Summary

  • Man dies underground at Boulby Potash Mine

  • North Tyneside killer 'danced around victim' following fatal punch

  • Updates on Friday 17 June 2016

  1. Book of condolence opened after death of Jo Coxpublished at 12:43 British Summer Time 17 June 2016

    Redcar and Cleveland Council is giving people the chance to share their tributes in a condolence book to the Labour MP Jo Cox who died yesterday after she was stabbed and shot.

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  2. MP calls for full investigation into mine deathpublished at 11:29 British Summer Time 17 June 2016

    Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Labour MP Tom Blenkinsop said the man who died at the East Cleveland Boulby Potash Mine early this morning was one of his constituents.

    It comes two months after seven workers were taken to hospital after a fire broke out at the mine.

    Mr Blenkinsop said: "My immediate thoughts - and I have no doubt the thoughts of the entire local community - are with his family and friends.

    "We cannot allow this death to go unmarked. Over the last decade and a half, the mine has been a safe working environment, certainly compared to years past where accidents were more frequent.  

    "However, In the space of just a few months we have seen two tragic incidents. I am concerned that this must not become a pattern. Mines legislation requires a full investigation, and I need to be reassured that this will indeed happen."

    Tom Blenkinsop
  3. Boulby Potash death: Man namedpublished at 11:06 British Summer Time 17 June 2016

    The man who died in an underground accident at a potash mine this morning has been named as John Anderson.

    Mr Anderson died following a "sudden and powerful release of gas" in the early hours, ICL UK said. There was no explosion.

    Other employees who were in the mine at the time were safely evacuated, a spokesman said.  

    Boulby Potash mineImage source, Google
  4. Boulby Potash Mine death: 'Nobody should go to work and not come home to their families'published at 10:43 British Summer Time 17 June 2016

    A man died in an underground accident at Boulby Potash Mine in East Cleveland early this morning following a sudden gas blow-out.

    Redcar MP Anna Turley said she was thinking about the man's family.

    She said: "Nobody should go to work and not come home to their families... I'm sure there will be a strong investigation into this, in the meantime my thoughts are with the family."

  5. Police seize cash and suspected drugs in Newcastle housepublished at 10:29 British Summer Time 17 June 2016

    A man and a woman were arrested on suspicion of being involved in the supply of controlled drugs.

    Officers found and seized a large amount of what is believed to be crack cocaine and more than £10,000 in sterling and euros inside a house in the west end of Newcastle yesterday.

    They both remain in police custody this morning and enquiries are ongoing. 

  6. Redcar MP Anna Turley remembers Jo Coxpublished at 10:11 British Summer Time 17 June 2016

    BBC Tees
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    Redcar MP Anna Turley has paid tribute to her friend and fellow MP Jo Cox, who died yesterday after being stabbed and shot.

    Speaking to BBC Tees she described her as "so down to earth and normal... exactly what you want in politics".

    Jo CoxImage source, Associated Press
  7. Weather: Looking grey and dullpublished at 09:24 British Summer Time 17 June 2016

    It is a cloudy and dull start to the day. There will be outbreaks of light rain or drizzle for much of the day, perhaps turning heavier at times through the afternoon. Feeling cool with a northerly breeze.  

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  8. No explosion at Boulby minepublished at 09:11 British Summer Time 17 June 2016

    The owners of Boulby mine have clarified there was no explosion in the accident this morning in which a man died.

    ICL UK said there was a "sudden and powerful release of gas" in the early hours.

    They said that it was "a sudden release of gas - no fire and no heat."

    No further details have been released about the man who died.

  9. From the scene at Boulby Potash Minepublished at 08:57 British Summer Time 17 June 2016

    Adam Clarkson
    BBC Tees

    I'm at Boulby Potash mine, where a man sadly died this morning following a release of gas.

    Looking around, there is absolutely no activity here at the moment - smoke is still coming out of the chimney and it looks like business is as usual.

    One man, who wishes to remain anonymous, said that he was sent early from his night shift.

    Boulby Potash mine
  10. Boulby Potash Mine was issued with improvement notice after fire in Aprilpublished at 08:45 British Summer Time 17 June 2016

    The death of a man this morning at Boulby Potash Mine comes two months after a fire broke out there hundreds of metres below the sea bed.

    On 13 April, seven workers were taken to hospital after the fire.

    The workers were affected by smoke - there were no fatalities, but people were left "very shaken".

    In May it was issued with an improvement notice by the Health and Safety Executive.

    The mine is 1,400m deep and its tunnels go far out under the North Sea. 

  11. Police still at the scene at Boulby Potash Minepublished at 08:31 British Summer Time 17 June 2016

    Cleveland Police said they were called to Boulby Potash Mine in East Cleveland at about 05:20.

    ICL UK which runs the site says it is believed to have involved a gas blow-out, which is a sudden and powerful release of gas.

    The force said: "Our thoughts are with family, friends and colleagues. We are working to understand the circumstances surrounding the incident."

    Officers are still at the scene.

  12. Boulby Potash mine death: 'Thoughts and prayers with workforce'published at 08:19 British Summer Time 17 June 2016

    A man has died this morning at Boulby Potash Mine in East Cleveland.

    Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland MP Tom Blenkinsop spoke to BBC Tees.

    He said: "I'd like to extend thoughts and prayers to the workforce there."

  13. Man dies at Boulby Potash minepublished at 08:06 British Summer Time 17 June 2016
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    One man has died at Boulby Potash mine in East Cleveland. 

    ICL UK said it happened underground early this morning and is believed to have involved a gas blow-out which caused a sudden and powerful release of gas.

    The company said all other workers were safely evacuated.

    Boulby Potash mineImage source, Google
  14. Morning. Welcome to our live coveragepublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 17 June 2016

    Ana Guerra-Moore
    BBC News Online

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