victorian‑style - a Valentine’s glimpse into bygone romance

With Valentine's Day not far away, today's Object of the Week is a Victorian matchmaking journal revealing the hopes, humour and heartaches of its readers.

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Article in @TheNorthernEcho about a TV crew filming on the banks of the River Wear for an episode of Digging For Britain. The episode, broadcast next Wednesday, highlights a newly discovered Roman industrial site @GaryBankhead thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2…

TV crew shines national spotlight on hidden Roman industrial site on River Wear

A television crew waded into the mud of the River Wear last summer to document what is now recognised as one of the most significant Roman industrial sites ever uncovered in the North East.

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Object of the Week in @TheNorthernEcho is an ornate copper drinking vessel found during the excavation of a Roman industrial site, led by @GaryBankhead at Offerton, near Sunderland. It was made in India. But why does it have a glass bottom? thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2…

Could glass‑bottomed mug found in North East river link to old press‑gang tactics?

Excavations at the major Roman industrial site at Offerton, on the banks of the River Wear near Sunderland, continue have also produce a wide range of material that reflects centuries of human...

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The latest of a series of @TheNorthernEcho articles on the discovery of a major Roman industrial operation on the banks of the River Wear. This one attempts to explain how the production process might have worked. @GaryBankhead thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2…

Secrets of how the Romans ran a mass‑production factory on the River Wear explained

On the north bank of the River Wear, the vast Nissan plant dominates the landscape – a modern powerhouse of manufacturing whose cars roll off the line and head out across Britain, Europe and far...

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Today’s news of a major Roman site uncovered on the banks of the River Wear is incredible. Here, @GaryBankhead tells @TheNorthernEcho why it is so significant: thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2…

How a chain of discoveries at North East river led me to a significant Roman find

Gary Bankhead writes for The Northern Echo about leading the project that uncovered a major Roman manufacturing site on the banks of the River Wear.

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Andrew White of @TheNorthernEcho is the only journalist to have had access to excavations at Offerton, Sunderland, which has uncovered a major Roman industrial site. He spoke to @GaryBankhead and other dig team members. Here’s his account of what he saw: thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2…

I went to a muddy dig and witnessed a discovery that could rewrite Roman history

A quiet North East riverbank has yielded one of Britain’s most significant Roman discoveries. Andrew White, the only newspaper journalist granted exclusive access to the site, reveals what he saw.

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Today @TheNorthernEcho reveals details of a major Roman production site found hidden in plain sight on the banks of the River Wear. A team led by @GaryBankhead has spent months digging the site and researching the finds which is set to rewrite history. thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2…

Roman industrial site unearthed on North East riverbank rewrites region's history

Compelling evidence of a Roman industrial hub uncovered on the banks of a North East river has rewritten archaeologists' understanding of the region’s ancient past.

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Object of the Week in @TheNorthernEcho is seen by thousands of people every week. But do you know the story behind it? thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2…

How Durham Cathedral door knocker offered a lifeline for medieval fugitives

Today's Object of the Week is a medieval bronze ring once used to claim legal refuge.

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After many years, the mystery has been solved. Story in @TheNorthernEcho on how the new book from @GaryBankhead reveals the truth behind how the Archbishop’s treasures ended up in the River Wear at Durham @DiveIntoDurham thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2…

Forgotten diaries reveal truth of how Archbishop’s treasures ended up in Durham river

The long‑standing mystery of how a cache of precious religious artefacts once belonging to a former Archbishop of Canterbury came to rest on a County Durham riverbed has at last been unravelled.

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Object of the Week in @TheNorthernEcho focuses on the history of a festive favourite: thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2…

The festive favourite hiding a century‑old story you’ve probably never heard

Today's Object of the Week is a festive chocolate treat that many of you may have found in your Christmas stocking this year.

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Today’s Object of the Week in @TheNorthernEcho is a Darlington churchyard statue. You may have seen it, but do you know the story behind it? thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2…

What’s the story behind Darlington’s Boer War statue and the man who unveiled it?

Object of the Week is a Boer War memorial statue at St Cuthbert’s Church, unveiled in 1905 by Field Marshal Lord Roberts.

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Object of the Week in @TheNorthernEcho is a 13th century Cistercian nunnery dissolved in 1536, which now survives as ruins tied to wealth from enslaved Labour in Barbados thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2…

What priory ruins in Swaledale reveal about medieval life and links to slavery wealth

The remains of a North Yorkshire priory is our Object of the Week. Once a Cistercian nunnery founded in about 1200, the site today survives as ruins and earthworks.

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Object of the Week in @TheNorthernEcho is a relic of a County Durham town’s industrial past thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2…

What do surviving iron wheels reveal about County Durham town’s industrial past?

Today's Object of the Week is a pair of surviving iron wheels, representing a rare link to a County Durham town’s industrial past.

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Story in @TheNorthernEcho on the launch of a new @GaryBankhead book, uncovering the stories behind the many religious artefacts he has found in the River Wear @DiveIntoDurham. Years of research has gone into it - and it’s a fascinating read. thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2…

Launch of landmark Durham book which uncovers hidden truths from river’s sacred past

A County Durham-based underwater archaeologist has officially launched a landmark publication chronicling the remarkable discovery of dozens of religious artefacts from beneath the River Wear.

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