FIVE years ago a gun-wielding masked man tried to rob a lone cashier in a North-East corner shop. Seema Dhutti, 25, bravely fended the would-be robber off at the Darlington store she part-owned, and refused to hand over any cash. She was back at work just hours after the horrifying incident at Seema News and Off-Licence, on the corner of North Road and Cumberland Street, and spoke to The Northern Echo about her ordeal. Despite being visibly shaken, Mrs Dhutti said at the time: “I was sitting behind the counter and one man was outside and I don’t know if he was waiting for something, but he looked through the door and saw I was alone.
TWO women braved the cold to have their head shaved for a cause close to them. Elaine Ferris and Denise Hunt who Braved the Shave on Saturday May, 1 in aid of St Cuthbert s Hospice in memory of their dear friend Michelle Shelly Wheatley. Mrs Wheatley, was a primary school teacher at Howden-le-Wear school, who sadly lost her long battle with cancer in February last year. Due to Covid the event was low key and took place outdoors with social distancing in place at Howden-le-Wear Village Hall. The family plan to do an annual memorial event for charity in memory of Michelle and hopefully next year something on a bigger scale.
Quintessential grandmillennial: A show with all the right moves
Lush interiors and over-the-top aesthetics play as important a role in the new Netflix series The Queen s Gambit as the actors Checks, checkerboards and flat colours set the scene and backdrops at hotel chess tournaments.
Sat, 02 Jan, 2021 - 09:45
Carol O’Callaghan
Have you noticed there’s an interior design motif in big and small screen dramas these days, where costumes and décor match?
Just a year ago, lush interiors in Autumn de Wilde’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma had Dolly Mixture-hued frocks and bonnets worn by leading lady Anya Taylor-Joy matching the drapery and upholstery at the heroine’s 18th-century mansion.
20:27 EDT, 10 December 2020
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Embattled war hero Ben Roberts-Smith has made a handsome profit on his family s sprawling country mansion, agreeing on a pre-auction offer of more than $2 million.
Mr Roberts-Smith and ex-wife Emma put the Sunshine Coast mansion up for sale last month as they go about their separation.
The couple bought the four-bedroom property for $1.45 million in 2015 and had been planning to put it up for auction on December 19.
But a pre-auction offer that would see them make more than $550,000 in profit was too much to pass up, with the home put under contract this week.
In a statement about the sale of their home, the Victoria Cross recipient and his ex-wife made no mention of their split and instead claimed change in lifestyle meant the time is right to sell up.