The son of a distinguished medical officer in the Polish resistance during the Second World War, Dr Andrzej Hubert Szemis was a brilliant, active, and intensely proud man. Having been the director of a hospital in Poland, the eminent psychiatrist came to England at the end of the Cold War in 1984, settling in Leicester …
When Stephen Berry arrived for work at Redcar Racecourse at 5.30am on Monday, he had no reason to think the day’s meeting wouldn’t be going ahead as planned. After weeks of hard graft by Redcar’s track manager and his team of seven full-time ground staff, the 2024 season was finally poised to get underway at …
High on a hillside, in beautiful Bannau Brycheiniog — until recently known as the Brecon Beacons — one man and his dog are justifiably feeling on top of the world. Border collie, Gem, has just passed the biggest test of her young life and her handler, Tim Cain MBE, is beaming with pride in the …
As a kid, Ben Ducker always loved being outdoors — building camps in the woods near his home, sleeping under the stars, and getting his wellies as muddy as possible. Today, at 33, he’s as happy as the proverbial pig in muck after taking charge of a 50-acre ‘playground’ that’s the setting for an outdoor …
Ultimately, the success or failure of any media organisation — or individual journalist — depends on trust. Do you, as the reader, listener, or viewer, trust the information you are being fed, along with the practices being used to obtain and present that information? If the answer is no, then all credibility is lost, and …
Ernie, the retired racehorse, stands sleepily in a stall, his mouth clamped wide open, ready to have a troublesome tooth extracted. It’s another busy day for James Marshall, who looks after the teeth of thousands of horses every year in his role as one of the North East’s leading equine dentists. “Open a bit wider …
Farmer Dave Wilde — trusty border collie, Joe, zigzagging at his heels — strides towards his flock of grazing sheep, and surveys the scene from the top of the hill: “I’ve found my perfect job,” he says with a broad smile. Welcome to the field of dreams — New Warlands Farm, near Burnopfield, in County …
As a kid, growing up as a copper’s son in a working class suburb of Tyneside, Stuart Brayson was immersed in the industrial heritage of the North East. “The pits had closed but we were still in the shadow of the mining way of life, and we lived close enough to the railway track to …
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