Bus offers easy route to vaccinationspublished at 08:42 British Summer Time 1 June 2021
The mobile clinic is available without appointment to anyone over 40 who has not yet been jabbed.
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Read MoreNewcastle prop forward Mark Tampin signs a new contract to remain with the Premiership club for a further two seasons.
Read MoreSteve Waller's work on a replica of part of Middlesbrough in the 1830s has so far taken nine years.
Read MoreMiddlesbrough MP Andy McDonald says it is 'vital' Teesside's rail routes are also electrified.
Read MoreChampions Exeter Chiefs run in 12 tries in a record-breaking win against Newcastle Falcons.
Read MoreThe council is warned the cuts would have a disproportionate impact on poorer families.
Read MoreTeams will ride to each of the 42 Anglican cathedrals to mark the launch of a new cycle route.
Read MoreFollow live text and BBC radio commentary from the eighth round of fixtures in the 2021 County Championship.
Read MoreJamie Porter takes four wickets as Essex complete a three-day demolition of Durham at the Riverside.
Read MoreThe benefits of implementing a minimum cost for alcohol continue to have an impact, a new study finds.
Read MoreThe man, in his 70s, was seriously injured in the crash near Silverlink and died two days later.
Read MoreHartlepool miss out on a top-three finish despite a thumping win over Weymouth in their final game of the regular season.
Read MoreScott Bowes was 12 when he signed up as a police cadet, now aged 19 he is an officer.
Read MoreFollow live text and BBC radio commentary from the eighth round of fixtures in the 2021 County Championship season.
Read MoreEssex set up a good victory chance against Durham after closing day two with a lead of 346.
Read MoreFollowing his trip from London to York on board the Flying Scotsman, Michael uses his Bradshaw's to trace the path of the famous service, beginning in the 'Key of the North' Newark-on-Trent and finishing in the cradle of the railways, Stockton-on-Tees. Michael rallies the choristers of a Tudor song school and admires the art of the railways before travelling to Retford, where he discovers a high-tech application for a Victorian rubber technology. A scandalous novel written in Thirsk leads Michael to a wildlife centre, where he is enlisted to feed a hungry young hedgehog named Charles.
After his epic trip north on the Flying Scotsman, Michael Portillo continues his journey from London to Edinburgh at a leisurely pace up the East Coast Main Line.
In Newton Aycliffe, he tests a state-of-the-art passenger train on tracks which follow the route taken by George Stephenson's steam engine on its historic journey in 1825. Through the looking glass at Croft-on-Tees he discovers a curious potion at the childhood home of Victorian writer Charles Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, and finds the author was also a fan of Bradshaw.
In the coastal village of Craster, Michael discovers the Victorian smokehouses of a family firm still active today and learns how to smoke a kipper. Crossing the Scottish border he reaches Dunbar, birthplace of a visionary Scot who made his mark on the landscape of America. Michael ends this leg rocking the boat on the River Tyne in a coracle.
Exeter Chiefs host Newcastle Falcons in the Premiership - listen to BBC Radio Devon & BBC Radio Newcastle commentary.
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